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It’s hard to believe sometimes that America’s Civil War was less than 200 years ago, and how far we have come since then. Perhaps one of the greatest aspects of this war was that it was well documented, perhaps one of the first wars to have so many forms of media available to capture it. The Valley Project has collected and electronically reproduced that media in an online archive that includes images, letters, maps, soldiers’ records, and official documents.

There is more content here than you might ever need, but when it comes to Civil War resources, this collection is tops. The site itself is easy to browse or search, so if there is something specific you might be looking for, you’re bound to find it here. Courtesy of University of Virginia’s Virginia Center for Digital History, so be sure your students cite them for any research they might do. Whether you’re a American History teacher or not, this site could be useful to help students understand first-hand what America experienced not so long ago. -JEREMY S. GRIFFIN

The Valley of the Shadow