Civil War Personalities

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Primary and Secondary Sources

Civil War Blog Project2010-11

Abraham Lincoln

• President of the United States (The North)

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/AbrahamLincoln/

• http://www.alincoln-library.com/facts-about-abraham-lincoln.shtml

Jefferson Davis

• President of the Confederate States of America (The South)

• http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/

• http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/davisinaugural1.html

Robert E. Lee

• Southern General

• http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/SiblingLetters.htm

• http://library.wlu.edu/specialcollections/

Ulysses S. Grant

• Northern General

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/grant-memoirs/

William T. Sherman

• Northern General

• http://www.enotes.com/american-civil-war-primary-sources/william-t-sherman

• http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=154

Allen Pinkerton

• Northern Spymaster

• http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000015/html/t15.html

• http://www.enotes.com/crime-criminals-biographies/pinkerton-allan

Rose O’Neal Greenhow

• Southern Spy

• http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/greenhow/

Harriet Tubman• Abolitionist, Underground Railroad

Conductor, Northern Spy

• http://caho-test.cc.columbia.edu/ps/10177.html

• http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=DDMKaU_t2p4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=The+Moses+of+Her+People,+Sarah+Bradford&ots=p4gdcfKzzY&sig=cUCS3hXS--iyVAFrzQueWfg-MLc#v=onepage&q&f=false

John Brown

• Abolitionist

• http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=36

• http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=35

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/filmmore/reference/primary/index.html

Sarah Emma Edmonds

• Northern Spy

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Emma_Edmundson

Carrie Berry

• South• http://americancivilwa

r.com/women/carrie_berry.html

John Wilkes Booth

• Famous Actor, Southern Sympathizer

• http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000060/html/t60.html

• http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/boothdiary.html

Captain John G.B. Adams

• Captain, Northern Army

• http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/Mass19.html#edno

John Scobell

• Spy, Northern Army

• http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/Mass19.html#edno

Frederick Douglass

• Abolitionist, North

• http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass/support12.html

• http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/douglass/

Jack Hinson

• Sharpshooter, South

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hinson

Phillip Henson

• Spy, North

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Henson

Antonia Ford

• Spy, South

• http://americancivilwar.com/women/antonia_willard.html

Kate Stone

• Homefront, South

• http://books.google.com/books?id=kfiCyYcF0HoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Journal+of+Kate+STone&source=bl&ots=4AyyuEbFX4&sig=NdMHake4eo_m2ts3YMcNW8FYmiU&hl=en&ei=VqV_Tcm3K4T2tgOHoryUBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

Clara Barton

• Nurse, North

• http://books.google.com/books?id=lrTwN2DxOz0C&pg=PA448&dq=Clara+Barton,+Primary+Source&hl=en&ei=UqZ_Tdy9F4_2swOGpLz4BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rachel Cormany

• North, Homefront

• http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-valley?id=FD1006&images=images/modeng/public/FD1006&data=/texts/english/civilwar/diaries&tag=public

Alice Williamson

• South• http://scriptorium.lib.d

uke.edu/williamson/#alice

Rich’s Websites• Women:

http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html • See Bottom of Page: http://americancivilwar.com/women/carrie_berry.html • Civil War Primary Documents

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/ • Civil War Primary Documents – Digital History

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p1.cfm• Civil War Primary Documents – Maryland Education Resources

http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/html/packets.html • CIA – Civil War Intelligence

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/additional-publications/civil-war/index.html

• National Archives – Primary Source Documents http://docsteach.org/documents/search?menu=open&mode=search&sortBy=relevance&q=robert+E+Lee&commit=Go

Great Websites for Women

Women of the War• http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/

bingham/guides/cwdocs.html• http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/

women/wh-cwar.html • http://www.teacheroz.com/

civilwar.htm#women (GREAT website period)

Civil War Animals

• http://oha.alexandriava.gov/fortward/special-sections/mascots/