Purpose
These resources will help you find information and primary sources for your Civil War Stations Project.
Resources
Once you have some basic background information on your topic, pose a main research question and several supporting ones to guide your inquiry.
Websites
American Battlefield Trust
https://www.battlefields.org/
CivilWar@Smithsonian
http://www.civilwar.si.edu/home.html
Famous Trials: Lincoln Conspiracy Trial (1865)
https://famous-trials.com/lincoln
National Park Service: Gettysburg
https://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm
Ohio State: eHistory: Civil War Battlefield Medicine
https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/cwsurgeon/cwsurgeon/index
Sherman's March and America
http://shermansmarch.org/
US History.org: American History
https://www.ushistory.org/us/index.asp
Primary Sources
These resources will help you find primary resources for your assignment.
Take a few minutes to brainstorm some terms related to the question you want to research.
It might be helpful to look up some background research on your topic before you look for your primary source.
When you are searching, pay attention to the source. Is it from one of the types listed?
If you are doing a search, try combining your search term with a type of primary source:
[your topic] + [type of source]
Databases
Websites
Citations
Here are two options for citation tools you can use to cite your sources.
Google Docs Citation Tool
These are directions for using the citation tool in Google Doc.