American Independence - from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. Includes links to documents on the Revolution, Ben Franklin, 18th-century politics, and the French and Indian Wars.
American Revolution, The - H-Net companion site to the documentary, Liberty!, from PBS. Features essays, program notes, and links to more resources.
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AmericanRevolution.org - contains essays and online books about the culture and events of the Revolutionary era, images, re-enactor information, and links.
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Arbuckle's Fort Archaeology - daily updates from the field excavation of this Revolutionary War era fort in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
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Birth of the Nation - created by grade six students, accurately portrays the people, places and events on April 18 and April 19, 1776.
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Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People - describes the story of the escaped slaves who fought for the British in the American Revolution and were evacuated to Canada.
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Cowpens National Battlefield - commemorates a decisive battle that helped turn the tide of Revolutionary War in the South.
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Fort Laurens - official site of Ohio's only Revolutionary War fort. From The Friends of Ft. Laurens Foundation.
James Chalmers and Plain Truth - describes the Loyalist pamphlet Chalmers wrote in response to Tom Paine's Common Sense. From Christopher New's book Maryland Loyalists in the American Revolution.
Liberty! The American Revolution - six-part documentary series about the two and a half decades of debate and rebellion, war and peace.
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Lighting Freedom's Flame - National Park Service's Revolutionary War site featuring online exhibits, timeline, this date in history, and events in the parks.
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Logistics and the Defeat of Gentleman Johnny - highlights John Burgoyne's inattention to logistical concerns during the New York expedition and the resulting loss in the Saratoga campaign.
Revwar.com - includes links to articles, historical documents, re-enactment groups, and newsgroups.
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Spy Letters of the American Revolution - exhibit of American and British spy letters from the Henry Clinton Collection at the Clements Library. Contains images, maps, transcriptions, stories, biographies, and timeline.
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Uniforms of the American Revolution - text and images from Charles Lefferts' book depicting the uniforms of the American, British, French, and German armies that fought in the American Revolution.
Battle of Lake Erie - describes the September 10, 1813, battle in which Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron defeated a British squadron, securing the Northwest Territory and lifting the nation's morale.
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Battlefield House Museum - living history museum and site of the historic Battle of Stoney Creek on June 6, 1813.
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Documents on the American War of 1812 - includes political issues and reports of military actions at sea and in the Northwest, Eastern, and Southern Campaigns.
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Galafilm Multimedia: The War of 1812 - explore the war through eye-witness accounts, interviews with historians and more. Presented in English and French.
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General Society of the War of 1812 - preserving the records and other documents relating to the war, caring for its veterans' graves of veterans, and encouraging patriotism among all Americans.
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park - battle in the Creek War, March 27, 1814, which resulted in the largest loss of life by Native Americans in conflict with U.S. troops.
U.S. Brig Niagara and Erie Maritime Museum - features the U.S. Brig Niagara, a reconstruction of Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship in the Battle of Lake Erie, as well as exhibits on Pennsylvania's maritime heritage.
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Virtualology: War of 1812 - features the text of the British account of the capture of Washington D.C. as reported in The Columbian Centinel, December 7, 1814. Also provides related links.
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War of 1812 - includes summary of the war and brief descriptions of major battles.
Descendants of Mexican War Veterans - nonprofit national lineage society chartered by State of Texas. Activities and purposes are genealogical, historical, educational, and charitable in nature.
American Civil War Collections - from the Electronic Text Center at UVA. Includes contemporary letters and newspaper articles as well as modern texts and student projects.
Bob Koch's U. S. Civil War Site - Civil War photographs, current and 19th Century, concerning the Army of Northern Virginia.
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Causes of the Civil War - presents primary documents from the period of the secession crisis. Includes Republican and Democratic party platforms, The Crittenden Compromise, and political speeches.
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Civil War Archive - regimental histories, corps histories, battle summaries, rosters, reports, letters, links, battle flags and diaries.
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Civil War at a Glance, The - offers a timeline and color maps of battle campaigns. From the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Civil War Mysteries: Home of the Unknowns - provides descendants, collectors, historians, and archivists, etc. an avenue for posting unidentified photographs of Civil War soldiers for possible identification.
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Civil War Photography Center - devoted to the history and presentation of original Civil War photography and methods including ambrotypes, ferrotypes, and stereographs.
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - online database containing basic facts about soldiers who served on both sides during the Civil War. From the National Park Service.
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Civil War, The - reenactment information, news archives, photographs, message boards, and more.
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CivilWar.com - provides a timeline, brief summaries of major battles, descriptions of places associated with the conflict, and more.
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CivilWarAlbum.com - modern photos and history related to the Vicksburg Campaign, Battles of Shiloh, Forts Donelson, and Henry, the war in Louisiana, and more. Also features records and maps.
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Connecticut CDVs - collection of photographs of Connecticut Civil War soldiers, many identified and with additional information.
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Denbigh Project - effort to identify, document, and preserve the wreck of Denbigh, one of the most successful blockade runners of the American Civil War.
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Eye of the Storm - excerpts from the Civil War diaries of Robert Knox Sneden. Site includes Sneden's watercolors, journals, a forum section, and Flash movies.
Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War - Cornell University collection that documents the history of the abolitionist movement and the American Civil War through books, manuscripts, and photographs.
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HarpWeek: The Civil War Era (1857-1865) - electronic index of Civil War Era history, literature, advertising, society, and culture, as found in the publication Harper's Weekly.
PBS: The Civil War - companion site for the 1990 PBS documentary created by Ken Burns. Includes information about the war, the creation of the series, and teaching suggestions.
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rdhinstl's Page - covers the United States revenue stamped paper and die propriety stamps of the Civil War era.
Selected Civil War Photographs - from the Library of Congress. Includes scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects, portraits of Confederate and Union officers and enlisted men.
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Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War - contains a wide variety of Civil War information including official records, essays, biographies, regimental losses, and battle descriptions.
Steam Machines - briefly describes excavations of the warships USS Monitor and CSS Hunley and noncombatant vessels Maple Leaf and Bertrand. From Archaeology Online.
Valley of the Shadow Project - looks at the Civil War from the perspective of two communities straddling the Mason Dixon Line: Staunton, Virginia, and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
Documents on American Indian Wars - includes first-hand letters from the Seminole Wars and from conflicts in the Northwest and West, including the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Buffalo Soldiers at San Juan Hill: 1 July 1898 - examines the role of the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry at the battles at El Caney and on San Juan Heights. Includes commanders' after action reports.
Rough Riders Movie - story of Teddy Roosevelt and his cavalry regiment in the Spanish American War. Produced by TNT.
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Rough Riders, The - a first hand historical account by Theodore Roosevelt.
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Spanish American War Centennial Website - delves into all aspects of the Spanish American War, including the issues of Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. homefront.
War in Perspective, 1898-1998 - New York Public Library's online exhibition re-examines the Spanish-American War and its consequences beyond traditional military, political, and diplomatic perspectives.
Mark Twain on the Philippines - about his opposition to the Philippine-American War and his involvement with the Anti-Imperialist League
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Philippine-American War - provides information about the war, with a focus on important people and events.
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Philippine-American War (1899-1902), The - summary of the war excerpted from Veltisezar Bautista's book The Filipino Americans From 1763 to the Present: Their History, Culture, and Traditions.
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Philippine-American War Centennial - a chronology, maps, statistics, FAQ, editorial cartoons of the day, details on weapons used, and more. From the Philippine-American War Centennial Initiative.
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Sentenaryo/Centennial - exploration of the cultural and political consequences of the Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American War.
America's Secret War - information and photographs relating to the United States 27th and 31st Infantry's involvement in the Allied Expeditionary Force in Siberia.
Intervention and the Civil War, 1918-1920 - argues that American participation in the Allies' invasion of Russia was motivated by a desire to destroy the Bolshevik regime.
American Experience: Vietnam - companion web site to the PBS/WGBH series program on the Vietnam War. Includes timeline, statistics, documents, first-hand accounts, and more.
Armed Falcon - with a survivors information page, and description of the air battle for An Loc.
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Battlefield: Vietnam - companion site to the PBS program includes history, a timeline, a look at guerrilla tactics and the air war, and a multimedia retrospective of the Siege at Khe Sanh.
http://members.macconnect.com/~knelson/co/co.html">By Reason of Religious Training and Belief... - scholarly paper covering the history of Vietnam War era conscientious objection.
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http://www.odci.gov/csi/books/vietnam/index.html">CIA and the Vietnam Policymakers: Three Episodes 1962-1968 - recently declassified study by former CIA officer Dr. Harold P. Ford reviews the Intelligence Community's analytic performance during the chaotic Vietnam era, with particular focus on the efforts of CIA analysts.
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http://www.teenink.com/Past/2003/February/Environment/TheDevastating.html">Devastating Ecological Effects of the Vietnam War - Teen Ink article.
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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/tailwind/index.html">Excerpts from 1970 Command History
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http://www.vwam.com/vets/hisintro.html">History of the Vietnam War - a collection of articles and resources from Vets with a Mission, a non-political organization. Topics include marine, army, and air force operations, the Tet offensive, personal profiles, and more.
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http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/">History Place: Vietnam War - timelines, quotes, and analysis of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam from 1945-1975.
Revisiting Vietnam - topics covered include the history of the war and reconciliation, the use of Agent Orange, and MIAs. Features audio of the wartime field recordings by Michael Baronowski. From American RadioWorks, April 2000.
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Sounds of Vietnam - includes audio clips of helicopter and infantry communications, AF Radio VN and Vietnamese radio clips, and other sounds from the era.
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U.S. Army Vietnam Combat Art - about the work of U.S. Army Combat Art Team IV, featuring paintings and drawings, articles, and official documents.
Vietnam Passage - PBS site for the program giving a glimpse of the Vietnam War through the eyes of the Vietnamese. Looks at the people, trends, and issues that shape Vietnam as it moves into the new millennium.
Vietnam War Index, The - includes information on key political and military figures as well as major events of the war.
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Vietnam War Internet Project - dedicated to providing information and documents about the various Indochina Wars, and to the collection and publication of the memoirs of those who served and those who protested.
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Vietnam War Photo Album - images from the Vietnam war. All branches plus many shoulder patches.
Frontline: The Gulf War - an in-depth look at the Gulf War and the crisis that precipitated it. From PBS' Frontline, January 1996.
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Gulf War - features a summary, little known information on the war, audio clips of presidents George Bush and Ronald Reagan, and links.
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Gulf War Debriefing Book - information on the Persian Gulf War. Includes a summary, lists of casulties, and major actors as well as information about the continuing U.S. conflict with Iraq.
GulfLINK - Department of Defense Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses. News, medical information for Gulf War veterans, and reports on continuing suspicions about Iraqi biological weapons.
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InDepthInfo: The Gulf War - provides an overview of the war which includes Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia's role, U.S. interests, the air war, and the ground war.
New Order, The - journal of an American civilian's experience of the Persian Gulf War. Includes information about Erik Larsen, George Bush, Jeff Syrop, and Zen.
U.S. Conspiracy to Initiate the War Against Iraq - article by Brian Becker that argues that even before the first day of the Persian Gulf crisis, George Bush and the Pentagon wanted to wage war against Iraq.
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UNEP Conflict and the Environment in West Asia - series of reports assessing the environmental effects and repercussions of conflict and war in Iraq, Kuwait, and the surrounding region.
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Unseen Gulf War, The - shocking images from the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War by photojournalist Peter Turnley.
Blackhawk Down: An American War Story - serialized story of a U.S. mission gone wrong in Mogadishu, Somalia. By Mark Bowden of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Frontline: Ambush in Mogadishu - see aerial photos, hear and read battle stories of the Army's Rangers, learn about the weapons and technology deployed, and get perspective from policymakers and others.
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