A 7th Grade WebQuest

Civil War Personal Journal

Use the following web sites as your Internet resources for creating your Civil War Journal. Follow the directions with each web site. Please note that when you click a link on this page, you are linking OFF my web site and into the Internet. The ONLY way to return to this page is to press the back button on your browser.

WARNING: Searching the internet is a time consuming process. I have attempted to help you by providing these links; however, if you find yourself aimlessly looking and reading sites - STOP and begin to write a journal entry.

• Index of Civil War Information available on the Internet - This is the main link to the site but use the individual links below to navigate.

This site is managed by LSU. They are attempting to list every Civil War site on the web - currently they have over 2,700 links. I would like for you to use the following links as a starting point for your research. Each one of the links offer over 20 sites - only spend time at approximately 3-5 of the individual sites (or more if necessary).

• Diaries, Letters, Stories and Recollections (start by browsing the letters and then scroll up and down for the rest of the sites)
• Battlefields, Cemeteries, and forts
• Maps, images and art (scroll down for the maps section)
• Museums, planations and tours
• African Americans, Slavery, and Abolition
• Facts about States in the Civil War
• Women in the Civil War
• Uniforms and dress (plus Navies and Flags of Civil War)
• Medicine during the Civil War

• Letters of the Civil War
  • *EXCELLENT SOURCE OF SAMPLE LETTERS!!

    "A compilation of letters from the soldiers, sailors, nurses, politicians, ministers and journalists from the newspapers of the cities and towns of Massachusetts from April 1861-1865" (description from the web site)

• Civil War Archive at the Library of Congress
  • The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs.

• National Park Service Battlefield Sites
  • This is a list of several Civil War battlesites. I would choose one or two battles to focus on for your personal scenario.

• The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War.
  • The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War. Teaching activities, historical documents, and photographs explore the issues of emancipation and military service.

• The American Civil War Homepage
  • A clearinghouse of information regarding the Civil War. This is an excellent source of information on the following topics: The Secession Crisis and Before, Specific Battles, Images of War