Biography

Abraham Lincoln Research Site

This is a student-oriented educational Web site about Lincoln's life and family. The web master, a retired American history teacher, answers questions by e-mail.

The Presidents of The United States

This is a list of links to WebPages for each president of the United States. Includes photographs and links to other Web resources

First Ladies of the United States

This site provides information about the First Ladies of the United States.

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Civil War

American Memory Selected Civil War Photographs

This site of 1,118 photographs includes scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects.

Civil War Homepage

This site includes links to useful websites about the American Civil War.

National Underground Railroad

The Freedom Center prides itself on being a rich resource for educating students, and the public at large, about the issues of slavery, freedom, and the world-wide struggle for equality, both past and present.

The Underground Railroad

Take part in an adventure that illustrates how the underground railroad worked.

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General Sources

Web Chronology Project

This ongoing project contains a series of linked timelines that depict world, regional, and cross-cultural history from ancient to modern times.

Don Bain's Virtual Guidebook

The Food Timeline

This fascinating site gives the history of specific foods from ancient to modern times.

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Primary Source Documents

Documenting Southern Life

This is a collection of documents about the Southern United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The collection is held by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

This site contains digital images of approximately 20,000 primary historical documents from Lincoln's presidential years. It includes general correspondence, notes, drafts of speeches, and more. This is an excellent site for anyone doing research on Abraham Lincoln.

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