"Diaries" from the Civil War

These "diaries" are historical fiction accounts of real and make-believe people who lived during the Civil War era. The authors have all volunteered, through the Internet and e-mail, to recreate a living history of America's most deadly war through personalized accounts and diary entries. These authors are all ages, come from all walks of life, and hold all types of jobs. However, they have one thing in common - the love of history.

History is full of lessons for all mankind. As individuals, either we learn and use those lessons constructively, or we ignore them, only to find we are tragically repeating them.

Abraham Lincoln's last words at Gettysburg were: "...we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

This page is dedicated to the love of history, to stepping back to a time in which America was a country deeply divided against itself, and to the willingness to take the lessons of the Civil War to heart in the present and future.

NORTH

President Abraham Lincoln, USA
Private Michael McBride
General Ulysses S. Grant
Elizabeth Van Lew
Private James A. Hopkins
General Sherman
John Earnest
Susana Hutch
Harriet Ross Tubman
Sergeant James Tucker
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Major Robert W. Farrar

SOUTH

President Jefferson Davis, CSA
Brigadier General Johnston Pettigrew
Catherine Quarels Buck
Major John Fairfax
General Robert E. Lee
William Green Jackson
Fleurette Riley
Stonewall Jackson
Jacob Rockwell-Collins
Lewis Armistead

NEUTRAL OBSERVERS

Rat

TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY

William Murdock Hall
Loading a flintlock gun
Making bullets for the flintlock gun
Building the Ironclads: the Monitor & Merrimac
Making candles
Making a fire
Country cooking
Country medicine

Contributed by Mr. Mike Slease
The Spencer Carbine

FURTHER INFORMATION

The Slave Trade
The Many Confederate Flags
The Army's Organization and Ranks
Telling time with a 24 hour clock
Our Favorite Links

STUDENT AND TEACHER RESOURCES

Student's Trivia Questions
A Subject Guide
The USA in 1861
A Simplified Timeline

CHILDREN'S ART WORK

Mrs. Hood's 5th Grade Art Work