Shelby County OHGenWeb

Civil War Links (in alphabetical order)

19th Century Ohio Civil War Colored Troops
22nd O.V.I. ~ includes Regimental History and Roster list
48th O.V.V.I. ~ Many soldier biographies.
60th O.V.I. ~ includes rosters for both the One Years' and Three Years' Service. The Rosters also have next to each soldier's name a column for links to grave sites, bios, photos, websites, etc. The site also contains photos, biographies, memoirs (letters, National Tribune articles, diaries, etc.) and other fascinating facts about the 60th OVI.
73rd O.V.I. ~ Contains photos, history, rosters and several links to other regiments from Ohio
82nd O.V.I. ~ includes Rgimental History and Roster list
126th O.V.I.: Letters, Accounts, and Oral Histories ~
Civil War Memorial, Darke Co., Ohio ~ contains a listing of Civil War Veterans in of Darke county and misc. rosters.
Aboard the Underground Railroad; A National Register Travel Itenerary
Abraham Lincoln Assassination ~ contains eyewitness accounts, summary of the assassination, conspiracy theories, pictures, and information about the conspiracy trial.
African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum ~
The American Civil War Homepage
The American Civil War "Naval War" ~ "This portion of the Home of the Civil War website is designed to provide the reader with a brief insight into a little known aspect of the late Rebellion, The Naval War. While this portion of the Rebellion is little discussed, both the Federal and the Confederate Navies played a vital part in the war. The early establishment of the blockade and Farragut's capture of New Orleans not only brought about the economic strangulation of the South but also killed any hope the Confederates had of French intervention . The Navy also had a critical role in the strategy that split the Confederacy by capturing the line of the Mississippi. "
American Civil War Research Database ~ a searchable database which you must subscribe too.
Andersonville National Historic Site ~ U.S. National Park Service
Battle of Chancellorsville ~ contains a detailed account of the battle along with a full-length summary of Chancellorsville, plus a brief analysis of it's strategic impact on the war.
Battle of Fredericksburg ~ contains battle summary, list of casualties, quotes, etc.
Battle of Murfreesboro
Bentonville Battleground: Site of the Civil War Battle of Bentonville ~ Scene of the Last Major Confederate Offensive of the Civil War. Contains maps, chronology, battle synopsis, among other things.
Battle of Bullrun
Camp Dennison Civil War Museum Site ~ The military unit Link has an exhaustive listing of regiments, etc.
The Civil War Archive
Civil War Battle Summaries by State ~ Ohio
Civil War Dead or Veterans ~ From the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The Civil War Lady.~ "does free of charge Regiment and Unit look-ups. She will give you the history of the unit. Battles they were in that sort of thing."
Civil War Medicine ~ Information on Surgeons, Nurses, Hospitals and the conditions they had to work in.
Civil War Photographs ~ from The Library of Congress: American Memory
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Civil War Surgeons
Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet ~ From the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. Contains diaries, letters, documents, photographs and prints from women who witnessed the war first-hand.
Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library ~ contains original documents dealing with the prison. Letters, diaries, books, journals, photographs, drawings, and other material.
Famous Civil War Battles of the West ~ features Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg
Genealogy and the American Civil War
Hillory Shifflet Letters ~ Compiled by Kate Forster. The letters were written by Hillory Shifflet to his wife, Jemima Cox. Hillory served in the Infantry, Company C, 1st Regiment of Ohio Volunteers
Index to [Ohio] Prisoners at Andersonville, Georgia, and Salisbury, North Carolina Prisons, 1864-1865 ~ OHS; searchable database
Ironclads and Blockade Runners of the American Civil War ~ contains pictures, strategy reports, commander list, etc.
Making of America - Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad; being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave, with the stories of numerous fugitives, who gained their freedom through his instrumentality, and many other incidents. by Levi Coffin Publication Date: 1876
National Graves Registration Database ~ Searchable database. From the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
National Archives and Records Administration (NAIL) ~ there is a search engine that allows you to search their archival holdings, including their photograph collections...and they do have collections of Civil war pictures.
Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal ~ from the Ohio Genealogical Society
Ohio Civil War Regiments ~ from the Ohio GenWeb Civil War site
Sultana Disaster
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Naviesin the War of the Rebellion Journal Contents (1861-1865) ~ 30 volumes transcribed by Cornell University. These volumes are a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate navies published under the direction of the Secretary of Navy, The Honorable H.A. Herbert, Lieut. Commander Richard Bush, Superintendent of Naval War records, U.S. Navy, and Mr. Robert H. Woods in 1894.
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
Seige of Petersburg
Testimony of the Canadian Fugitives ~ Read the accounts of three escaped slaves as told to Benjamin Drew, a Boston

abolitionist who traveled through Canada in the 1850s.

The Underground Railroad ~ by National Geographic
U.S. Army Military History Institute ATTN: Special Collections. ~ They have a searchable database of Civil War photographs.
U.S. Civil War Center ~ an index of Civil War information available on the internet
U.S. Civil War Center at Louisiana State University
U.S. Civil War Navies ~ "A collection of Articles, Muster Rolls, and Images of the Union and Confederate Naval Services."
The USGenWeb Archives Pension Project *CivilWar* ~ Ohio
The USGenWeb Archives Pension Project *CivilWar* ~ main page
Vicksburg National Cemetery ~ Searchable Database
War of the Rebellion Journal Contents (1880 - 1901) ~ 60 volumes transcribed by Cornell University. It is a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies published under the direction of the Secretary of War, The Honorary Elihu Root, Brig. Gen. Fred. C. Ainsworth, the Chief of the Record and Pension Office, U.S. War Department, and Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley (Mr. John S. Moodey, indexer).