HST 304 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR Spring 2011 Michael Unsworth History Librarian

OUTLINE Civil War Search Strategies in the Online Catalog Online Reference Tools Finding Primary Sources Online Catalog American Memory Am. Civil War Letters & Diaries Official Records Harper’s Weekly Questions

Search Strategies in the Online Catalog: Unit Histories SUBJECTS: 1.United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 24 th ( ) 2.United States. Army. Iron Brigade 3.United States—History— Civil War, — Regimental Histories 4.Michigan—History—Civil War, — Regimental Histories

Unit Histories Use this “Advanced Keyword Search” Template SUBJECT: CIVIL WAR 1861 SUBJECT: [COUNTRY OR STATE] SUBJECT: [TYPE OF UNIT] Any Field: [NUMERICAL PERMUTATIONS]

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Battles and Campaigns: Use Subject Search: Names of a Battle or Campaign Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 Corydon, Battle of, Corydon, Ind., 1863 Morgan’s Ohio Raid, 1863 New Mexico Campaign, 1862 Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864 Sherman’s March to the Sea Valverde, Battle of Val Verde, N.M., 1862 Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864

Sieges Use this format in the Subject Catalog [City (State)] – History -- Siege, [date] Baton Rouge (La.) – History – Siege, 1862 Charleston (S.C) – History – Siege, 1863 Corinth (Miss.) – History – Siege, 1863 Fort Fisher (N.C.) – History – Siege, Knoxville (Tenn.) – History – Siege, 1863 Petersburg (Va.) – History – Siege,

COMBINE “REGIMENTAL HISTORIES” WITH A BATTLE’S NAME

General Ben “The Beast” Butler

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West's Encyclopedia of American LawWest's Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman. Vol nd ed. Detroit: Gale, p195.

PRIMARY SOURCES: Definition “…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.” Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.

CAUTION: MEMOIRS SOURCE: Hamilton, Milton. "Augustus Buell: Fraudulent Historian", Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 80 (1956),

FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG: 1. See if your person wrote something

AUSTIN BLAIR

ONLINE CATALOG SEARCH

RESEARCH IN AN ARCHIVES

FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG: 2. RESTRICT BY DATE OF PUBLICATION

JUDAH BENJAMIN: 2 nd Jewish Senator in U.S. History Confederate: –Attorney General –Secretary of War –Secretary of State British Legal Expert

FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG: 3. STANDARDIZED SUBDIVISIONS

sourcesmanuscripts archivesnotebooks, sketchbooks, etc. archival resourcespersonal narratives, American, Chinese, Finnish correspondencepersonnel records diariesrecords and correspondence

Operations at Sea: Diary

Memoir of Sarah Emma Edmonds I was ordered by General H. to pass the rebel lines, and return as soon as possible. I took the train at Warrenton Junction, went to Washington, procured a disguise, that of a female contraband, and returned the same night. I passed through the enemy's lines in company with nine contrabands, men, women, and children, who preferred to live in bondage with their friends, rather than to be free without them. I had no difficulty whatever in getting along, for I, with several others, was ordered to headquarters to cook rations enough, the rebels said, to last them until they reached Washington.

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