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Ohio Civil War Connections, Resources & Destinations

• American Civil War Museum of Ohio - Bowling Green, OH
• Friends and Descendants of Johnson's Island
• Harriet Beecher Stowe House - Cincinnati, OH
• James A. Garfield National Historic Site - Mentor, OH

• Johnson's Island - Union POW camp on a Lake Erie island.

• Johnson Island Memorial Project - website of a group formed to preserve Johnson Island.

• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - Cincinnati, OH
• Ohio Civil War Rosters
• Ohio in the Civil War
• Ohio Historical Society - Civil War Documents
• Ohio Union Army Regimental Index
• Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center - Fremont, OH
• Sherman House Museum - Lancaster, OH 
• Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument - Cleveland, OH
• Underground Railroad Information Station - at the Ohio Historical Society
• Western Reserve Historical Society - Cleveland, OH

National & State Civil War Parks

• Andersonville National Historic Site - The largest Confederate military prison established during the Civil War. Includes a national cemetery with more than 17,000 interments.

• Antietam National Battlefield - Lee's first invasion of the North was ended here on September 17th, 1862, in a battle that resulted in more than 23,000 men killed, wounded, and missing.

• Appomattox Court House National Historical Park - Here on April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederacy's field army to Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant.

• Arkansas Post National Memorial - In 1862, Confederate troops constructed a massive earthen fortification here known as Fort Hindman. In January 1863 Union troops destroyed the fort, ensuring control of the Arkansas River.

• Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial - Biographical highlights of Robert E. Lee and information on the antebellum home of the Custis and Lee families overlooking the Potomac River and Washington, D.C. Robert E. Lee lived in this home for more than 30 years.

• Boston African American National Historic Site - Located in the heart of Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, the site includes 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th century African-American community.

• Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site - The Confederate cavalry was employed with extraordinary skill here during the battle of June 10, 1864.

• Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park - The first national military park honors Civil War soldiers that fought for control of Chattanooga in 1863. Includes sections on both sides of the Georgia/Tennessee border.

• Clara Barton National Historic Site - Commemorates the life of Clara Barton. From this house, Barton organized American Red Cross relief efforts for victims of natural disasters and war.  The home served as the headquarters and warehouse for the organization. 

• Ford's Theatre National Historic Site - On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot while attending a show here. Museum contains portions of the Olroyd Collection of Lincolniana.

• Fort Delaware State Park - Union fortress dating back to 1859, housed Confederate POWs during the war. Delaware City, Delaware

• Fort DeRussy (Rock Creek Park) - Park encompassing some of the defenses surrounding Washington during the Civil War including Fort DeRussy, Fort Stevens and a battleground cemetery.

• Fort Donelson National Battlefield - The site of the North’s first major victory of the Civil War, opening the way into the very heart of the Confederacy.

• Fort Moultrie National Memorial - Fort Moultrie's history covers 171 years of seacoast defense, including the firing onto Fort Sumter during the first battle of the Civil War.

• Fort Point National Historic Site - Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1853 and 1861 to prevent entrance of a hostile fleet into San Francisco Bay.

• Fort Pulaski National Monument - Here on April 11, 1862, defense strategy changed worldwide when Union rifled cannon first overcame a masonry fortification after only 30 hours of bombardment.

• Fort Scott National Historic Site - First built in 1842, served as a Union garrison in Kansas.

• Fort Sumter National Monument - The first engagement of the Civil War took place here on April 12-13, 1861. Park also includes Fort Moultrie, scene of the patriot victory of June 28, 1776.

• Fort Washington - Coastal fort outside Washington D.C., built in 1809.

• Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park - Largest military park in the world features portions of four Civil War Battlefields: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House.

• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - in Washington, DC.

• General Grant National Memorial - Grant's tomb in New York.

• Gettysburg National Military Park - Largest battle ever waged in the Western Hemisphere was fought here July 1-3, 1863, resulting in a Union victory.

• Glorietta Pass (Pecos National Historic Park) - The Battle of Glorieta Pass represented the high water mark for a bold Confederate offensive into Union Territory on the western frontier.  New Mexico.

• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park - Town changed hands eight times during Civil War, and was site of a diverse number of historical events, including John Brown's attack on slavery.

• James A. Garfield National Historic Site - The Garfield home in Mentor, Ohio.

• Johnson Island Memorial Project - website of a group formed to preserve Johnson Island.

• Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Park preserves the sites of the Civil War battles of Kolb's Farm, June 22, 1864, and Kennesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864.

• Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site - The Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky.

• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial - Site of Lincoln's boyhood farm in Indiana where he lived from the age of 7 to 21.

• Lincoln Home National Historic Site - The Abraham Lincoln home in Springfield, Illinois.

• Manassas National Battlefield - The Battles of First and Second Manassas (Bull Run) were fought here July 21, 1861 and August 28-30, 1862.

• Monocacy National Battlefield - Known as the "Battle That Saved Washington", the battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864, marked the last campaign of the Confederacy to carry the war into the north.

• Natchez National Historic Park - Celebrates the history of Natchez, Mississippi and interprets the role the city played in the settlement of the old southwest, the Cotton Kingdom and the Antebellum South.

• Olustee Battlefield State Historic Site - Commemorates the largest Civil War battle in Florida. In proportion to the number of troops involved, it was one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

• Pea Ridge National Military Park - Preserves the site of the March 7-8, 1862 Civil War battle that led to the Union's total control of Missouri. Only Civil War battle in which American Indians participated.

• Petersburg National Battlefield - Setting for the longest siege in American history (9 1/2 months) when General Grant failed to capture Richmond in the spring of 1864.

• Richmond National Battlefield Park - Commemorates 11 sites associated with the Union campaigns to capture Richmond, including the battlefields at Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, and Cold Harbor.

• Shiloh National Military Park - Scene of April 6-7, 1862 battle involving more than 100,000 Union and Confederate troops, during which nearly 24,000 were killed, wounded, or missing.

• Stones River National Battlefield - Civil War battle that took place at Stones River between December 31, 1862 and January 2, 1863 allowed the Union army to control middle Tennessee.

• Tupelo National Battlefield - Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest tried to cut the railroad supplying the Unions march on Atlanta here on July 13-14, 1864.

• Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site - The site of Grant's Missouri farm, also known as White Haven, consists of 9.65 acres holding five historic structures: main house, stone building, barn, chicken house, and ice house.

• Vicksburg National Military Park - Commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Civil War -- the campaign, siege and defense of Vicksburg -- which took place from March 29 to July 4, 1863.

• Wilson's Creek National Battlefield - The battle fought here on August 10, 1861, was the first major Civil War engagement west of the Mississippi River, involving about 5,400 Union troops and 12,000 Confederates.

Museums

• American Civil War Museum of Ohio - Bowling Green, Ohio

• Atlanta History Center - Atlanta, GA

• Baltimore Civil War Museum - Baltimore, MD

• Boston African American National Historic Site - Boston, MA

• B&O Railroad Station Museum - Ellicott City, MD

• USS Cairo Museum - Vicksburg, MS

• The Civil War and Native American Museum - Hamilton Township, NJ (near Trenton)

• Civil War at Charleston - Charleston, SC

• Civil War Museum of the Western Theater - Bardstown, KY

• Confederate Museum - New Orleans, LA

• Confederate Naval Museum - Columbus, GA

• Drum Barracks Civil War Museum - Wilmington, CA

• Hampton Roads Naval Museum - Norfolk, VA

• Henry Ford Museum - Dearborn, MI

• Jefferson Davis Birthplace - Fairview, KY

• Jefferson Davis Home - Biloxi, MS

• John Singleton Mosby Museum - Warrenton, VA

• Joshua L. Chamberlain House & Museum - Brunswick, ME

• Kennesaw Civil War Museum - Kennesaw, GA

• Lincoln Museum - Ft. Wayne, IN

• Gen. John A. Logan Museum and Interpretive Center - Murphysboro, IL

• Mariners' Museum - Newport News, VA

• Museum of the Confederacy - Richmond, VA

• U.S. Naval Academy Museum - Annapolis, MD

• United States Naval and Shipbuilding Museum - Quincy, MA

• National Civil War Museum - Harrisburg, PA

• National Medal of Honor Museum of Military History - Chattanooga, TN

• National Museum of Civil War Medicine - Frederick, MD

• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - Cincinnati, OH

• Naval Historical Center @ the Washington Navy Yard - Washington, DC

• C.S.S. Neuse State Historic Site - Kinston, NC

• New Bern Historical Society - New Bern, NC

• Pamplin Historical Park - Petersburg, VA

• Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center - Columbus, GA 

• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum - Portsmouth, VA

• President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home - Washington, DC

• Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center - Fremont, OH

• Sherman House Museum - Lancaster, OH 

• The Shriver House Museum - Gettysburg, PA

• Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument - Cleveland, OH

• Smithsonian Institution - Washington, DC

• Surratt House Museum - Home of convicted Lincoln conspirator, Mary Surratt, in Clinton, MD

• Gen. Sweeny's Museum of Civil War History - Republic, MO

• Tryon Palace - New Bern, NC

• U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center - Carlisle, PA

• War Between the States Museum - Florence, SC

• Western Reserve Historical Society - Cleveland, OH

• West Virginia Independence Hall - Wheeling WV

• Wisconsin Veterans' Museum - Madison, WI

General Interest Civil War Websites

• American Civil War.com

• American Civil War Homepage

• American Civil War In the News

• Civil War Book Review

• Civil War Interactive

• Civil War Music Store

• Civil War Podcasts (mostly walking audio tours)

• Civil War Roundtables On the Web - a national list of Civil War Roundtables on The Civil War Archive site

• Civil War Talk

• Generals of the American Civil War - Extensive collection of photos of generals from both the CSA and Union armies

• History Channel - On This Day In the Civil War

• Ken Burns 'The Civil War' on PBS

• Son of the South

• Virginia Historical Society

Slavery and the African American Experience

• Aboard the Underground Railroad

• African American Odyssey - The Civil War

• Africans In America - PBS

• Antislavery Literature Project

• Boston African American National Historic Site - Boston, MA

• Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War - at the National Archives

• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - Washington, DC

• National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - Cincinnati, OH

• Underground Railroad - at National Geographic

• Underground Railroad Information Station - at the Ohio Historical Society

Lincoln

• Abraham Lincoln Association

• Abraham Lincoln Online

• Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum - Springfield, IL

• American Icons: The Lincoln Memorial @ the NPR program "Studio 360" - An interesting collection of audio interviews and commentary on Lincoln and the Lincoln Memorial

• Ford's Theatre National Historic Site - Washington, DC

• Lincoln Biography - at the Whitehouse.gov

• Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site - The Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky

• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial - Lincoln's boyhood farm in Indiana where he lived from the age of 7 to 21

• Lincoln Home National Historic Site - The Abraham Lincoln home in Springfield, Illinois

• Lincoln Forum

• Lincoln Museum - Ft Wayne, IN

• Lincoln / Net - at Northern Illinois University

• Mr. Lincoln's Whitehouse

• President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home - Washington, DC

• Surratt House Museum - Home of convicted Lincoln conspirator, Mary Surratt, in Clinton, MD

• Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators - On the University of Kansas web site

Memoirs and Biographies

• Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman - ironically enough, at Sonofthesouth.com

• Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant - At Bartleby.com (on-line book site)

• The American Civil War: Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs - On-line collection of the diaries, letters and memoirs of both Union and CSA soldiers at Dakota State University

• Reminiscences of the Civil War - Select excerpts from General John Gordon's memoirs

• Advance and Retreat - Memoirs by General John B. Hood

• From Manassas to Appomattox - Memoirs of Lieutenant-General James Longstreet

• Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet - Collection of the diaries, letters and memoirs at Duke University

• R.E. Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman - Freeman's complete, unabridged (4-volume) biography of Lee, on-line

• U.S. Grant Homepage - Extensive collection of photos and articles about and by U.S. Grant put together by people who clearly think highly of him

Research & Educational Sites

• AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History - at the University of Kansas

• Civil War Archive

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

• Civil War @ Teachernet

• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

• Historyscope Collection

• National Archives

• Smithsonian Civil War Studies

• War Times Journal - fairly extensive collection of the journals and memoirs of many key Civil War figures

Preservation Organizations

• American Battlefield Protection Program

• Civil War Preservation Trust

• Heritage Preservation Services

On-Line Publications

• America's Civil War Magazine

• American Heritage Magazine

• American History Magazine

• Blue & Gray Magazine

• Camp Chase Gazette

• Civil War Book Review - reviews of Civil War books published since 1999

• Civil War Courier

• Civil War News

• Civil War Times Illustrated

• CWi Premium - Registration required

• Farber's Weekly

• History Magazine

• History net

• Military Images

• North & South Magazine

• Smithsonian Magazine

Regional Civil War Events Calendars

• Civil War News Events Calendar - Searchable database of upcoming Civil War Events

• Civil War Preservation Trust Events

• Civil War Traveler - Comprehensive listing of upcoming Civil War events sortable by either date or state (MD, VA, PA, WV, NC, SC, DC) 

• Lincoln Home - Schedule of events taking place at Lincoln's Springfield, IL home, searchable by date

• Lincoln Museum, Ft. Wayne, IN Events Calendar

• 'Virginia Is for Lovers' Events Calendar

• West Virginia In the Civil War Events Calendar

Civil War Travel

• Civil War Tours.org

• Civil War Tours.net

• Civil War Weekend Tours

• Historic Battles Tours

• Mosby's Confederacy Tours

• Road Scholar

• Shebby Lee Tours