Subject:

Pathfinder : The Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863

Persons (generals, soldiers, citizens)

Ancestors

Women

African-American

http://civilwarhome.com/ . Shotgun's page

http://www.nps.gov/gett/getttour/main-ms.htm - overview of important people and events in the battle

http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/graphics/experience/battles/gettysburg.html#day1 . - overview with links to famous generals

http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm.- biographies of important Civil War figures

http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/people/list.cfm . - arranged alphabetically

http://www.us-civilwar.com/ .

http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/BioMain.htm . - "under construction"

http://www.nps.gov/gett/ancestors.htm - how to search for your ancestors if they were in the Civil War- where to begin

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html . - Civil War women

http://americancivilwar.com/women/women.html . - Civil War women

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html . - link to an online book about women in the Civil War

http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/data.htm .

Place

Monuments

Overview

Maps

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/mn~mnts.htm.- pictures for 4 monuments and descriptions of the kinds of monuments ("granite soldiers")

http://www.us-civilwar.com/ . - follow "Gettysburg Monuments" on sidebar to "Other Gettysburg Sites of Interest" to find the Peach Orchard, Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Wheat Field, and Spangler's Spring

http://www.nps.gov/gett/getttour/main-ms.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query . 1863 Gettysburg Battlefield positions

http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysburgmap.htm . - positions days 1,2,& 3

Thing

Medicine

How the army was organized

Food

Flags

Slang

Funerals

Uniforms

Weapons

Folklore

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/doctor.htm . - Medicine in the Civil War

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gtburgcont.htm.- Tillie Pierce's account of the battle and wounded, includes sections that are gory.

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/links8.htm#med.- many, many links to medical topics

http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm .

http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/index.cfm .

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/doctor.htm . - terms like regiment, corps, brigade, cavalry, and artillery are explained

http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/regimental/index.cfm .

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/hardtack.htm . - hardtack and cornbread recipes

http://www.civilwarhome.com/rations.htm.- what are "rations"?

http://www.us-civilwar.com/ . - recipes and lists of common food

http://www.civilwarcookbooks.com/RecipesHome.htm .

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/flag.htm . - Civil War flags

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/cwinfo3.htm#Flags .

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/soldslang.htm .

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/links10.htm#Funerals .

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/cwinfo3.htm#Uniforms .

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/uniforms.htm .

http://165.29.91.7/classes/humanities/amstud/97-98/weapons/CIVIL~1.HTM .

http://www.chipublib.org/003cpl/civilwar_catalog.html#intro .

http://schwartz.eng.auburn.edu/ACW/cch.html .

http://www.americanfolklore.net/sindex.html .for ideas about ghost stories

General information

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/kidzindex.htm . Gettysburg National Military Park 's Civil War Page For Kids.

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm . pages of a class studying the Civil War (found in Internet Public Library)

http://www.nps.gov/gett/getttour/main-ms.htm - important people and events

http://www.cr.nps.gov/features/gett/page2_01.htm . - information about Gettysburg National Park and lessons

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html . - links to music, people, state studies, bibliographies, resources, re-enactments, pictures, rosters, all kinds of topics

Also:

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm . - lists of links to many different topics

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/idgame.htm - 12 artifacts to identify

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/timeln.htm.- timeline

http://www.civilwarhome.com/ .

http://www.us-civilwar.com/ .

http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/ .

Resource

What you will find

Where you will find it

Fiction Books

Check the TMS library's OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) using the keywords " Gettysburg ", or "Battle of Gettysburg" to find several fiction books that mention the Battle of Gettysburg

Fiction section, in order by last name of author of the book (OPAC will show the "call number"

Non-fiction books

Non-fiction books about the Battle of Gettysburg can be found in the TMS OPAC

American History section -973.3 Dewey

Biographies of major figures in the battle

The names of the generals who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg, such as Robert E. Lee (92 Lee) and J.E.B. Stuart (92 Stu) can be searched as "subjects" in the TMS OPAC.

Biography section - 92 - in order by the last name of the person the book is written about.

NoveList

Fiction books about the Battle of Gettysburg. You enter the keywords for a plot you would enjoy, and NoveList will provide the titles that have been written that match. To borrow these titles click on the ACCESS PA icon.

NoveList (a database in Power Library which is accessed through the icon on the TMS library web page)

ACCESS PA

Either choose fiction titles from NoveList, or search by keywords "Battle of Gettysburg" or a person's name to find books, both fiction and non-fiction, that you can borrow through Inter-library Loan (ILL).Use several specific keywords to narrow your search. "Battle of Gettysburg" resulted in over 1100 titles when used as a keyword. Ask Mrs. Pulver.

ACCESS PA (a database in Power Library reached through the TMS library web page)

Articles by scholars in journals (magazines)

Articles about different subjects and people connected with the Battle of Gettysburg. Use keywords such as "Battle of Gettysburg", or "Robert E. Lee" to search for specific articles. Again, several specific keywords will result in a few good hits.

Middle Search (an EBSCOhost database in Power Library reached through the TMS library web page- Middle Search is specifically for grades 5-9)

Music (sound) and Audio recordings

Music and books on tape - use keywords to find.

Information on Civil War music at http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/music.htm .

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html .

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/links2.htm#Music .

http://www.us-civilwar.com/ . - on side- music

ACCESS PA in Power Library on TMS library webpage, and web sites

Primary Sources (autobiographies, diaries, letters or interviews with persons who were actually there)

Books or web sites, such as:

Letters and diaries during the war, representing one northern community and one southern http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/personalpapers/browse/p2franklin.html . site entitled "Valley of the Shadow"

http://www.nps.gov/gett/getttour/main-ms.htm - site for The Gettysburg National Military Park Virtual Tour: The Battle of Gettysburg

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/letters.htm .

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gtburgcont.htm . - Tillie Pierce's account of the battle

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html . -Civil War Women

http://www.civilwarletters.com/home.html . - letters from an Iowa soldier to a friend

http://www.civilwarhome.com/historicus.htm.- correspondence between leaders

http://www.civilwarhome.com/letters.htm .

http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/library/letters/index.cfm .

http://www.library.miami.edu/archives/shedd/index.htm.- letters of Calvin Shedd

Web sites, autobiographical books (Biography section)

Pictures

http://www.gettysburg.com/bog/bogstory/story1.htm.- 19 scenes with pics and story, including generals and Jennie Wade

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/d?cwar:0:./temp/~ammem_9Wuc:.- copyright-free pictures from the Civil War. LOC= U.S. Library of Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html.- more LOC pictures

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html .

Web sites

Newspapers

http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/newscw.htm .

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refcivil.html . - newspaper reporting in the Civil War

http://www.uttyl.edu/vbetts/newspaper_intro.htm .

Database for actual newspapers, or information on web sites

Poetry

http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/titles.html . titles and poems about the Civil War

Web site

Subject Directories

Search Engines

Description -

Hand-picked web sites on the internet that list other web sites according to topic.

Description -

Web sites that search the Web for keywords that have been selected - some search engines also have a subject directory section.

Features-

Written by educators, scholars, experts

Directed at a particular age level or interest

Features-

Written by anyone

No age level

Often very current

Best use for students-

To browse for a topic or for accurate research.

Best use for students-

For a very current fact, a little known fact, or a trivia information

http://kidsclick.org/ .

http://www.google.com/ .

BUBL LINK / 5:15
Catalogue of 12,000 selected Internet resources

   Internet Public Library

http://ajkids.com/ .

Pictures-