Civil War (SS8H5)
Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, Ga. No. 2, Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign , Hargrett Library
SS8H5 Analyze the impact of the Civil War on Georgia.
Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, the Dred Scott case, Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860, and the debate over secession in Georgia.
Explain Georgia’s role in the Civil War; include the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, the Emancipation Proclamation, Chickamauga, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.
Suggested Collections
General
America's Turning Point (Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, and Hargrett Library)
First-person Narrative of the American South (Documenting the American South)
Homefront
Anne Fannie Gorham Diary Collection (Columbus State University)
Francina Elizabeth Cox Greer King diaries, 1844-1866, 1871-1883 (Hargrett Library)
Robert Toombs, Letters to Julia Ann DuBose Toombs, 1850-1867 (Hargrett Library)
Southern Homefront, 1861-1865 (Documenting the American South)
Slavery
African American Literature (Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (Library of Congress)
Francis T. Tennille Slave Medical Care Accounts, 1859-1860 (Middle Georgia Archives)
North American Slave Narratives (Documenting the American South)
Port of Savannah Slave Manifests (Georgia Historical Society)
Slavery Papers and Speeches (Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections)
Mixed Case Files, 1790 - 1860, Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009 (National Archives at Atlanta)
Soldiers' Letters and Diaries
Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864-1865 (Hargrett Library)
Cyrus F. Jenkins Civil War Diary, 1861-1862 (Troup County Archives)
Eugene S. Mitchell Collection (Mercer University Libraries)
Henry L. Benning Civil War Materials (Columbus State University)
Joseph Perryman Carson Collection (Mercer University Libraries)
Zachariah A. Rice correspondence and military commission (Atlanta History Center)
Zachary Taylor Adair diary (Hargrett Library)
War
Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign, ca. 1866 (Hargrett LIbrary)
Central of Georgia Rail Road Collection, Carpentry Shop Ledger (Coastal Heritage Society)
Historic Photos of Andersonville Prison (Andersonville National Historic Site)
Militia Enrollment Lists, 1864 (Georgia Archives)
Thomas O'Dea's Drawing of the Andersonville Prison (Andersonville National Historic Site)
Suggested Searches
Battle of Ezra Church
Missouri Compromise
Historic Newspapers
Chronicling America, 1841-1865 (newspapers from throughout the United States)