Confederates in the Attic: Related Websites
Center for the Study of the American South
The Center for the Study of the American South affirms the commitment of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the study of the South, to teaching about the region,
and to a tradition of service spanning two centuries. Through myriad programs, publications, and conferences the Center seeks to sponsor a broad
public dialogue that addresses the central challenges to public life in the South.
The American Civil War Page
University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences
Civil War Reenactors
Links to Confederate and Union reenactment units.
Documenting the American South
A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries collection of sources on Southern history,
literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th
century. As of June 19, 2000, DAS includes 570 books and manuscripts.
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' Americana collections.
Selected Civil War Photographs
Civil War Maps
The American Civil War
Collection of Civil War links compiled by Professor Jim Janke, Washington College, Chestertown, MD.
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: History: United States: Civil War
Review of Treatment Mrs. Martin received in Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horowitz [sic]
"Defending the Libelous Attack Against the Last Known Living Widow of a Confederate Soldier and Her Late Confederate Veteran Husband in Chapter 13, Confederates in the Attic, authored by Tony Horwitz." Dr. Ken Chancey, who holds power of attorney for Mrs. Martin, the last known living widow of a Confederate Veteran, offers a rebuttal to the book's Chapter 13.
Mrs. Alberta Martin: The Last Known Living Widow of a Confederate Veteran
The Valley of the Shadow
The Valley of the Shadow Project takes two communities, one Northern and one Southern,
through the experience of the American Civil War. The project is a hypermedia archive of
thousands of sources for the period before, during, and after the Civil War for Augusta County,
Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Those sources include newspapers, letters, diaries,
photographs, maps, church records, population census, agricultural census, and military records.
Symbols in Battle
Civil War flags in the National Parks collections.
Civil War Recipes
Authentic recipes for hardtack, johnnie cake, and home remedies used in the Civil War era.
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