Resource Links
Guide to Internet Resources
Fanny & Vera's Helpful Hints & Timely Tips - Comprehensive guide for new reenactors, fascinating miscellany for veterans.
School of the Civilian - Living the Memory's site for new civilian reenactors, very complete
The Gentlemen's Page - Slick site loaded with guidance for gentlemen's attire & behavior.
Costume Classroom - Online classes in historic costume, a superb resource for learning from experts (like Juanita Leisch)
Victoriana Fashion Timeline - An interactive woman's garment
Farb Free Civilians - Good tips on avoiding pitfalls
Pickett's Mill Refugee Page - Great info, and be sure to click the link to clothing guidelines. Drawings and descriptions of refugee garb for men & women.
The Victorian Lady - (and Victorian men, too) Guide for new civilians
2nd Virginia Civilian Page - Clothing guidelines, articles, recipes
Getting Started - 7th Texas Calvary guide to getting started in Civilian reenacting
Virtual Library Costume Bibliography - Links to internet resources for historic costuming
Alaina's Guide to Civil War Hairstyles - Examples and instructions, plus list of hairstyle links
Demode Women's Clothing 1715-1919 - Museum photos of actual Civil War era garments
Men's Hairstyles of the Civil War - how to look good in 1863
How to Fold a Greatcoat - How to make that bulky coat into a neat package
How to recreate Calling Cards - complete instructions in PDF format
Life During the Civil War - Slick site features vital information & new articles regularly
Lest We Forget - Black Soldiers & Civilians in the Civil War (thumbnail biographies)
Chicago Historical Society Artifacts - Wonderful, eclectic collection of Civil War items
Civil War Potpourri - Articles on very interesting, but unusual topics
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War - Expansive resource for ACW ephemera
US Sanitary Commisison Site - Very complete and informative site, well organized
American Civil War Reenactor Images - Fascinating photographic gallery of lively living historians
Civilian Links & More - Links, period articles on relationships between husband and wife.
Company Q - Dance band describes period dances and dance etiquette
The Hardtack Page - Complete guide to the history, preparation, uses of the humble hard cracker
This Week in the Civil War - find out what happened day by day
Jews in the Civil War - Jewish civilians & military men, North & South
The History Net About:American History - Extensive links & information on Civil War History, updated regularly
Smithsonian American History Archives - Enough info to keep you up all night for a month
The Valley of the Shadow Project - Hypermedia archive of incredible proportions.
Virginia Military Institute Resources on the Web - Extensive, full text info
The Civil War Homepage - This site has it all-images, links, sources, info
Civil War Interactive - Extensive resource updated daily, registration required for some pages
The CSA Currency Page - Information and images of Confederate currency, coins, stamps, bonds & more
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Info and excellent images of Civil War era currency
Southern Comfort - Currency, articles, opinions, trivia from Southern perspective
Virginia Tech Special Collections - Letters, documents, drawings, manuscripts & more
Memoirs of Robert C Carden - Confederate soldier's memories
Reminiscences of the Civil War - Memoirs of Cora Mitchel, Union supporters living in the CSA
Duke University Collection - Women's diaries and manuscripts, including Rose Greenhow papers
Letters of the Civil War - comprehensive collection of letters& diaries-military & civilians
Electronic Text Center - Univ. of Virginia primary sources, letters, diaries & newspapers
Massachusetts Letters of the Civil War - letters home, to soldiers, and from newspapers
Bobst Collection - Letters & diaries at Bobst Library at NYU
Georgia Letters & Diaries - Collection from Carl Vinson Institute of Government, Georgia
The Sullivan Ballou Letter - I dare you to read it and not cry
A.J. Juckett Letters - the Juckett family shares letters from their collection
Strieby Family Civil War Letters - from soldier in the 30th Indiana Reg.
Jakob Wiess Letters - letters from soldier in 107th Ohio Reg
Voice of a Confederate Veteran - Hear Julius Howell of Bristol, Va interviewed at age 101
Signal Corps Association - US & CS Signal Corps, telegraph service and secret service
Civil War Medicine - Large list of links to medical resources on the internet
ACW Essays & Articles - List of thoughtful, interesting and provocative articles
US Regulars Archive - library of selected military manuals
Official Records - Official battle reports by US & CS Officers
American Civil War Research Database - Regimental rosters and service records
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - official repository for records of military personnel
California State Archives, Civil War Records - California records of Civil War Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic Archives - Records of the Grand Army of the Republic posts
Ohio In the Civil War - astoundingly complete online records for Ohio units
Royal Engineers of 1857 - an arsenal of information from the British Empire
Folding a Greatcoat - Complete instructions for managing your outerwear
1st Brigade Veteran Reserves Corps
Tom Eisen's Reenacting Units List - Big list of US & CS units/reenacting organizations
The American Civil War Homepage - Biggest, most complete list of internet resources around
Civil War - Well organized list of links to very good sites on numerous topics
US Civil War Center - Massive list of internet resources
Stull's Civil War Links - Collection of links to units & reenactor info
Resource Central's list of Civil War Resources
Frazier's List - Wow! Great resources on almost every topic
Camp Chase Gazette - Online version of the magazine
Farbers Weekly - A weekly Civil War Cybermagazine
JDS Commerce - nicely organized list of reenacting resources
Civil War Interactive - links to the best of the best Civil War websites
California Consolidated Drum Band - California's official fife and drum corps, excellent resource for music, lyrics, midi files of military music
Poetry and Music of the Civil War - Collection of poetry, song lyrics-listen to songs via .wav files
List of Civil War Music Resources - Provided the website above, is very complete
Corinth Information Database - Songbook of the Civil War (lyrics only)
Civil War Music - Midi files play hits of the Civil War, good quality audio
Folk Music of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales & America - Midi files & lyrics
Taylor's Traditional Tune book - Folk music and traditional songs
Ben Tubb's Civil War Songbook - midi files galore and info on era composers
Civil War Music Net - Oodles of info on songs, fife tunes, images, history (slow loading)
The Digital Tradition Folk Song Database - Searchable database of incredible proportions
The Civil War Image Archive - Well organized photo album
Roger Vaughn's Carte de Visite Site - Images from UK covering 1800's
American Memory Site-Selected Civil War Photographs - 1,118 images + 200 autographed portraits in the Library of Congress Civil War scrapbook.
The Daguerreian Society - Daguerreotype images, history & science. The finest examples of Daguerreian images in the universe.
Treasure Net Historical Image Collection - images & maps from Civil War & American West
Victorian & Eduadrian Photographs - great Carte de Visite images
A History of Photography - from invention to 1920
Civil War Terminology - Military and Civilian Glossary
Boone Bunny's Historical Hubub - Civil War Slang
Civil War Slang Terms - Big list
A Woman's War - Article from the Museum of the Confederacy
Duke Univ. Primary Resources on the internet - Superb stuff! Links, diaries, manuscripts
National Women's Hall of Fame - Biographies of famous Civil War era women
Remember the Ladies - Biographies of Civil War women, many links to resources
Women Telegraph Operators - Great article on this little-known occupation
Women's History in America - Women's History International site
National Women's Hall of Fame - Famous female searchable database
Alternate History of the Civil War - into the realm of imagination
Anderson Militaria - View Civil War Artifacts
History of Phrenology - popular era pastime, good images of Phrenology heads
Online Dance Instruction Videos - Library of Congress dance manuals & video/mpeg
Sutler.net Event Listings - up-to-date listings of major reenacting events
Reenactment Units Searchable Database - Find a reenactment group in your area
Sons of Union Veterans - History of California Troops supporting Civil War (530) 384-1623
American Civil War Society (ACWS, UK) - Reenactors across the pond
American Civil War Association (ACWA, San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
American Civil War Society (ACWS, Southern CA)
National Civil War Association (NCWA, San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
Reenactors of the American Civil War (RACW, Northern California)
Cascade Civil War Society (CCWS, Southern Oregon)
Idaho Civil War Volunteers (ICWV, Idaho)
Nevada Civil War Volunteers (NCWV, Nevada)
Northwest Civil War Council (NCWC, Oregon)
Utah Civil War Association (UCWA, Utah)
Washington Civil War Association (WCWA, Washington)