Research and Recovery

CenterHit · Legend Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 132 Location: RED X

Here are some Research Sites that I use sometimes.
Hope these can help others out finding some relics and Id.
I will update it when other sites are found. There is a wealth
of information in these links.

(MAPS)

Library of Congress Civil War Map collection

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/

Sanborn maps

sanborn.umi.com username=residence password=welcome

Gilmer Civil War map collection

http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm4/result...ISOROOT=%2Fgilmer&x=0&y=0

American Civil War maps

http://americancivilwar.com/civil_war_map/index.html

David Runsey collection

http://www.davidrumsey.com/view.html

Alabama Civil War maps (Maps from all states)

http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/civilwar/index.html

(IMAGING TO LOCATE SITES)

Virtual Earth

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?cp=40.018714

Google earth

http://earth.google.com/

How to overlay old maps on Google Earth

http://www.pochefamily.org/books/GEarthPage.html

TOPO MAPS

http://www.topozone.com/

Free Topo Map Downloads

http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/(xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd&layout=6_1_61_50_2&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&carea=%24ROOT)/.do

USGS

http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm

(RESEARCH)

Tenn. Source book

http://www.tennessee.civilwarsourcebook.com/

The War of the Rebellion Offical Records

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html

Battles by state

http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/index.html

WorldCat

http://www.worldcat.org/

Google Books

http://books.google.com/

Confederate Relic Room

http://crr.sc.gov/

(PICTURES/PHOTOS)

http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/index.html

Library of Congress Civil War photos

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/

(OTHER LINKS)

Hut digging

http://members.tripod.com/~jaken/800.html

ID civil war bullets

http://www.baymediapro.com/collection/bulletsearch.htm

ID Civil War shot from artillery by size and weight

http://www.civilwarartillery.com/shottables.htm

Google Patent Search

http://www.google.com/patents[/url]

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject:

wow those are a lot of good sites.....I had a ffew of them already saved in my Favortes....but you had more....very good.....thanks... Smile

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

good info dude !!!!!! Cool

bowser · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject: maps

thanks for the sites
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CenterHit · Legend Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 132 Location: RED X

Guys if you know of any other good sites post them. I will just edit the above. I would love to see your related links.

Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject:

I believe that you covered all the main ones....awesome selection you have....... Smile

Ian · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:45 am Post subject:

Wow, a Ton of information there! Thanks for the addition!

Guest · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject:

Cool list of sites Brian, thanks! Very Happy

ashlie_conway · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: some more to add

Brian,

I would suggest adding WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/. This free version is somewhat limited. This is where I search to find soldier's diaries and maps held by special collections libraries. I have free access to the full pay version too, so if anyone needs me to search it, let me know.

I've also found a couple of free books using Google Books. They can digitize any book out of copyright (1940 or earlier), but they've mostly only digitized pre-1900 books. You can download the entire book as a pdf. I've gotten a couple of soldier's memoirs from the revolution and civil war that way. http://books.google.com/

Finally, I may be biased (I did an internship here), but the Confederate Relic Room has some really neat stuff, and their staff are so friendly and helpful. They're planning a HUGE civil war centennial celebration in 2010.
http://crr.sc.gov/

If you have any questions or need help researching, let me know!

CenterHit · Legend Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 132 Location: RED X

Great additions Ashlie! Haven't seen those before.