Civil War Internet Activity

Civil War Internet Project

Day 1:

Go to Battle Summaries. Then choose any 3 battles. List the name of the battle, where it occured, the campaign, the date(s), the commanders, the estimated casualties, and a brief description of the battle and it's result.
Go to Flags of the Confederate States of America. Read the disclaimer. What is the controversy? Choose 2 flags, then draw and describe them.
Go to Selected Letters from the Southern Historical Collection. Choose Images of Battle. Pick 2 letters from 1863, and 1 letter from a time period of your choosing, for a total of three letters. Read them and then do the following for each letter: make a list of words from the "Civil War" era, tell where the person is from, where the letter was written, where the letter was sent, the time period it was written, and then summarize the letter.

Day 2:

Go to the American Civil War Homepage. Look at the various links there. List 10 facts about the civil war that you did not already know.
Go to One Union Soldier - His life and Times. Then choose Life in Camp. Make a schedule of a typical soldier's day, including times and duties. Then choose The Clothes On Our Backs! List the money it cost to furnish a soldier in both 1861 and 1986. Finally, choose A Word For The Sick And Wounded. Compare the statistics on the number of people killed and those who died of diseases. What is the reason for the big difference?
Go to The Gettysburg Address. Look at the two separate drafts which show handwritten drafts of the document, and also look at the transcripts, which are typed. What are the main differences between the two drafts?
Finally, choose another resource that you haven't investigated and prove that you learned something from this activity on the Internet (in written form!)