Mr McCarthy's resource page for 7th grade

Civil War photos

• Civil War photos - Over 1,000 Civil War Images, Photographs and Cartes de Visites including:
  Army Life, United States and Confederate Government Officers, Union and Confederate Generals and Soldiers, Civilians, Battle Field Photos, Casualties, Infantry Units, Cavalry Units, Artillery Units, Engineering Units, Navy Units and Vessels, Prisoners, Hospitals and Doctors, Factories, Quartermaster, Lincoln Assassination Conspirators and much more.
• PBS archive of Civil War photos A collection of nearly 200 images arranged by topic.
• Selected Civil War photographs at the Library of Congress Contains 1,118 photographs. Includes scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men.Searchable by keyword.

Other civil war sites

• Causes of the Civil War "This site was founded with the intent of collecting copies of or links to as many primary documents from the period of the secession crisis as is reasonably possible, with the goal of shedding light on the causes of secession, hence of the war."
• Eyewitness to the American Civil War Contemporary accounts of a variety of Civil War events.
• Civil war maps at the Library of Congress "Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman’s Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts"
• Timeline of the Civil War (Library of Congress.) Includes images and links to more detailed information about some of the events and people.
• Another timeline (from The History Place). Includes some images and links to more images.