Civil War Personalities
with
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/