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Explore the Civil War

Are you interested in learning more about the Civil War era? The Smithsonian has a wide variety of online resources that can help. You can begin your exploration by following some of the links below.

Who am I?: A History Mystery

Who am I?: A History Mystery

Interactive Gettysburg Address  

Interactive Gettysburg Address

 

 

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

3D Model of Abraham Lincoln's Life Masks: 1865  

3D Model of Abraham Lincoln's Life Masks: 1865

 

 

One Life: The Mask of Lincoln

One Life: Walt Whitman, A kosmos

Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

Civil War 150: A Commemoration by the Smithsonian

Astride Two Ages: Technology and the Civil War

Civil War 150, National Portrait Gallery

Who am I?: A History Mystery

Interactive Gettysburg Address

3D Model of Abraham Lincoln’s Life Masks: 1860 and 1865

The Diary of a Civil War Nurse

Matthew Brady’s Photographs of Union Generals

 

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