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Teaching with Primary Sources—MTSU
CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION LINKS
Educator Resources
Exhibitions, Collections of Pho-
tographs and Maps
Prints, Music, and Text-Based
Primary Sources
Additional Links from the Li
ary
of Congress, Resources for the
Civil War Sesquicentennial
Don’t forget to check out the
“Top Ten” (1-page) summary
version of this tool.
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
From the Tennessee Civil War National
Heritage Area Web site:
Heritage Area Teacher’s Guides
Choose from several ready-to-print classroom activities
on the Civil War, ranging from fun worksheets for
younger students to primary source investigations for
older students. For example:
Character cards and related activities: 17 pages in-
cluding Musical Memory, Document Detective, and
Investigative Journalist
Witnesses to Battle: Accounts of the Home Front,
Part I and Part II
Letters Home: Two Perspectives
From the Li
ary of Congress Web
site:
Teachers Page: Themed Resources: Civil War
One of the best places to start in any search; contains
primary source sets, lesson plans, and other materials
organized for teachers about the Civil War. For ex-
ample:
Primary source set: Civil War Photographs: New
Technologies and New Uses
Lesson plan: Women in the Civil War: Ladies,
Contraband and Spies
For Students: fun, short presentations and games
especially geared towards students
From the Teaching with Primary Sources - MTSU Web site:
Civil War Resources Web page
One-stop shop for all the Civil War-related primary
sources, lesson plans & activities, newsletters, and other
esources produced by TPS-MTSU, as well as links to Civil
War materials from outside sources. For example:
Lesson plan: Voting Rights in the Reconstruction
Era
Primary source set: Reconstruction
Content resource: Soldiers’ Lives during the
Civil War
Benjamin Singleton, and S.A. McClure, Leaders of the Exodus, leaving
Nashville, Tennessee. Photomural from montage. [n.d.]
pp. 1-2
p. 3
p. 4
p. 5
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www.loc.gov/teachers
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ary.mtsu.edu/tps/tools/Civil_War_Links--Top_Ten.pdf
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www.tncivilwar.org
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www.tncivilwar.org
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www.tncivilwar.org
esearch_resources/heritage_ed
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www.sitemason.com/files/iTCjgQ/Character%20Cards%20and%20Related%20Activities.pdf
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www.sitemason.com/files/hlW9j2/Witnesses%20to%20Battle%20Activity.pdf
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www.sitemason.com/files/e4Usgg/Nashville%20Addition%20to%20Witnesses%20to%20Battle.pdf
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www.sitemason.com/files
TyETK/Letters%20Home%20Activity%202.pdf
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www.loc.gov
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www.loc.gov
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www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/civil-wa
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loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/civil-war-photographic-technologies
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loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/civil-war-photographic-technologies
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www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/women-cw
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www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/women-cw
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www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/civil-wa
students.html
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ary.mtsu.edu/tps
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li
ary.mtsu.edu/tps/civilwar.php
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ary.mtsu.edu/tps/lessonplans&ideas/Lesson_Plan--Voting_Rights_in_the_Reconstruction_Era.pdf
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ary.mtsu.edu/tps/lessonplans&ideas/Lesson_Plan--Voting_Rights_in_the_Reconstruction_Era.pdf
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ary.mtsu.edu/tps/sets/Primary_Source_Set--Reconstruction.pdf
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ary.mtsu.edu/tps/Soldier_Lives.pdf
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ary.mtsu.edu/tps/Soldier_Lives.pdf
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/images/leaders.jpg
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam009.html#obj8
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam009.html#obj8
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More educator resources from the
Li
ary of Congress Web site:
Li
ary of Congress Blogs
Stories and teaching strategies from Li
ary staff on a
variety of interesting Li
ary holdings, good for
ief
content; search “Civil War” within each of the Li
ary’s
logs for more entries
Teaching with the Li
ary of Congress blog:
“Civil War Photography: New Technologies
and New Uses, a Teacher Primary Source Set”
“Choosing Civil War Photos from the
Liljenquist Family Collection: Selecting Nee-
dles in a Fascinating Haystack”
“Civil War Sketch Artists: Pencils on the Front
Lines”
Voices of the Civil War blog:
Lewis Henry Douglass, “I must bid you fare-
well should I be killed”
Varina Davis, “As he strode off I threw over his
head a little black shawl”
Li
ary of Congress blog:
“Civil War Chic”
Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business
log:
“Civil War Sesquicentennial: Prices & Salaries”
America’s Story from America’s Li
ary
Fun, interactive, and informative stories geared towards
grades 3-5 (but good for everybody)
Jump Back in Time: Civil War
Meet Amazing Americans:
A
aham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Ha
iet Tubman
Today in History
Stories, primary sources, and links about events that
occu
ed on each day of the year; search “Civil War” in
the archive for additional stories
June 8: Tennessee Secedes
December 16: The Battle of Nashville
December 29: The 17th President (Andrew John-
son)
November 23: The Battle of Chattanooga
Web Guide: Primary Documents in American
History: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-
1877
Selection of ten documents from the highlighted era
with links and bibliography
Hidden Treasures
Brief video clips, created in partnership with the History
Channel, that tell stories from history using Li
ary of
Congress documents and artifacts
Watch a President Age (Lincoln’s life masks) 1min
48sec
Mapmaking...on Horseback (Hotchkiss Confederate
maps) 2min 35sec
How a President Learned to Write (Lincoln’s gram-
mar book) 2min 25sec
The Most Wanted Man in America (John Wilkes
Booth) 2min 43sec
The Union Sends a Message (Siege of Vicksburg)
3min 1sec
What Was in Lincoln’s Pockets? (Lincoln assassina-
tion) 2min 21sec
273 Words to a New America (Gettysburg Address)
2min 59sec
The TPS Journal: The Civil War Across Disci-
plines, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter 2012)
Civil War-themed issue of quarterly newsletter from the
nationwide TPS program, with content contributed by
TPS-MTSU
Primary Source Investigation: Civil War
Mini primary source sets from the Song of America Pro-
ject; topics include the Confederacy, the Union, Walt
Whitman, and Ha
iet Beecher Stowe
American Memory Timeline: Civil War and Re-
construction, XXXXXXXXXX
Na
ative overview of different aspects of the war, with a
ief selection of documents (largely interviews from the
1930s) to illustrate each aspect
Mapmaking...on Horseback [at 2min 22sec]
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logs.loc.gov
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logs.loc.gov/teachers/2015/05/civil-war-photography-new-technologies-and-new-uses-a-teacher-primary-source-set-from-the-li
ary-of-congress
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logs.loc.gov/teachers/2015/05/civil-war-photography-new-technologies-and-new-uses-a-teacher-primary-source-set-from-the-li
ary-of-congress
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logs.loc.gov/teachers/2013/10/choosing-civil-war-photos-from-the-liljenquist-family-collection-selecting-needles-in-a-fascinating-haystack
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logs.loc.gov/teachers/2013/10/choosing-civil-war-photos-from-the-liljenquist-family-collection-selecting-needles-in-a-fascinating-haystack
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logs.loc.gov/teachers/2013/10/choosing-civil-war-photos-from-the-liljenquist-family-collection-selecting-needles-in-a-fascinating-haystack
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logs.loc.gov/teachers/2011/06/civil-war-sketch-artists-pencils-on-the-front-lines
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logs.loc.gov/teachers/2011/06/civil-war-sketch-artists-pencils-on-the-front-lines
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logs.loc.gov/civil-war-voices/about/lewis-henry-douglass
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logs.loc.gov/civil-war-voices/about/lewis-henry-douglass
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logs.loc.gov/civil-war-voices/about/varina-davis
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logs.loc.gov/civil-war-voices/about/varina-davis
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logs.loc.gov/loc/2013/05/civil-war-chic
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logs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2011/10/civil-war-sesquicentennial-prices-salaries
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ary.gov/aa/douglass/aa_douglass_subj.html
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www.americasli
ary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_subj.html
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun08.html#tennessee
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec16.html
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec29.html
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec29.html
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov23.html
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ourdocs/CivilWarRecon.html
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ourdocs/CivilWarRecon.html
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www.loc.gov/collections/hidden-treasures-at-the-li
ary-of-congress/about-this-collection
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www.loc.gov/item/myloc14
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www.loc.gov/item/myloc15
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www.loc.gov/item/myloc16
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www.loc.gov/item/myloc6
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www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/journal/civilwa
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www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/journal/civilwa
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www.loc.gov/creativity/hampson/workshop/civilwar.html
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www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/civilwa
civilwar.html
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civilwar.html
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myloc.gov/Multimedia/HotchkissMap.aspx
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Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints
Incredible collection of over 7000 images of various
scenes and people taken during the Civil War; from the
Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
“Solving a Civil War Photograph Mystery”: fasci-
nating examination of how photographs could be
altered in the days before PhotoShop!
Brady-Handy Collection
Civil War photographs from the studio of Mathew
Brady and Levin Handy; mostly portraits
Photographs of African Americans During the
Civil War: A List of Images in the Civil War Pho-
tograph Collection
Selected images of African Americans during the Civil
War (especially in Virginia), organized into six catego-
ies ranging from soldiers to contrabands to naval scenes
Civil War Maps
Thousands of printed and hand-drawn maps made dur-
ing the war; mostly Union; many of various Tennessee
towns, regions, and topographical features
“History of Mapping the Civil War”: detailed, multi
-part essay full of contextual information
The Hotchkiss Map Collection: Confederate Army
Maps
Maps made by Jedediah Hotchkiss for the Confederate
Army during the war; mainly depicting the Shenandoah
Valley in Virginia (none from Tennessee)
EXHIBITIONS
The Civil War in America
Exhibition to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil
War, with over 200 primary source documents and
artifacts covering myriad points of view
Follow the timeline through primary sources
With Malice Toward None: The A
aham Lin-
coln Bicentennial Exhibition
In-depth look at Lincoln’s life and experiences; this
exhibition also contains interactive features
African American Odyssey
Special exhibition containing na
ative and images about
the African American experience from different eras of
U.S. history
See Civil War section & Reconstruction section
Gettysburg Address
Exhibition examining the Gettysburg Address and relat-
ed documents
American Treasures of the Li
ary of Congress:
Memory Gallery B
Multi-part exhibition telling the story of slavery, seces-
sion, Lincoln’s assassination, etc., through images
A Civil War Sketch Artist:
ief exhibit about Al-
fred Waud and his sketches of Civil War engage-
ments (largely in Virginia)
COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS & MAPS
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photo-
graphs
More than 700 am
otype and tintype photographs de-
picting named and unnamed Union (including US Col-
ored Troops) and Confederate soldiers during the Civil
War
Civil War Faces: Liljenquist Collection on Flickr
Also view in slideshow
The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photographs
from the Liljenquist Family Collection: exhibition
with feature essays and special presentations
Civil War page from the Prints & Photographs
Online Catalog
Special page where you can search among several collec-
tions in Prints & Photographs for Civil War-related
sources Panorama of the Mississippi Valley : and its fortifications /
[1863?; detail]
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www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cwp
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www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cwp/mystery.html
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www.loc.gov/pictures/collection
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print/list/081_cwaf.html
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print/list/081_cwaf.html
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www.loc.gov
print/list/081_cwaf.html
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www.loc.gov/collection/civil-war-maps/about-this-collection
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www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-maps/articles-and-essays/history-of-mapping-the-civil-wa
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www.loc.gov/collection/hotchkiss-maps/about-this-collection
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www.loc.gov/collection/hotchkiss-maps/about-this-collection
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myloc.gov/exhibitions/civil-war-in-america/pages/default.aspx
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-war-in-america/special-presentation.html
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/lincoln
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/lincoln
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/lincoln/special-presentations.html
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html
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memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart5.html
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/gettysburg-address
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr11b.html
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr11b.html
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm041.html
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www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lilj
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www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lilj
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www.flickr.com/photos/li
ary_of_congress/sets/ XXXXXXXXXX
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www.loc.gov
print/list/slidelilj
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-war-photographs
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-war-photographs
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www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/civwa
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www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/civwa
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The Li
ary of Congress Presents the Songs of
America
Collection of song recordings and sheet music, with an
essay on songs of War and Conflict; a graphic Mapping
the Songs of the Civil War state-by-state search; an in-
teractive timeline for XXXXXXXXXX; and music video-like
illustrated sound recordings, four of which pertain to
the Civil War:
“The Battle Hymn of the Republic” (3min 54sec)
“Booth killed Lincoln” (3min 7sec)
“The iron Me
imac” (2min 16sec)
“The last fierce charge” (5min 23sec)
Charles Wellington Reed Papers, 1776 to 1926
Letters, sketches, articles, and other memorabilia from
a Massachusetts soldier in the Civil War; sketches and
writings in particular highlight the experiences of the
common soldier
A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Se-
lections