Useful resources on the American Civil war? (accounting for the success of the North.)I am doing a(n) Historical Investigation into the American...

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The best websites on the American Civil War, many with scanned historical documents are:

1. www.americancivilwar.com


2. www.americancivilwar.com/civil.html


3. spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar


4. www.civilwar.com


5. http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war


6. sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war


7. sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html


8. www.hist.unt.edu/web_resources_mil/am_civil_war1.htm


9. homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm


10. www.cwc.lsu.edu


11. www.civilwarhome.com


12. alexanderstreet.com/resources/civilwar.access.htm


13. www.civil-war.net


14. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwarC.htm


15. www.history.com/content/civilwar


16. www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/civilwar.htm


17. civilwar.si.edu


18. www.snowcrest.net/jmike/civilwarmil.html


19. www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/index.htmll

I am not sure where you live, but if you can get to one of the following museums, they have many valuable resources:

1. A. H. Stephens Historic Park


2. African American Civil War Memorial


3. Andersonville National Historic Site


4. Antietam National Battlefield


5. Atlanta Cyclorama


6. Bennett Place


7. Bentonville Battlefield


8. Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site


9. Bulltown, West Virginia


10. Burt-Stark Mansion


11. Camp Moore


12. Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park


13. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park


14. Civil War Museum (Bardstown)


15. Civil War Soldiers Museum


16. Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia


17. Confederate Museum 


18. Fort McAllister Historic Park


19. Fort Sumter


20. Grant's Headquarters at City Point Museum


21. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park


22. Manassas National Battlefield Park


23. Museum of the Confederac 


24. Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site


25. Petersburg National Battlefield


26. Port Hudson State Historic Site


27. Richmond National Battlefield Park


28. Shiloh National Military Park


29. Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial


30. Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis)


31. Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History


32. Stones River National Battlefield


33. Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum


34. Vicksburg National Military Park

For books, I would recommend:

1. The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote


2. Battle Cry of Freedom by McPherson


3. Killer Angels by Shaara


4. Lee's Lieutenants by Freeman


5. Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend by Robertson


6. The Gettysburg Campaign by Edwin B. Coddington


7. A Stillness at Appomattox  by Bruce Catton


8. Confederacy's Last Hurrah/Embrace an Angry Wind by Wiley Sword

I rate The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote as one of the best books on the Civil War I have ever read.