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*Abraham Lincoln
Online
A comprehensive index to information from a variety of sources. Excellent
selection of resources for teachers and students.
Today in
Lincoln's Life link provides a day-by-day timelime.
Abraham Lincoln Research Site
Interesting trivia and family information.
Lincoln / Net
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project at Northern Illinois University.
Presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861),
including images, biography, writings, and speeches..
The Internet Public Library
Presidents of the United States
Biographical information, presidential election information and cabinet members,
links to Internet biographies, historical documents and other Internet
resources.
*Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial Commission
Includes a timeline of Lincoln's life, speeches, links for teachers and
students, and a photo gallery.
*Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children
Includes online quiz, a picture gallery, an Internet treasure hunt, and class
activities.
American Experience: The Time
of the Lincolns
A virtual journey into the world of the Lincolns. Step inside the world of
slavery, follow Confederate and Union soldiers into war, and explore the factors
that divided a nation.
Mr. Lincoln's White House
An account of Abraham Lincoln, the White House as it was during his Presidency,
and Washington in Lincoln's time.
We'll Sing to Abe
Our Song!": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War
More than two hundred sheet-music compositions that represent Lincoln
and the war as reflected in popular music from the Alfred
Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana at the Library of Congress.
This association publishes the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association and hosts an annual banquet and symposium. The "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln" is available here in a searchable electronic edition. Search the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, an electronic version of the 1953 multi-volume publication.
The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
Part of the American Memory Project, in its online presentation, the Abraham
Lincoln Papers comprises approximately 61,000 images and includes Lincoln's
correspondence from 1833.
Bartleby.com: Abraham Lincoln
Collection of works by and about Lincoln. Includes political debates, speeches,
a number of essays, and biographies.
Gettysburg Address
Online exhibit which includes pictures, drafts, and the full text of the
Gettysburg Address in English and in twenty-eight other languages. From the
Library of Congress.
The Emancipation Proclamation
A featured document from the National Archives & Records Administration. In
addition to a digitized view of the original document, the website features
other documents and transcripts.
The Lincoln
Legal Papers
Documents from and about the law practice of Abraham Lincoln.
Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
Includes chronology, brief biography of the conspirators, Ford’s Theatre
Sketches, maps, a diagram of the courtroom, trial transcript excerpts, newspaper
accounts, and images.
Abraham Lincoln Art Gallery.com
Abraham Lincoln Historic Photograph Archive: An Archive Collection of Thirty
Five Famous Historical Abraham Lincoln Photographs.
Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum
Website for the new library and museum being constructed in Springfield,
Illinois.
Lincoln Home
See where Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln lived in 1860, just before he became
president. Site also has information about other homes Lincoln lived in and
links to other information about Lincoln.
The Lincoln Memorial
Pictures, facts, and history of the Lincoln Memorial.
The Lincoln Museum
Official site of this museum, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Includes virtual
exhibit, a glimpse into Lincoln's world, and a look at his life.
African
American Odyssey
Presents information on slavery, free blacks in the antebellum period,
abolition, the Civil War, African American soldiers, and Reconstruction.
Freedmen and Southern Society Project
Approximately 50,000 documents that capture the drama of emancipation in the
words of the participants: liberated slaves and defeated slaveholders, soldiers
and civilians, common folk and the elite, Northerners and Southerners.
Slave
Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
An online collection containing more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery
and 500 black and white photographs of former slaves.
The Civil War Homepage
A comprehensive Civil War web site with links to dozens of resources.
*Civil War Lesson
Plans
For Middle and High School students. Topics include Civil War photographs,
music, poetry, food, women soldiers, Civil War slang, Confederate currency, and
the Underground Railroad.
Civil War.com
Civil war timeline as well as list of major battles, important places,
music, documents, and other
interesting facts.
Index of Civil War information available on the Internet
From Louisiana State University - links to lots of resources.
Selected Civil War
Photographs
From the Library of Congress. Search on "Abraham
Lincoln" for photos of Lincoln himself and photos related to him. A
Timeline of the Civil
War puts the photographs in chronological order.
The Valley of the Shadow; Two Communities in the American Civil War
Original letters, diaries, speeches, census records, and church records for two
towns, one in Pennsylvania and one in Virginia.
Women of the American
Civil War
Web site focusing on women of the Civil War, including Rose O'Neal Greenhow
(Union spy), Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton.
Illinois Civil War Veterans
Database
This database of Illinois Civil War Veterans indexes the first eight volumes of
the nine volume publication, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of
Illinois with approximately 250,000 names.
Civil War Soldiers
and Sailors System
The National Park Service provides this search for soldiers, sailors, prisoners,
regiments, medal of honor recipients, and a Civil War cemetery. Battle histories
and information about Civil War related National Parks is also available.
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Located in Frederick, Maryland, this museum is the center for study of the
medical history of the Civil War.
* website includes information for teachers
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