The Database

Knowledge

Library

Books

Books

Southern Lady, Yankee Spy
The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy
Elizabeth R. Varon
Biography
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Biography
The Agitators
Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights
Dorothy Wickenden
Biography
The Fiery Trial
Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
Eric Foner
Biography
The Man Who Saved the Union
H. W. Brands
Biography
The Myth of the Lost Cause
Edward H. Bonekemper III
History
The Reconstruction Amendments' Debates
on the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
Alfred Avins (ed.)
Primary Record
The War Before the War
Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
Andrew Delbanco
History
The Zealot and the Emancipator
John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom
H. W. Brands
Biography
William Tecumseh Sherman
In the Service of My Country, a Life
James Lee McDonough
Biography

Audiovisual

Audiovisual

The Civil War
Ken Burns
Documentary

Websites

Websites

American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust
Resource
The Civil War Muse
Dick Titterington
Resource

Podcasts

Podcasts

American Carnage
Jeff Stein, Rowley Amato
Podcast
HIST 119
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era
David Blight
Podcast

Creative

Library

Books

Books

Defiant
The Story of Robert Smalls
Rob Edwards
Graphic Novel
Father Comes Home From the Wars
(Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Suzan-Lori Parks
Theatrical Script
Flashbacks: Robert Smalls
Patrick Reynolds
Graphic Novel
The Good Lord Bird (book)
James McBride
Historical Fiction
Unsung Heroes: Robert Smalls
Curtis Allen
Graphic Novel
You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant
Brad Neely
Biography

Audiovisual

Audiovisual

12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen
Biographical
Abraham Lincoln; Vampire Hunter
Timur Bekmambetov
Historical Fiction
Amistad
Steven Spielberg
Biographical
Antebellum
Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz
Historical Fiction
Cold Mountain
Anthony Minghella
Historical Fiction
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino
Revisionist Western
Emancipation
Antoine Fuqua
Historical Fiction
Free State of Jones
Gary Ross
Biographical
Glory
Edward Zwick
Biographical
Gone with the Wind
Victor Fleming
Historical Fiction

Art

Art

Combahee River collection
J. Henry Fair
Photography
The Meeting
Haller Buchanan
Painting
The Peacemakers
George P.A. Healy
Painting
War is Hell
Mort Kunstler
Painting
We Shall Pass through the Combahee
Stephen Towns
Quilt

Creators

Creators

1863 Designs
1863 Designs
Civil War Inspired Products and Designs
Deformity Nonsense
Anders Rosing-Bull
Ohio boys say no to kings.

Travel

Library

Vendors

Vendors

Gettysburg Heritage Museum
Gettysburg Museum
Guided Tours
Ghosts of Harpers Ferry
Ghosts of Harpers Ferry
Guided Tour
Lowcountry Tidal Tours
Captain Scott Gordon
Boat Tours
Roger's Red Jacket Tours
Roger Pennyman
Guided Tours

Resources

Resources

American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust
Website
The Civil War Muse
Dick Titterington
Website

Sites

Sites

Covey Farm Location
New St. Johns United Methodist Church
Coordinates
Eliza Bailey Mitchell House
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Building
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
U.S. NPS
Battlefield
Frederick Douglass Marker
The Commissioners of St. Michaels, The St. Mary's Square Museum, Maryland Historical Society
Marker
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
U.S. NPS
Historic Home
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
U.S. NPS
Battlefield
Free State Hotel Location
Marker
Freedmen's Bureau Marker
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Marker
Freedom Began Here Marker
Trail to Freedom
Marker
Freeland Farm & Old Martingham
Coordinates