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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
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Battles by State		History Channel
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Soldiers & Sailors		North & South Magazine
Andersonville		PBS - Ken Burns
Ford's Theatre		Smithsonian - Comprehensive
National Atlas.gov - Civil War at a Glance		Soldier Studies - Chris Wehner - letters
LSU Library - collections and book reviews		Soldier Studies - Chris Wehner - Top 100 sites
University of Tennessee - Links		Wikipedia
Data Bases
Historical Marker Data Base
Civil War Data - Soldiers Database		Union Regimental History - Index
Military Indexes - Records & Rosters		Confederate Regimental History - Index
Individual Sites
American Civil War - Comprehensive		Civil War Traveler - Podcasts etc.
Brothers War - Comprehensive (Perspective)		John's Military History - Battle Descriptions + Photos by John Hamill
Civil War Album - Battle Descriptions + Photos by Bruce Schulze		USA-Civil-War - Photos + Fun Stuff by Bob Koch
Civil War Animated - Animated Battle Maps by James Cagney		Tennessee Division - Sons of Confederate Veterans
Civil War Interactive - Comprehensive on-line magazine		My Civil War - Comprehensive
Civil War Battlefields - William Prouty		Stonewall - moving 360 degree Battlefield pics
Civil-War.net - original documents & maps
North		South
Civil War Generals \| Generals and Brevets		Civil War Generals \| Generals and Brevets
Abraham Lincoln: Wikipedia		Jefferson Davis: Wikipedia
Ulysses S. Grant: Wikipedia
Henry Halleck: Wikipedia
Army of the Potomac Organization: Wikipedia		Army of Northern Virginia: Wikipedia
1 Corps = 3 Divisions		1 Corps = 3 Divisions
1 Division = 3 Brigades		1 Division = 4 to 5 Brigades
1 Brigade = 4 to 5 Regiments		1 Brigade = 4 to 6 Regiments
1 Regiment = 10 Companies (1,100 officers & men)		1 Regiment = 10 Companies (1,100 officers & men)
1 Company = 2 to 3 Platoons* (100 officers & men)		1 Company = 2 to 3 Platoons* (100 officers & men)
1 Platoon = 5 Squads (1 officer & 50 men)		1 Platoon = 5 Squads (1 officer & 50 men)
Army of the Potomac Commanders		Army of Northern Virginia Commander
Irwin McDowell: Wikipedia		Robert E. Lee: Wikipedia
George McClellan: Wikipedia
Ambrose Burnside: Wikipedia
Joe Hooker: Wikipedia
George Meade: Wikipedia
Eastern Theater Officers		Eastern Theater Officers
John Pope: Wikipedia		Joseph E. Johnston: Wikipedia
Phil Kearny: Wikipedia		James Longstreet: Wikipedia \| Society
Fitz John Porter: Wikipedia		Stonewall Jackson: Wikipedia \| NPS \| Jackson House \| John's
John Reynolds: Wikipedia		A.P. Hill: Wikipedia \| And then A.P. Hill came up
Nathaniel Banks: Wikipedia	Cavalry: Wikipedia	Jubal Early: Wikipedia	Cavalry: Wikipedia
Joshua Chamberlain: Wikipedia	William Averell: Wikipedia	Richard Ewell: Wikipedia	J.E.B. Stuart: Wikipedia
	John Buford: Wikipedia	D.H. Hill: Wikipedia	Turner Ashby: Wikipedia
	Phillip Cooke: Wikipedia	Robert Hoke: Wikipedia	Wade Hampton: Wikipedia
	George A. Custer: Wikipedia	John Bell Hood: Wikipedia \| Society	John Imboden: Wikipedia
	Elon Farnsworth: Wikipedia	Jedediah Hotchkiss: Wikipedia	Albert Jenkins: Wikipedia
	David Gregg: Wikipedia	Allegheny Johnson: Wikipedia	Grumble Jones: Wikipedia
	Judson Kilpatrick: Wikipedia	John Magruder: Wikipedia	Fitzhugh Lee: Wikipedia
	Wesley Merritt: Wikipedia	Lafayette McLaws: Wikipedia	Rooney Lee: Wikipedia
	William Pleasonton: Wikipedia	John Pelham: Wikipedia	John Singleton Mosby: Wikipedia
	George Stoneman: Wikipedia	Dorsey Pender: Wikipedia	Thomas Rosser: Wikipedia
	Alfred Torbert: Wikipedia	J. Johnston Pettigrew: Wikipedia
	James Wilson: Wikipedia	George Pickett: Wikipedia
		William Taliaferro: Wikipedia
		Isaac Trimble: Wikipedia
Western (& Southern) Theatre Officers		Western (& Southern) Theatre Officers
George Thomas: Wikipedia		Albert Sydney Johnston: Wikipedia
William T. Sherman: Wikipedia	Cavalry: Wikipedia	P.G.T. Beauregard: Wikipedia
William Rosecrans: Wikipedia	Phil Sheridan: Wikipedia	Braxton Bragg: Wikipedia	Cavalry: Wikipedia
Don Carlos Buell: Wikipedia	Benjamin Grierson: Wikipedia	Patrick Cleburne: Wikipedia	Nathan Bedford Forrest: Wikipedia
		Thomas Hindman: Wikipedia	John Marmaduke: Wikipedia
		John C. Pemberton: Wikipedia	John Hunt Morgan: Wikipedia
		Richard Taylor: Wikipedia	Jo Shelby: Wikipedia
		Guerillas	Earl Van Dorn: Wikipedia
		Bloody Bill Anderson: Wikipedia	John Wharton: Wikipedia
		William Quantrill: Wikipedia	Joe Wheeler: Wikipedia
		Quantrill's Raiders: Wikipedia
Battles
Lower Seaboard Theatre & Gulf Approach
1861
Operations in Charleston Harbor - April 1861
(1) Operations in Charleston Harbor - Fort Sumter - April 1861: NPS \| Schulze
1862
Expedition to and capture of New Orleans - April to May 1862
(1) Forts Jackson & Phillip - April 16-28:
(2) New Orleans - April 25 to May 1:
Main Eastern Theatre - 1861
1861
Manassas Campaign - July 1861
(1) Hoke's Run / Falling Waters - July 2:
(2) 1st Bull Run / Manassas - July 18-22: NPS \| Schulze-1 \| Schulze-2 \| John's \| Koch \| Brothers \| Brothers-Videos \| Cagney
McClellan's Operations in Northern Virginia - October to December 1861
(1) Balls Bluff - Oct 21: Schulze \| Koch
(2) Dranesville - Dec 20: Schulze \|

1862
Jackson's Valley Campaign - March to June 1862
(1) Kernstown I - March 23: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
(2) McDowell - May 8: John's \| Cagney
(3) Front Royal - May 23: Schulze \| Cagney
(4) Winchester - May 25: Schulze \| Cagney
(5) Cross keys - June 8: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
(6) Port Republic - June 9: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
McClellan's Peninsula Campaign - March to July 1862
(1) Hampton Roads - March 8: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
(2) Yorktown - April 5 to May 4: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
(3) Williamsburg - May 5: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
(4) Drewry's Bluff - May 15: NPS \| Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
(5) Seven Pines / Fair Oaks - May 31 to June 1: NPS \| Koch \| Cagney
+ JEB Stuarts "Ride": Koch
Seven Days Battles - June 1862
(1) Mechanicsville / Beaver Dam Creek - June 26: NPS \| Schulze \| John's \| Koch \| Cagney
(2) Gaines Mill - June 27: NPS \| Schulze \| John's\| Koch \| Cagney
(3) Savage's Station - June 29: NPS \| Schulze \| Koch \| Cagney
(4) Glendale / Frayser's Farm - June 30: NPS \| Schulze \| Koch \| Cagney
(5) Malvern Hill - July 1: NPS \| Schulze \| John's \| Koch \| Cagney
Northern Virginia Campaign - August 1862
(1) Cedar Mountain - Aug. 9: Schulze \| John's \| Koch
(2) Rappahannock Station I - Aug. 22-23:
(3) Manassas Station Operations - Aug 25-27:
(4) Thoroughfare Gap - Aug 28:
(5) 2nd Bull Run / Manassas - Aug 28-30: NPS \| Schulze-1 \| Schulze-2 \| John's \| Koch \| Cagney
Brothers-1 \| Brothers-2 \|
(6) Chantilly / Ox Hill - Sept 1: (US: Kearny - KIA) Schulze \| Espdesigns
Maryland Campaign - September 1862
(1) Harpers Ferry - Sept. 12-15: NPS \| Schulze-1 \| Schulze-2 \| John's \|
(2) South Mountain - Sept. 14: Schulze \| John's \|
(3) Antietam / Sharpsburg - Sept. 17: NPS - 1 \| NPS - 2 \| Wikipedia \| Schulze Tour Map \| Schulze \| John's \| Koch \| Cagney
Brothers-1 \| Brothers-2 \| Brothers-Videos
(4) Shepherdstown - Sept. 19: Schulze
Fredericksburg Campaign - December 1862
(1) Fredericksburg I - Nov. 14, Dec. 11-15, 1862, Jan. 1863: NPS \| Schulze \| John's \| Koch \|
Brothers-1 \| Brothers-2 \| Brothers-Videos

1863
Chancellorsville Campaign - April to May 1863
(1) Chancellorsville - April 30 to May 3: (CSA: Jackson - KIA) NPS \| Schulze \| John's \| Koch \| Cagney
Brothers-1 \| Brothers-2 \| Brothers-Videos
(2) Fredericksburg II - May 3: NPS \| Schulze \| Cagney
(3) Salem Church - May 3-4: Schulze \| Cagney
Gettysburg Campaign - June to July 1863
(1) Brandy Station - June 9: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
(2) Winchester II - June 13-15: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
(3) Aldie - June 17: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
(4) Hanover June 30: Schulze \|
(5) Gettysburg - July 1-4: UPS \| Wikipedia \| Schulze-1 \| Schulze-2 \| John's \| Koch \| Cagney
Brothers-1 \| Brothers-2 \| Brothers-Videos
(6) Williamsport - July 6-16: Cagney
Bristoe Campaign - October to November 1863
(1) Auburn / Catlett Station - Oct 13: Schulze
(2) Bristoe Station - Oct 14: Schulze \| John's \|
(3) Buckland Mills / Buckland Races / Chestnut Hill - Oct 19:
(4) Rappahannock Station II - Nov 7:

1864
Grant's Overland Campaign - May to June 1864
(1) Wilderness - May 5-6: NPS \| Schulze \| Koch \| Cagney
Brothers-1 \| Brothers-2 \| Brothers-Videos
(2) Spotsylvania Court House - May 8-12: NPS \| Schulze \| John's \| Koch \| Cagney
Brothers-1 \| Brothers-2 \| Brothers-Videos
(3) Yellow Tavern - May 11: (CSA: J.E.B. Stuart - KIA) Schulze
(4) North Anna - May 23-26: John's \| Koch \| Cagney
(5) Cold Harbor - May 31-June 12: NPS \| John's \| Koch \| Cagney
Brothers \|Brothers-Videos
Lynchburg Campaign - May to June 1864
John's
(1) New Market - May 15: Schulze \| John's \| Koch
(2) Piedmont - June 5-6: Schulze \|
(3) Lynchburg - June 17-18:
Jubal Early's Raid & Ops against B & O Railroad - June to August 1864
(1) Monocacy / Battle that Saved Washington - July 9: NPS \| Schulze \| John's \| Koch
(2) Fort Stevens / Washington D.C. - July 11-12:
(3) Cool Spring - July 17-18:
(4) Rutherford's Farm, Winchester - July 20: Schulze \|
(5) Kernstown II - July 24: Schulze \| John's \|
(6) Folck's Mill - Aug 1:
(7) Moorefield - Aug 7:
Richmond-Petersburg Campaign - June 1864 to March 1865
Richmond: NPS \| Schulze \| Koch-1 \| Koch-2 \| Koch-3: City Point
(1) Petersburg - June 9, 15-18: NPS \| Schulze \| John's \| Koch \| Cagney
Brothers-1 \| Brothers-2
(2) Staunton River Bridge - June 25: Koch
(3) Crater - July 30: Schulze \| John's \| Cagney
Sheridan's Valley Campaign - August to October 1864
(1) Opequon / Winchester III - Sept 19: Schulze \| John's \|
(2) Fisher's Hill - Sept 22: Schulze \| John's
(3) Tom's Brook - Oct 9: Schulze
(4) Cedar Creek - Oct 19: Schulze \| John's

1865
Appomattox Campaign March-April 1865
(1) Lewis's Farm - March 29: Schulze
(2) White Oak Road - March 31: Schulze
(3) Five Forks - April 1: Schulze \| John's \| Koch
(4) Petersburg III - April 2: Schulze \| John's \| Koch
(5) Namozine Church - April 3: Schulze \| Koch
(6) Sayler's Creek - April 6: Schulze \| John's \| Koch
(7) Appomattox Court House - April 9: NPS \| Koch-1 \| Koch-2 \| Cagney
Brothers

Main Western (& Southern) Theatre
1862
Federal Penetration up Cumberland & Tennessee Rivers - Feb to June 1862
(1) Fort Henry - Feb 6: nps
(2) Fort Donelson - Feb 14: nps \| NPS \| Schulze \|
(3) Shiloh - April 6: (CSA: A.S. Johnston - KIA) nps \| NPS \| Schulze \| Koch \|
(4) Corinth - April 29 to June 10: nps \| Schulze \|
Joint Ops against New Madrid, Island No. 10, Memphis - Feb to June 1862
(1) New Madrid - Feb 28 to April 8: nps
(2) Island No. 10 - Feb 28 to April 8: nps
(3) Memphis - June 6: nps \| Schulze
Confederate Heartland Offensive - June to Oct 1862
(1) Chattanooga - June 7-8: nps
(2) Murfreesboro - July 13: nps
(3) Richmond, Kentucky - Aug 29-30: nps
(4) Munfordville / Green River Bridge, Kentucky - Sept 14-17: nps
(5) Perryville - Oct 8: nps \| Schulze \| John's \|

1863
Stones River Campaign - Dec 1862 to Jan 1863
(1) Hartsville - Dec 7: nps \|
(2) Stones River / Murfreesboro - Dec 31: nps \| NPS \| Schulze \| Koch \|
Grant's Operations against Vicksburg - March