Alfred R. Waud, artist of Harper's Weekly, sketching on Gettysburg battlefield, July, 1863

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-B8184-3287].  Find more Civil War Photographs online at the Library of Congress website.

Click on the tabs above to find reference works such as encyclopedias and dictionaries, scholarly books, journal articles and other secondary texts, primary-source documents, and credible web sites about the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) and Reconstruction (1865-1877).

Portions of this guide were adapted from David Murray's Guide at Temple.  Thank you David!