Exploring Abraham Lincoln

John Brown in the Boyd Stutler Collection

Part of the West Virginia Memory Project of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, this searchable database contains images and documents from the life and death of John Brown.

A State of Convenience: The Creation of West Virginia

This online exhibit from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History walks through the process of West Virginia’s statehood using photos and documents. It’s a museum-quality exhibit you can visit in your pajamas!

Lincoln Institute A great resource for teachers and scholars, the Lincoln Institute maintains educational websites like “Mr. Lincoln and Friends,” “Mr. Lincoln’s White House,” and “Mr. Lincoln and Freedom.”

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The Gettysburg Address

The folks at Cornell University scanned their copy of the Gettysburg Address so you can look at the real thing!

My Precious Loulie: Civil War Love Letters

From Virginia Tech’s Digital Library & Archives, view the text of love letters from Civil War soldiers to their sweethearts.

Jump Back in Time Civil War

This wonderful interactive timeline from the Library of Congress features tons of information on the Civil War. Don’t miss “Mountaineers are always Freemen,” about the creation of West Virginia.

Selected Civil War Photographs – Matthew Brady Matthew B. Brady supervised the production of over 1000 photographs of military personnel, battle aftermaths, and more during the Civil War. You can view much of the collection here, courtesy of the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.

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CivilWar@Smithsonian

The online counterpart to the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian covers everything from the first blood shed during the Civil War to Appomattox to the work of Winslow Homer.