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History Commons

The Civil War Collection

Newspapers articles, personal accounts, and regimental histories.

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Explore articles from The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury, the Richmond Enquirer, and seven Midwest newspapers. Memoirs explaining battle strategies. Regimental histories and records. Details of international trade and how foreign governments viewed the US at war with itself. Descriptions of wartime industries such as the New York oyster business. Troop movements. It's an eclectic, fascinating mix for understanding the war.

At a glance

5,400+

publications

44

sources—including newspapers, books, memoirs, pamphlets, and regimental histories.

Examples of coverage:

  • The Copperheads, Northerners sympathetic to the South who advocated the violent overthrow of the governments of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri in 1864

  • Events occurring in other states

  • Analysis of the transcontinental railroad and its effect on the region

  • General news articles from around the world, including a humorous, in-depth description of a 7-foot-long, 3.5-ton piece of cheese on display at the Toronto Agricultural Fair in 1866

  • Letters from correspondents traveling with the troops, describing their daily activities in detail

  • An issue titled “Abraham Lincoln Death,” with the type in bold black

  • Articles discussing slavery

Perspectives

The content is organized to allow an understanding of the period through various perspectives:

  • A Newspaper Perspective

  • The Soldiers’ Perspective

  • The Generals’ Perspective

  • A Midwestern Perspective

  • Iowa’s Perspective

  • Northeast Regimental Histories

  • Abraham Lincoln Library Abolitionist Books

Curated content

Dive deeper by reading the comprehensive bibliography.

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