http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/  (From the documentary, “Slavery and the Making of America.”  You can hear real people talking about what slavery was like.) 

http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/1829-1859  (The Library of Congress’s VERY fun website for exploring American History.  You can play games, read stuff, listen to music.)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/hh/21/hh21b.htm  (The website for the Vicksburg National Monument, this tells that story in great detail.  All the battles have online booklets like this one and can be found at:  http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/park_histories/index.htm )

http://www.civil-war.net/cw_images/index.htm  (A lot of photographs from the Civil War are put together here.)

http://www.hunley.org/ (A website with cool graphics and demos that shows the submarine the Confederacy used.)

http://www.infernal-machines.com/_sgt/f10000.htm (A website about all the different weapons and machinery of the Civil War.)

http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/gettkidz/kidzindex.htm  (A website from Gettysburg all about the Civil War.)

http://www.sewanee.edu/faculty/Willis/Civil_War/maps.html (A website with a list of Civil War Maps.)

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/cwfrm.htm (A list of eyewitness accounts of various important moments in The Civil War, including Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Sherman's March to the Sea and Appomattox.)

http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/voices.htm (A list of eyewitnesses accounts of Gettysburg from people who were there and people who work there now.)