Civil War Primary Sources

The Civil War Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history of the Civil War. Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock. The Civil War Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including: Analysis, Critical Thinking, Point of View, Compare and Contrast, Order of Events and Much More! Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials! The 20 Civil War Primary Sources are: 1. Poster related to Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 - published 1851 - 2. Title page of Uncle Tom's Cabin - 1852 - 3. Photograph of Harriet Tubman - 1855 - 4. Political cartoon related to 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act - 1856 - 5. Illustration of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia - published November 5, 1859 - 6. Illustration of General Scott's "Anaconda Plan" - 1861 - 7. Bombardment of Fort Sumter - April 1861 - 8. 7th New York State Militia - 1861 - 9. Wounded soldiers in hospital - ca. 1861-1865 - 10. U.S. Government Recruiting Poster - 1861 - 11. Photograph of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy - 1861 - 12. Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln and General George B. McClellan in the general's tent at Antietam, Maryland - October 3, 1862 - 13. Illustration in Harper's Weekly entitled "Emancipation" - 1863 - 14. Photograph of scars on a whipped slave; Baton Rouge, Louisiana - April 1863 - 15. Photograph of General Sherman's troops destroying the railroad near Atlanta - 1864 - 16. Drummer Boy with 78th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops - 1864 - 17. Political cartoon featuring Vice President Andrew Johnson and President Abraham Lincoln - 1865 - 18. Oil painting entitled "The Peacemakers" - President Lincoln with General Sherman, General Grant, and Admiral Porter aboard the River Queen - 1865 - 19. Illustration depicting General Sherman's 1864 March to the Sea - 1868 - 20. Lithograph of the 1863 Battle of Chickamauga - 1890