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Land Warfare
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Antiquity
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Middle Ages
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American Revolution
Currency Act (1764) Document Quartering Act (1765) Document Intolerable Acts (1774) Causes & Necessity of Taking Up Arms (6 Jul 1775) Document Timeline (1763-1783, LOC) Phase One (thru 1776) Alt The Winning of Independence (1777-1783) Alt Map: Major Battles Map: Campaigns Detailed Vol 2 Vol 3 Vol 4 Revolutionary War Bibliography Military & Diplomatic Course of the War National Park Service (overview) Library of Congress History Hub British Battles.com USHistory.org (1765-1777) Rev War Places & Things (Sons of Am Rev) Articles Animated Battle Maps Timeline 1775-1783 Another Annotated Timeline Volume II (Lossing) Early History People of the Alliance British Strategic Plan (map) Alt British Strategy (1776) British Strategy (1777) British Strategy (1776-77) Howe's Blunder British Strategy (1778-79) British Strategy (1779-80) More (Sons of the American Revolution) History Weapons References "Scipio" (Grenidier Guards slow march - wav) More (Wikipedia) Supply Problems During Revolution BritishBattles.com (links to battle descriptions) War Overview Map (USMA Atlas) War Overview Map (A B Longman) Lexington (History of the USA, 1904) Lexington-Concord Staff Ride (WPI ROTC) Map Lexington Concord Battle Road (interactive mural) Background (NPS) Lesson Plan Bunker Hill (History of the USA, 1904) Bunker Hill staff ride (WPI) Massachusetts Historical Society site Maps Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn) (27 Aug 1776) More Map Historic Map Battle of Harlem Heights Map Christmas Campaign Map Updated Account Prelude to Battle (map) Map of Battle Lord Howe's After Action Report Timeline More More More More Map Detailed Map Animated Map More (overview) More Map (NPS) Map (USMA) Burgoyne's Plan Plan execution Setting the Stage (NPS) Saratoga Campaign (animated map, ppt) 1st Battle (Freeman's Farm, 19 Sep) 2nd Battle (Bemis Heights, 7 Oct) More (Creasy: 15 Decisive Battles) Staff Ride (WPI ROTC) Overview Saratoga Staff Ride Atlas (USMA, pdf) Detailed Description Map Southern Campaign (animated map, ppt) Timeline Cowpens: America's Cannae Map British Attack Counterattack Daniel Morgan John Edgar Howard Cowpens Staff Ride Army CGSC version pdf Virtual Battlefield Tour NPS More (wargame) Map Virtual Battlefield Tour Early History People of the Alliance Routes of Americans & British to Yorktown (map) Siege of Yorktown (NPS) Victory at Yorktown (Google book, 2004) Military History Encyclopedia on the Web US History.com History of the USA, 1904 British Battles.com Yorktown (e-book) Battle of Yorktown Period Map Map (USMA) More (internal link) Muskets Flintlock Rifles Brown Bess (American Rifleman) History of War.org Wikipedia The Charleville More The Ferguson Rifle (Brit) Wikipedia Details & Photos Specs Bayonets John Paul Jones Commemoration (1907; e-book) Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis Detail More More More (scoll to "Serapis") Battle Map Animated Map Google Earth Map More More More More (w/ maps) Naval Historical Center Samual Adams on Penobscot Expedition Paul Revere Diary Accouint Other Accounts More More More Map More More Detailed Map |
US Naval War with France
More (Wikipedia) More (US DoS) Documents (Avalon Project) More (Napoleon Series) Barbary Wars Wikipedia More Early American Review Counterpoint More More Philadelphia images Map, Tripoloi Harbor French Revolution Timeline of the Revolution More Timeline of the Revolutionary Wars Age of Fighting Sail Sail & Mast Nomenclature Sailing Ship Rigging (history & discussion) Details Full-Rig Ship Barque Schooner Sloop Sloop-of-War More More Armament Frigate Engagement (narrative) Chronicle & images History of War.org Nelson rejoins fleet Wikipedia History of War.org Nelson's Navy.com HistoryNet More About.com Guardian Unlimited (interactive) BBC Ships of the Royal Navy at time of Trafalgar Wikipedia About.com HMS Victory Photos More (circa 1900) HMS Victory Documentary Video Victory vs. Le Redoutable: Comparison Nelson (National Archives, UK) Nelson at Trafalgar (HistoryNet) Nelson & Sea Power (esssay) Alternate (continuous text) Belleisle artwork Naval Chronology, 1793-1815 Ship Types More More Knox, Humphreys and the Super Frigates War of 1812 Canadian Campaigns Napoleon Guide (causes & overview) Royal Scots Grenadiers.com War overview map Calvert (detailed) Livingston (outline) War of 1812 Casebook Articles Center for Military History (e-book excerpt) Named Campaigns, War of 1812 (CMH) War of 1812 Links History Central (battles) Galafilm (Canadian) The Northern Campaign (Ontario Archive) History of War Online War of 1812-14 Portal Battles Summary War of 1812 Bicentennial Site Timeline Timeline: Causes & Events Wikipedia Battle of North Point Animated Map More More More More Battle Details Map OB Defense Plans (JSTOR) More Details US Commander's Report British Commander: MGen Robert Ross British View Attack launched from Bermuda Defense of Fort McHenry (13-14 Sep 1814) NPS Historical Pamphlet Rockets Bombs History & Culture (NPS) Wikipedia Overview More More The Troops US Naval Forces Supporting Defenses & Armament Virtual Tour Detailed Diagram Map Teaching Resources Star Spangled Banner Old Music Timeline Map More More More Detailed (scroll to p 98) More Map Detailed Period Map Battle of New Orleans (T Roosevelt) Impact of Battle of Faial Virtual Battlefield Tour Song (music & lyrics) Building the Squardon The Fate Chesapeake Timeline Battle Documents Construction Details Video Photos Virtual Tour 200th Anniversary More Photos USS Constitution during Civil War Impact on Battle of New Orleans Capt. Samuel Reid More History of the Wonderful Battle ..." (Reid, 1893) Alt After Action Report (pdf) Privateer Brig General Armstrong More Alt (pp 136-41) Creek War, 1813-1814 |
Napoleonic Wars
USMA Maps The Revolutionary Army The Napoleonic Imperial Army Tactics Empire Maps Links Bonaparte Timeline (1769-1879) Alt Alt Revolutionary Army Napoleonic Imperial Army La Marseillaise (music) International Napoleon Society (e-book) Memoirs of Napoleon by Bourrienne (e-book) Polygraphicum.de (illustrations) History of War (Rickard) Wikipedia History World.net LaborLawTalk Dictionary PBS Rise & Fall of Napoleon (ThinkQuest) History Channel Napoleon Series Channel4 (UK) Rise & Fall of Napoleon (ThinkQuest) Timeline Circumstances of Napoleon's Death Oxford Companion to Military History The Wars of Napoleon (Google book) Napoleonic War Summary (WTJ) Timeline (Timelines.info) History of War.org (Rickard) Invasions of the Great French Wars (1792-1815) Napoleonic War Images Artwork War Times Journal The Napoleonic Guide Napoleonic Alliance Military History Encyclopedia on the Web Wikipedia History Guide Channel4 (UK) Guide to Napoleon's Empire Rise & Fall of Napoleon (ThinkQuest) M. Anderson (Fortune City) eHistory (cached) Military Heritage.com SolarNavigator - Battle of Waterloo HistoryNet.com Military Articles Battle & Treaty Listing Campaigns & Battles Organization, Strategy & Tactics Map Archives Virtual Battlefields Politics & Diplomacy Life of Napoleon Bibliotheca Napoleonic History Menu Organization of the British Infantry Prussian Infantry Infantry Organization & Tactics Prussian Artillery Grande Armée & Military Innovation Thumbnail Development of The Corps D'Armée Evolution of General Staff (1795-1815) Evolution of French Doctrine (1792-1815) Organization: French Infantry Demi-Brigade (1793) Infantry of the Imperial Guard (detailed) OB: X Corps de la Grande Arme in 1812 Napoleon's Campaigns (Wikipedia) Battles More Campaigns & Battles (PBS) Napoleonic Campaigns (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911) Napoleon Series Map Archives History of the Period More (BBC) e-book, 1907 Reenactment video Austerlitz (Intr'l Napoleon Society) HistoryNet.com Austerlitz Animated Map Austerlitz Reenactment Photos The First Guerilla War Napoleon on Why He Would Not Attack Russia (1811) Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 (e-book) Overview (Wikipedia) March to Moscow More More Images La Grande Armée of 1812 in Russia Wikipedia More Commanders' Comments Campaign prior to Borodina Panarama & Map Virtual Battle of Borodino Comparing Battles of Gettysburg & Borodino pdf Video from "War & Peace" (1967) More Crossing the Berezina River Map 1 Map 2 Battle of Berezina (Nov 1812) Building the Bridges at Berezina Russian Campaign Artwork Losses of Grande Armée (Minard Map) Map - Large Scale (translated) Translations & Interpretations Graphic Overlaid on Europe (w/ mouse overs) More Variations Wikipedia More * Actually 111 days The Campaign of Waterloo (e-book) Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 Quatre Bras (June 16, 1815) More More Ligny (June 16, 1815: Napoleon's last victory) Movements, June 17-18 Another (unit details) Brussles & Vicinity (Movements to June 16) Quatre-Bras & Ligny (June 16, 1815) Situation, morning of June 18, 1815 Guide to Waterloo Battle (C 1915) Contents Battlefield Background ; Battle Chronology Detailed battle synopsis w/map **** BritishBattles.com (maps & images) History of War.org (Rickard: synopsis) Waterloo Battlefield Chronology Battle Details & 3D Map Analysis of French Defeat Napoleonic Guide Creasy (1815) BBC Napoleon at Waterloo Game Historical Note on Battle of Waterloo Battlefield Terrain Walk Hougoumont Farm Haie Sainte Farm More (pdf) Charge of the Scots Greys (art, Elizabeth Butler) Scots Greys More Video: Opening Moves Pt 2 From 1970 movie, "Waterloo" (Steiger & Plumber) Ordinary Cavalryman's View French Guard at Waterloo (cached) 1600 hours 1930 hours Situation: 1115 hrs (detailed map) 1945 hrs Battle situation, 1900 hours (unit details) Another Animated Map Interactive Game (BBC) Battle Simulator (PBS) Summary Map (Wikipedia) Sharper Infantry Squares vs. Cavalry Video (Waterloo movie) Investigative Documentary (5 parts) Wellington As Soldier Wellington on Waterloo Prussian Pursuit of French After Waterloo French Line Infantry International Uniforms Video Commentary Comments from an aide Napoleon in Exile More Reports of Russian Commissioner to St. Helena Description of Napoleon at St. Helena St. Helena: 'Cursed Rock' of Napoleon's Exile Napoleonic Era Weapons & Tactics 100 Days Campaign Organization & Tactics (superb!) War Times Journal Channel 4 (UK) Age of Musket (French Revolutionary War tactics) Peninsula War tactics More Tactics (Pt. 1) Pt. 2 Lines Columns Squares against cavalry (click link) Video Skirmishers Artillery Tactics & Combat More More War Times Journal Rickard Napoleonic Infantry More Imperial Guard Napoleonic Artillery Images Mobile Forge Napoleonic Cavalry Infantry Tactics Pt 2 Pt 3 Pt 4 Artillery Tactics Cavalry Tactics Pt 2 Pt 3 |
American Civil War
1863-65 **** Reader's Companion to Military History Civil War: An Overview (Grimsley) More Naming the Battles & Armies Jensen's Guide to the Civil War NY Times Topics PBS Facts Page History of War.org (Rickard) Civil War SuperPortal (David P. Smith) Civil War 101 (teaching resources) The War for States' Rights American Civil War.com Shotgun's Civil War Portal (Civil War Home) Civil War Potpourri e-history (Ohio State) Articles VectorSite MilitaryHistory.About.com Answers.com (Overview) American Civil War Homepage (Hoemann) Civil-War.ws War Times Journal Civil War Homepage (Civil-War.net) Civil War Web Papers & Articles Civil War@Smithsonian Weapons Soldiering Cavalries Military History Online Son of the South.net CliffsNotes Short Summaries James F. Epperson William L. Barney, US Mil History Companion Documents Consequences Civil War History.com (Southern View) MililtaryHistory.About.com Univ. of Pittsburg (Political & Social Origins) Montgomery College (Craig Livingston) Wikipedia Analysis (Wikipedia) Contemporary News Account (Wikisource) Alt Economies of North & South US Population 1860 (by state, free & slave) Fort Sumter National Monument (NPS e-booklet) Civil-War.net (very detailed) Civil War Homepage (day-by-day, linked) Library of Congress Key Events of Civil War (Feldmeth) Spartacus (w/ battles) History Place US History (East, West - linked) Department of the Interior American-At-War.net American Civil War.com Shifting Political Landscape (maps) Video Timeline Background Cartoons Civil War Campaign Maps (PBS) Library of Congress American Civil War.com Civil War Maps (archived) Civil War Maps By State Civil War Maps & Charts (period) More More Index Atlas Alternate Source Pictionary Preventing Recognition of the CSA Trent Affair - Tension With Britain The Alabama Claims US Mil History Companion (pp. 134-38) US History.com Synopsis Overview of Civil War Strategies (map) Civil War Home More (RCMH - cashed) Middle Tennessee State U (summary) Millitary Art in the Civil War Northern Strategy Southern Strategy Command & Strategy (book review) Logistics for the Gettysburg Campaign More Overview Lessons Learned Casey's Infantry Tactics (1862; e-book) History of US Infantry Tactics (1855-65) Instruction for Field Artillery (1861; e-book) Cooke's Cavalry Tactics (1862; e-book) On the Tactical Use of Three Arms (1865) Video Video Video Tactics: Napoleonic Era vs. US Civil War Attacking Artillery Batteries: Napoleonic v Civil Wars Henry Jackson Hunt, USA Edward Porter Alexander, CSA Stephen D. Lee, CSA John Pelham, CSA Evolution of Modern Warfare Impact & Major Trends More More Smithsonian Institution Civil War Firearms (e-book) Guns of the Civil War Civil War Small Arms (Anglefire) Small Arms (National Park Service) Basics & Terminology Characteristics 12-pound Field Guns (including Napoleons) Rodmans & Confederate Columbiads More More Rodmans at Fort McHenry, 1840-1865 Brooke Rifles & Smoothbores Dahlgren Rifles & Guns Parrott Rifles More Projectiles Civil War Forts & Batteries Siege Artillery Thomas Rodman Alt Alt Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren More Robert P. Parrott Obituray Signal Flags T. S. C. Lowe Narrative Balloon over Yorktown Proposal: Balloons for Bombing (cached) HistoryNet.com Soldiers Destruction More Library of Congress More Brady's Photo Gallery (Smithsonian) Brady's Photos of Antietam Dead (book review, evolution of tactics) |
American Civil War - Land
1862 1863 1864-5 Accompaning Atlas (index) Individual Plates Costliest Battles Casualty Figures Full document More More More More More Union Army Generic Organization (graphic) More Tactics More More More More More Jespersen's Wikipedia Civil War Maps American Civil War.com Battle Maps More (PBS) Animated Maps Map: Union Control 1861-65 (CMH) Map: Areas of Operation (CMH) Eastern Theater (CMH) Basic Map (USMA) Civil War GIS Maps Civil War Battlefield Virtual Tours Battlefield Panaramic Photos List of Battles (Wikipedia) Chronology Encyclopedia Britannica Civil War at a Glance Major Campaigns of the War (USMA map) EasternTheater Western Theater Union Strategy in West (w/ map) Civil War Prelude (animated map, ppt) Civil War Overview (animated map, ppt) War in the East, 1862 (animated map, ppt) Battles & Leaders of the Civil War (1887) Battlefields (NPS) Battle Guide (RCMH) Major Battles (excellent graphics!) By State More More Civil War Unit DB Battle Statistics and Thumbnails Federal Hill in Civil War Battles in Virginia (index map, 1861-65) Map of Battles in Virginia (1892, detailed 2.9 MB) Interactive Map (NPS) First Manassas Campaign Map CMH More First Bull Run Staff Guide PDF Staff Ride Briefing Book Map Map (CMH) Period Map (excellent detail) Importance Strategy Campaigns Campaign Battles (map, pdf) Wikipedia Campaign Map Campaign Battles (map, CMH) Va. State map Union Naval Attack on Drewery's Bluff (May 1862) Union Naval Support at Malvern Hill (July 1862) Lee Moves North Maps: Maryland Campaign (day-by-day) Map: Maryland Campaign (tourist, pdf) Campaign (Union view) Confederate view Antietam On the Web Detailed Battle Maps Period Map (detailed) Antietam Timeline Antietam (animated map, ppt) Antietam Stafff Ride Guide PDF (updated) NPS Portal Casualties Park Map (pdf) Military History Online Map (CMH) Period Map (detailed but rustic) Map (CMH) Maps (NPS) Stones River/Murfreesboro (NPS Lesson) Map (CMH) More (NPS) The Campaign of Chancellorsville (text file) More (NPS) More Map Strategy for Gettysburg Campaign Logistics for the Gettysburg Campaign Gettysburg Animated Battle Map Situation, June 1, 1863 (USMA map) Engagements (1 Jun-26 Jul 1863) Map (19-24 Jun) Map (25-28 Jun) Campaign Battles in Maryland (map, pdf) More More Gettysburg National Military Park Guide (NPS) Multimedia Description of Battle Orders of Battle: USA CSA Prelude to Battle (strategy) More Day 1 More Detail Map (pdf) Day 2 More Detail Map (pdf) Day 3 More Detail Map (pdf) Gettysburg: Third Day Night Battle For Cemetery Hill Battle for Little Round Top Little Round Top After Action pdf Pickett's Charge (Jul 3, 1863) Picket's Charge: Lee's Mistake of All Mistakes Picket's Charge (Cyclorama) Echos of Gettysburg: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Retreat from Gettysburg (Jul 4-13) Maps: All three days (good detail) Summary map CMH Three-day Overview (B&W) Battle Timeline & Maps Maps of Individual Actions Battlefield 1:50K Map (1904) Large Period Maps Period Map (Willcox; detailed) Period Map (LOC-Ditterline; detailed) Period Map - Day 2 (highly detailed) Gettysburg Battlefield (game quality, png) Battlefield Panarama (Pennsylvania RR) Newspaper Reports of the Battle Animated Map: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Gettysburg's Decisive Battle (Mil Review, 2004) Gettysburg: Narrative & Maps MilHistory Online Gettysburg (description & multimedia) A Study in Command (book review) Map (American Civil War) Map (CMH) Chickamauga Prelude Battle Map (period, color) Map (1863) Map (1895) Staff Ride Handbook More Map (CMH) Atlanta Chickamauga The Drive on Atlanta (map) More Battles (scroll) Kennesaw Mountain The Battles for Atlanta Battle of Peachtree Creek More More Peachtree Creek Digital Map Battle of Atlanta More More Map Map Battle Sites on Georgia Tech Campus Battle of Atlanta Digital Map Project Maps: Troop Movements, Atlanta Campaign Map: Atlanta Defenses (color) Another MGen James Birdseye McPherson More Map Eyewitness to Battle of Atlanta Map: Federal Defenses After Fall of Atlanta Guide to Battle of Atlanta Landmarks (AJC) Atlanta Campaign Tour Guide (book) Wikipedia When Georgia Howled: Sherman's March (video) March to the Sea (thumbnail) University of Georgia (documents, narratives) Campaign Map Son of the South.net eHistory Grant's Guidance to Sherman Sherman's Inabililty to Liberate Andersonville Campaign Battles (map, pdf) Notes Battle of Monocacy (Jul 1864) Staff Ride Handbook (pdf) Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864 Spotsylvania Court House, May 7-19, 1864 Campaign Battles (map, pdf) Battles Sequential Maps Quiz Final Assault at Petersburg Attack on Fort Stedman Railroad Gun (photo) Petersburg Map (large file) Siege of Petersburg & Impact on Citizens Evacuation of Richmond (eyewitness) Lee's Surrender More Military Leaders Alternate (searchable) Excerpts Vol I, Pt. 2 Vol II, Pt. 3 Vol II, Pt. 4 Excerpts: Shilo to Memphis Soldier Life The Soldier in 1863 More Uniforms Regimental Losses Lessons Learned Civil War - Total War Review (Howey) Review (Feltman) |
American Civil War - Sea
Dakota State University (portal) US Naval Historical Center Chronology of War at Sea (NHC) Alt Detailed Chronology Civil War @ Smithsonian Short History of War at Sea The Naval War (Grimsley -- scoll down) War at Sea (annoying audio) Civil War Naval Bibliography More (details of both sides; pdf) Operations of the Cruisers (Jan 1861-Jan 1863) Vol. II (Jan 1863-Mar 1864) Vol. III (Apr 1864-Dec 1865) Confederate Navy Ships More (w/ photos) More More More After the War Secret Service of CSA in Europe (Bulloch) Details Vol. 2 Details Anaconda Plan More NY Times commentary (June 1863) Union Blockade, 1861-1865 (essay, pdf) Union Blockade (Wikipedia) The Blockade Board & Union Naval Strategy Overview (Grimsley) More (Jensen) More Proclamation of Blockade Legal Ramifications Initiating the Blockade Blockade Organization Blockade Ops Blockade Strategy Board Reports Blockade & Diplomacy (Jensen) Naval Operations, SE US, 1861-62 (map, USMA) Disposition of Ships Infographic (Monitor, Virginia profiles) Video Action between USS Monitor & CSS Virginia (NHC) Pt. 2 Pt. 3 Documents of Battle (NHC) Reign of Iron, First Battle of Ironclads (e-book) First Fight of Iron-Clads (eHistory) Original (1885) Dispatches from Hampton Roads CSS VIrginia In the Battle Confederate View From the Shore Original (1885) LT John Worden (Harper's, Mar 1862) How the Cumberland Went Down After the Battle Hampton Roads: Decisive Draw (eHistory) Ironclad (1991 Turner movie, full) Map of Battle (ship locations) Another Image of Battle (south from Ft. Monore: ship locations) Image Essay More Images Notes from the surgeon of the Virginia (eHistory) Crewmember Accounts (CSSVirginia.org) Lt. Samuel Green (XO, "Inside Monitor Turret") More Background (Gideon Welles, SECVNAV) More More Negotiations Building Monitor (Ericsson) More Monitor's Construction More Documentary USS Monitor - plans (NHC: 1862) Turret Detail Engine (video: operating 1/16 model) History & Restoration (video) Virtual tour of Monitor Turret Mechanisim Virtual Tour of Turret Later Actions Drewery's Bluff Malvern Hill Preserving the Legacy of USS Monitor (NOAA) Life aboard Monitor Monitor After Hampton Roads Loss of Monitor More Eyewitness Account Monitor Photos (July 1862) Images (NHC) Monitor Digital Restoration Battle, Loss & Recovery Turret Recovery Documenting USS Monitor Monitor Artifacts Background History (NHC) Later Actions (NHC) End of Virginia Virginia's Debut (w/ Freeman painting) Euopean Ironclads (Harper's, Feb 1861) International Overview Period Illustrations (Harper's Weekly) USS Monitor (internal link) USS Galena More More Images USS New Ironsides More More USS Keokuk More "When Liverpool Was Dixie"(Bulloch's operation) Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe CSS Florida (e-book, NetLibrary) Oreto / Florida Image Expeditions & Prizes Voyage Map (interactive) Detailed History More More More More More (NHC) More Ship Description (Semmes) Eye-Witness Image Only known photograph (Singapore, Dec 1863) More Images More More More More More Model Model Laird Model Plans Liverpool and the US Civil War Laird Contract Detail Spy Reports Background Escape from Liverpool Career Description of Alabama and its operation (scroll) Cruise of the Alabama (Harpers) Winslow Homer Illustration (Harpers, 25 Apr 1863) More (Harpers, 3 Jan 1863) Historynet.com More Escape to the Azores (scroll: Chapter XII =>) USS Kearsarge photo More Details of Ships, Battle Images Another Detailed Description (official reports) Captains' After-Action Reports Semmes' Report Sinking of the Alabama (Harpers, 14 Jul 1863) Documents on Kearsarge vs. Alabama Review pdf Another Another Shenandoah Claims Details More More Ericsson Raft (torpedo deflector) CSS Chicora CSS Palmetto State Charleston (Harper's image, 1861) Graphc Depiction of Battle Map of Battle Another Painting CSS Tennessee at Mobile Bay Tennessee vs. Hartford, Mobile Bay (Aug 6, 1864) USS Hartford (model) Submarine model images History & Description Model More Hunley Schematic (1902, cached) Engineering Details More Torpedo Digital Art Impact on the Blockade USS Housatonic Documents on Sinking of USS Housatonic Theories on Hunley Sinking More More Single Bullet Theory CSS Jackson Economics of the War Logistics More More (Livingston) Steamer that opened the "Cracker Line" Lifeline to Victory Gateway to Victory Railroads in the Civil War Map: SE Railroads (1861, USMA) Railroads of the Confederacy (b&w map; RR names) Military Railroads Map 1863 map Civil War Railroads (Tennessee) Civil War - Home Front More More Lesson Plan Home Front 1862 Impact of Total War Rhodes, History of the Civil War (pp 341-364) Failure of the Confederate Home Front 1863-65 The War for States' Rights NC Museum of History More Richard Jensen (portal) Mary Chestnut, A Diary From Dixie (1905) Background More Rhodes, History of the Civil War (pp 366-397) Civil War in Georgia (About North Georgia.com) Conscription and Conflict in the Confederacy (review) In the Shadow of Slavery (excerpt) Civil War Homepage Wikipedia More Causes & Effects (essay: Alex Blankfein) Harper's Weekly (August 1, 1863) The Great Riots of New York (1873; pp.136-288) Eyewitness AccountConfederate Draft |
Other 19th Century Wars
Evolution of Modern Warfare Impact & Major Trends Timeline: 19th c. Tech & War The Victorian Soldier Maps (USMA Atlas) CMH Notes on the Mexican War (Calvert) Overview (Grimsley) Infoplease.com (C³) Roots of the Mexican War Summary of the war History of the 2nd Dragoons Birth of the Dragoons French> German Italian Map: Indian Tribal Areas Battle of the Little Bighorn The Demise of the Buffalo Indian Territory Trail of Tears Relocation History & Timeline Named Campaigns of the Indian Wars (CMH) Indian Wars (1865-1890, AMH) Indian Wars, 1866-1890 (Grimsley) Indian Wars Battles (map) Indian Wars Animated Maps (USMA, ppt) Cavalry Outpost Duties (manual) Wikipedia Thumbnail Battlebield Handbook **** (NPS) 1949 version Oglala Sioux Chief Low Dog's Account of Battle Campaign Maps Logistics Lessons From the Little Bighorn EyeWitnessToHistory.com Significance of the Battle (littlebighorn.info) Chief Joseph, Nez Perce Chief The Flight of 1877 (NPS) 9th Cavalry History (CMH. 1896) More 10th Cavalry History (CMH. 1896) More Tracking Victorio (artwork, Don Stivers) Henry Flipper More More Spartacus Educational The Colored Cadet at West Point American Camp British Camp Wikipedia HistoryNet.com Global Security Map Smart Science NY Times review (Jan 1900, pdf) Map Sequential Maps Wikipedia Military History (1740-1792) Pt 2 Pt 3 Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815) Danish War (1864) Austro-Prussian War (1866) Pt 2 Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) Pt 2 Wars of Unification (outline) Map Oxford Companion to Military History Reader's Companion to Military History Battle of Königgrätz (Jul 1866) More |