Sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction

Information about the American Abolitionist movement, provided by the Digital Public Library of America.

Collection of more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. Volumes organized by state.

A freely-accessible online collection of historical documents associated with the chief executives of the state, 1860-1865.

The visual depictions that were created during the war provide an opportunity to explore the many different ways in which African Americans—free and enslaved, in Union and Confederate states— advanced the war effort. However, these images also encourage us to examine the many ways in which artists, photographers, and publishers chose to depict African Americans in the war effort, and to consider their reasons for doing so.

Civil War Richmond is an online research project designed to collect documents, photographs, and maps pertaining to Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War.

Resource providing documents, images, and audio files related to the history, literature, and culture of the American South.

Information about the history and formation of the Freedmen’s Bureau (also called the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands), provided by the Digital Public Library of America.

Information about the history and formation of the Freedmen's Bureau, provided by the National Archives.

Information about the history and formation of the Freedmen's Bureau compiled by the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.

Non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Provides full-text access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles related to 19th century American history.

A collection of songs from the American Civil War period.

An account given by Captain Addeman, discussing the trails and tribulations his regiment underwent during the Civil War.

Library of Congress page with information about the history and formation of the WPA Federal Writers' Project and its relationship to the Slave Narrative Collection.