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Firefight
US artillery
Robert E Lee and entourage
J E B Stuart's famous cavalry
Confederate battle line
Federal infantry on the march
Union troops storm a picket fence line
CSA infantry consistently outclassed their opponents
Springfield rifled musket
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Dixie standardbearer
Bull Run 1861
The aftermath of battle. Forest fires set off by burning wadding could be dangerous for the wounded, as at the Wilderness in 1863
Confederate officer
Civil War Battle Summaries by State
 
State names link to maps showing battlefield locations by county.
 
From: USA
Web Site:  American battlefield protection program
 

ACW maps ¿ for Kriegspiel use? Thursday, 1/13/05, 9:59 AM
 
Civil War Maps brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman¿s Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts¿all available for the first time in one place. Most of the items presented here are documented in Civil War Maps: An Annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress, compiled by Richard W. Stephenson in 1989. New selections from 2,240 maps and 76 atlases held by the Library will be added monthly.
 
From: USA
Web Site:  Library of Congress
 

Maps of USCW battlefields Wednesday, 3/26/03, 7:35 AM
 
Web Site:  Maps of USCW battlefields
 

The civil war navies Monday, 11/18/02, 10:50 AM
 
Web Site:  The civil war navies
 

Diplomacy of the civil war Monday, 11/18/02, 10:48 AM
 
Web Site:  Diplomacy of the civil war
 

alphabetic list of USCW battles Monday, 11/18/02, 10:47 AM
 
Web Site:  alphabetic list of USCW battles
 

Ironclads and blockade runners of the American Civil War 1861-1865 Friday, 5/3/02, 5:13 AM
 
the American Civil War saw some fascinating gunboat battles on the Mississipi River, Hampton Roads and elsewhere. There are also numerous links here both to American Civil War and to general naval sources.
 
From: North America
 

Stephen Crane Friday, 11/30/01, 3:22 AM
 
the full text of the classic Civil War novel.
 
Web Site:  The Red Badge of Courage
 

ACW sites Monday, 11/19/01, 4:48 AM
 
see also the online ACW game at http://www.historicalengineering.com/Products/Bull.Ru n.shtml]
 
The USS Atlanta on the Mississippi river
Dixie flagbearer
The infantry had been clothed in grey during the Mexican War, and many units on both sides wore this colour at the start of the civil war
a supply train heads for the front through typical scenery
The military genius Robert E Lee
Bobby Lee
standard of South Carolina, the first state to secede from the Union
Berdans Sharpshooters, a breech loading rifle unit on the Union side
some nice USCW icons for game design purposes
first rebel flag
rebel national flag 1863 - 5
Bonnie Blue flag of Texas
the rebel side boasted some red indian regiments, chiefly from across the Mississippi river
one version of the Florida state flag
this flag was carried by FLA regiments
flag from Missouri
North Carolina flag
actual banner carried by Hoods Texas Brigade