Resource Guides: GEN: Great U.S. History Websites: Revolution & Civil Wars

Revolutionary War

American Archives: Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776 (N. Illinois U.)
Pamphlets, booklets, and newspaper articles covering colonial life and war.
Revolutionary-Era Boston Newspapers - The Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Dorr, Jr.
Harbottle Dorr, Jr. (1730-1794) was a merchant and a member of the Sons of Liberty. Beginning in 1765, Dorr spent more than a dozen years purchasing newspapers, writing comments in margins, inserting reference marks in articles, and assembling indexes.
Spy Letters of the American Revolution. (U. Michigan)
Images of letters from spies, double agents, etc., pertaining largely to military strategy
George Washington's Commission as Commander in Chief: Primary Documents in American History (LOC)
Provides primary source materials of the formation and experience of the Continental Army, as well as external links.
Treaty of Alliance with France: Primary Documents in American History (LOC)
Provides digital sources and external website links covering the Treaty of Alliance with France was signed on February 6, 1778,
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creating a military alliance between the United States and France against Great Britain.

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877 from the Library of Congress
Transcription of significant primary sources (including government documents) pertaining to the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Civil War Primary Sources from the Civil War Trust Digitized primary sources pertaining to the Civil War. Materials include: Official Records, Addresses & Speeches, Acts, Bills, & Orders, Military Correspondence & Documents, Personal Correspondence & Narratives, Prints & Photos, and Maps.
The Civil War: Women and the Homefront: Digitized Materials from Duke University: Diaries and Letters
Includes four sets of papers and letters from women who lived during the Civil War, including a Confederate spy, an intelligence worker for the Union Army, an enslaved African American woman and a young 16 year old southern girl. Also includes links to other relevant sources.
The Southern Homefront
Documents related to all aspects of Southern life during the Civil War. In particular, government and civilian publications demonstrate the Confederate States of America's unsuccessful attempt to create a viable nation state.
- Valley of the Shadow (U. of Virginia)
  Digital archive of primary sources that document the lives of people in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, during the era of the American Civil War through Reconstruction.