11.+Civil+War


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**For background on**


 * [[image:WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPG width="80" height="52"]]Abraham Lincoln's Presidency, see United States History I.38**


 * Civil War Leaders and Important Battles **** see United States History I.39 **


 * The effects of the war, see United States History ** **I.40**


 * [[image:lessonplan.jpg width="77" height="61"]]See also [|Looking at Lincoln Through His Words: Lesson Activities] from PBS for opportunities to examine his famous speeches and letters.**

[|The Civil War in Art] from the Terra Foundation for American Art in Chicago.

[|Emancipation Proclamation], January 1, 1863

[|The Civil War Today app]features day-by-day documents and resources for each year of the Civil War.

[|A Census-Based Count of the Civil War Dead] contends that the death toll has been under-estimated by historians; David Hacker puts the figure at 750,000 who died.

[|The Civil War]provides data visualization resources for exploring battles and casualties chronologically, geographically and numerically.

[|War Department General Order 143] (1863) authorized the formation of all-Black regiments. By the end of the war, there were 179,000 Black soldiers (10 percent of the Union army) and Black sailors.



[|The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War]

[|Hispanics in the Civil War]from the National Park Service.