Websites We've Received

Submitted by Many friends of the Civil War Sig

If you've found a favorite Civil War site, by all means, let us know!!

Send to Host GFS Jayne so they can be shared by all.

Host GFS Gary:

A, B and C names have been added to the database Black Hawk Co, IA Civil War Soldiers.  Stop by and take a peek. CENSUS ONLINE & OTHER DIGGINS: http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm

Bulldogtjr:

Civil War Terminology Explanations http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/terms.htm#recruit

EJMOULTON:

For you collectors of Historical and current Music... The Lester L. Levy Sheet Music Collection - Home page  http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/

HOST GFS LindaE and HOST GFS Nance:

The Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War (Based on total caualties (killed, wounded, missing and captured) http://www.civilwarhome.com/Battles.htm

#1 Battle of Gettysburg
http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysbu.htm

#2  Battle of Chickamauga
http://www.civilwarhome.com/chickama.htm

#3  Battle of Chancellorsville
http://www.civilwarhome.com/chancell.htm

#4  Battle of Spotsylvania
http://www.civilwarhome.com/spotsylvaniacourthouse.htm

#5  Battle of Antietam
http://www.civilwarhome.com/antietam.htm

#6  Battle of the Wilderness
http://www.civilwarhome.com/wildernessor.htm

#7  Battle of Second Manassas
http://www.civilwarhome.com/2manassa.htm

#8  Battle of Stone's River
http://www.civilwarhome.com/stones.htm

#9  Battle of Shiloh
http://www.civilwarhome.com/shiloh.htm

#10 Battle of Fort Donelson
http://www.civilwarhome.com/donelson.htm

SusiCP:

http://www.civilwardata.com/
http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/civilwar/
http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/
http://www.oz.net/%7Ecyndihow/pensions.htm
http://east2.elhs.limestone.k12.al.us/html/expert/ahistory.htm
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/civilwarmil.html
http://www.infinet.com/~lstevens/a/civil.html
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/
http://www.vcu.edu/dl/civilwar/index.html
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html
http://www.usmo.com/~momollus/Mocwlink.htm
http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/CSAMAIN.htm
http://www.geocities.com/~sterlingprice/index.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/oh_state.htm
http://www.americancivilwar.com/civil.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html
http://www.shelby.net/jr/kmnmp/index.htm
http://www.cyndislist.com/cw.htm
http://home.att.net/~secondmdus/
http://www.innova.net/~vsix/elmiradoc1.htm
http://www.cob-net.org/docs/brethrenlife.htm
http://www.bpmlegal.com/76NY/index.html
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/Mass19.html
http://members.aol.com/Shortyhack/links.html
http://www.usigs.org/library/military/index.htm
http://www.inetnow.net/%7Eehallman/cem.htm
http://www.rootsquest.com/~military/howto.htm
http://members.spree.com/pahoa/cwindex.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pensions/
http://oglethorpe.corinthian.net/mccc/plookup.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/
http://www.bullrun.com/

HOST GFS LindaE:

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA AND THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/EMS/CivilWar/CivilWar.html

Bentonville Battleground: Site of the Civil War Battle of Bentonville
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/bentonvi/bentonvi.htm

The Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/Battles.htm

Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida - Natural Bridge Historical Society, Inc.
http://pone.com/nb/
http://pone.com/nb/casualties.htm

Sherman's March Through South Carolina
http://members.aol.com/x69xer/sherman.html

1st Battle of Bull Run Confederate Order of Battle
http://www.civilwarhome.com/bullrunbattleorderconfed.htm

Welcome to the U.S. Civil War Center!
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/

Civil War Index Page
http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm

Battle of Olustee or Ocean Pond
http://extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu/olustee/

Battle of Fredericksburg
http://members.aol.com/lmjarl/civwar/frdrksburg.html

Rare Map Collection - American Civil War
www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/civil.html

The Civil War Home Page
http://www.civil-war.net/

William Tecumseh Sherman to Atlanta : "War is Hell"
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/sherman/sherman-to-burn-atlanta.html

Battle of Balls Bluff
http://members.aol.com/CintiCWRT/balls.html

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

Civil War History - Bullrun.com by Encyberpedia
http://www.bullrun.com/

Siege of Petersburg
http://members.aol.com/siege1864/

Civil War Records
www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html

Reenactors Page
http://www2.tsixroads.com/~rodbond/reenacting.html

NYS and the Civil War
http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/

The American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html

Causes of the Civil War
http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/causes.html

 

TUBES14:

Save Our Southern Heritage - Signatures
http://www.petitiononline.com/cgi-bin/signed.cgi?southern

 

AJWRJW:

Robert E. Lee's Boyhood Home
http://www.leeshome.com/

 

rosewebb@datasync.com

The Edward G. Gerdes AR Civil War has moved!!....... to:
http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/

 

Host GFS Susi:

INDIAN SITES to explore
Native American Home Pages - Nations
http://www.pitt.edu/~lmitten/nations.html#i-l

 

FedTribes99

http://www.indians.org/Resource/FedTribes99/fedtribes99.html

Ramapough Mountain Indians: Native Americans
http://www.ramapoughnation.org/news.html

Official Website of the Chickasaw Nation
http://www.chickasaw.net/

{{Susi}}  Great websites for Native American research..  THANKS

Infiormation is available on Wisconsin Civil War veterans at the Wisconsin Veteran's Museum
30 Mifflin St. Madison, Wi. 53703
Ph.# 1-608-267-1799  fax 1-608-264-76l5

Wisconsin Civil War Veterans
http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/dva/museum/wvmmain.htm

They have information on enlistments, and much other info and some of this can be searched on-line and thru their gift shop.

This is a gigantic list of research sites focusing on Military Orders, Hereditary, Fraternal and Patriotic Organizations which sometimes "pop-up" in the middle of research.  This is a very impressive list.  "Thanks Susi"

Hereditary Organizations
Daughters of the American Revolution 
http://www.chesapeake.net/DAR

Daughters of the Republic of Texas 
http://www.drtl.org/~drtl/index.html

Descendents of Mexican WarVeterans
http://member.aol.com/dmwv/home.htm

Descendents of Washington's Army at Valley Forge 
http://www.execpc.com/~drg/widwavf.html

Founders of the New Haven Colony
http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/NEWHAVEN.HTM

General Society of Mayflower Descendents
http://user.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html

General Society of the War of 1812 -
http://LanClio.org/1812.htm

General Society Sons of the Revolution 
http://www.execpc.com/~drg/gssro.html

Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.)
http://pages.prodigy.com/CGBD86A/garhp.htm

For male descendents and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
http://suvcw.org/lgar.htm

For the Women's Relief Corps
http://suvcw.org/wrc.htm

Huguenot Society
http://www.startext.net/homes/huguenot/

International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
http://www.media.utah.edu/medsol/UCME/d/DAUGHTERSUTPIO.html

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
http://suvcw.org/mollus.htmMilitary

Order of the Stars and Bars
http://scv.org/mosbhome.htmMilitary

Order of the World Wars
http://www.cais.com/dc/moww/

Order of Daedalians
http://www.daedalians.org/

Order of Indian Wars of the United States
http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/INDIAN.HTM

Point Lookout Prisoner of War Organization
http://barbados.cc.odu.edu/~bkb300z/plpow/plpow.html

For descendents of POWs at the Point Lookout, Maryland prison during the American Civil War.

Society of the Cincinnati
http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/CINCINNA.HTM

Sons of the American Legion -
http://www.legion.org/salinfo.htm

Sons of the American Revolution
http://www.sar.org/

Sons of Confederate Veterans
http://scv.org/

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
http://SUVCW.org/

Link to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
http://suvcw.org/duv.htm

Fraternal/Social Organizations
Follow this link for a good discussion about Fraternal Organizations and insurance.  This isn't about college Greek fraternities, but rather organizations formed for mutual benefit such as Woodmen of the World, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Heptasophs, and the like.
http://www.wvu.edu/~socialwk/faculty/RAL/E/fraternities.html

Benevolent & Protective Organization of Elks (BPOE)
http://rtpnet.org/~nec/

Free Masons
http://www.freemasonry.org/index.html

Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF)
http://www.avd.nl/ioof/e_index.htm

Kiwanis Club
http://www.kiwanis.com/

Knights of Columbus
http://www.netreach.net/~kofc4215/knights.htm

Lion's Club International
http://www.lions.org/

National Exchange Club
http://rtpnet.org/~nec/

Optimists International
http://www.optimist.org/

Order Knights of Pythias
http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~br001/index.html

Rotary International
http://www.rotary.org/

Shriners of North America
http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~br001/index.html

Woodmen of the World
http://members.aol.com/markcase/page3.htm

Patriotic and Military Organizations
Air Force Association (AFA)
http://www.afa.org/

The American Legion
http://www.legion.org/

Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
http://www.tiac.net/users/ltcdon/

Ancient and Honorable Order of the Jersey Blues
http://www.innerlight.com/genepool/njblues.htm

Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
http://www.ausa.org/

Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
http://www.dav.org/contents/

Legion of Valor of the United States
http://members.aol.com/LValor1890/index.html

Marine Corps League
http://www.mcleague.org/Military

Order of the Purple Heart
http://www.purpleheart.org/index.ssi

National Society Sons of Utah Pioneers
http://www.uvol.com/sup/homepage.html

The Navy League
http://www.navyleague.org/

Retired Officers Association (TROA
http://www.troa.org/

United Daughters of the Confederacy
http://www.hsv.tis.net/~maxs/UDC/

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
http://www.vfw.org/

Host GFS Gary:

Website with extensive list of Civil War books and publications. Includes some other military material as well.
http://www.ionet.net/~cousin/dale31.html

Bulldogtjr:

Civil War Terminology Explanations
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/terms.htm#recruit

SusiCP, Roygcgrfa and quite a few others

Making of America - Civil War Journals
http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html

This site has been given before but it is so good.  It is Cornell Univ. and there are 36 volumns of material out here.  Check it out and certainly bookmark this one for many future visits.

Civil WAR letter of C.W. Gallentine
http://www.mindsync.com/tgallent/c_w__gallentine.htm

IrishInCal:

Military History Online
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/gettysburg/misc/photo.htm

Bulldogtjr

Civil War Terminology Explanations
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/terms.htm#recruit

Host GFS Susi

New York Civil War Roster Web Sites
http://www.civilwararchive.com/
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/ny.html
http://www.morrisville.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/
http://www.civilwardata.com/
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
http://www.public.usit.net/mruddy/
http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/jones/confeds.html
http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/jones/unions.html
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/index.html
http://www.sky.net/~mreed/military/military.htm

FI WATROUS, my good friend "Ike" :-)

Military Research URLs

Identifying Military uniforms:
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/

U.S. Air Force Museum:
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/

Sources for identifying symbols on military markers:

Continental Society Sons of Indian Wars:
http://members.tripod.com/~CSSIW

Descendants of Mexican War Veterans:
http://www.dmwv.org/

General Society of Colonial Wars:
http://www.ubalt.edu/gscw

General Society of the War of 1812:
http://LanClio.org/1812.htm

National Society of the Children of the American Revolution:
http://www.nscar.org/

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution:
http://www.dar.org/index.html

Order of Indian Wars of the United States:
http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/indian.htm

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution:
http://www.sar.org/

Spanish-American War Sources:
The Spanish American War Centennial:
http://www.spanam.simplenet.com/

Spanish-American War Site:
http://www.ecsis.net/~jrwilobe/

Texas Volunteers - Spanish American War Military Rolls 1898-1901:
http://www.pcworld.com/r/tw/1%2C2061%2Ctw-gen0214m%2C00.html

The 1836 Texas War of Independence:

Military Research Room:
http://www.lineages.com/military/mil_tx.asp

The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library @ the Alamo (research services):
http://www.drtl.org/

Seige and Battle of the Alamo:
http://www.lsjunction.com/events/alamo.htm

Descendants of Mexican War Veterans:
http://www.dmwv.org/

USIGS Military Collection Mexican-American War:
http://www.pcworld.com/r/tw/1%2C2061%2Ctw-gen0214a%2C00.html

Mexican American War Memorial:
http://sunsite.unam.mx/revistas/1847/

Lost Records of the War of 1812:
http://pcworld.com/r/tw/1%2C2061%2Ctw-gen0214c%2C00.html

Military History: War of 1812:
http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/1812.html

USIGS Collection of Links:
http://www.pcworld.com/r/tw/1%2C2061%2Ctw-gen0214e%2C00.html

Where to get War of 1812 Records:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyharris/1812how.htm

War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls (searchable collection):
http://image.vtls.com/collections/WA.html

War of 1812: Fort McHenry:
http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~etowner/patriots.html

Overview of the War of 1812 from a Canadian perspective:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/1812/1812view.htm

The Patriots War of 1837-1838:
Fort Wellington, Canada:
http://www.pcworld.com/r/tw/1%2C2061%2Ctw-gen0214u%2C00.html

The Battle of the Windmill:
http://www.pcworld.com/r/tw/1%C2061%2Ctw-gen0214n%2C00.html

FI WATROUS

Ohio Civil War - Volunteer Cavalry
http://home.earthlink.net/~df3ovc/roster.htm

{{Ike}}  these are absolute fabulous.  These are so hard to find that they are indeed worth publishing because they hold priceless information.

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