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Library of Congress
--- Subject areas include: The Americas to 1620, Colonization and Settlement, American Revolution, New Nation, National Expansion and Reform, Civil War and Reconstruction.

National Archives
--- A collection of important Revolutionary era documents.

National Park Service
--- Historical timeline of the American Revolution, first person accounts and key players.

Library of Congress
--- Detailed accounts of President Lincoln.

Naval Historical Center
--- A timeline of Naval actions during the Civil War.

American Battlefield Protection Program
--- Battles during the Civil War.

Library of Congress
--- An ongoing online exhibit of the Americas pre-contact, explorations, and the aftermath.

National Endowment for the Humanities
--- A timeline of events concerning the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.

By Robert K. Wright, Jr
Center of Military History, U.S. Army
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
D 114.11: C 76
--- Formation and history of the Continental Army including regiments, charts, maps and illustrations.

By Ted Ballard
Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 2007
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
D 114.12: AN 8/2007
--- A detailed military account for the Battle of Antietam.

By Christopher R. Gabel and the Staff Ride Team
Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
D 110.2: V 66/2
--- The operational level of the Battle of Vicksburg.

By Florence Kern
U.S. Coast Guard (formerly U.S. Revenue Cutters)
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
TD 5.30: C 49
--- The early history of the United States Coast Guard and its involvement in the Civil War.

By William C. Everhart
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
I 29.58: 21
--- History of the Battle of Vicksburg.

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1957
Written by Charles E. Hatch, Jr, this is about a siege during the American Revolution.
I 29.58: 14/2
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)

Library of Congress
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
LC 1.2: V 94
--- Book that accompanied the 500th Anniversary of Columbus's voyage of 1492 exhibit athe the Library of Congress. Contains photos and information at the original exhibit in 1992.

Text by Lillian B. Miller
National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
SI 11.2: AM 3/4
--- Using the National Portrait Gallery and other early American documents; tells the story of the United States previous to the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Compiled and edited by James H. Hutson
American Revolution Bicentennial Office
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
LC 1.2: Op 3
--- Papers of the Contential Congress from 1774 to 1776 to convince British citizens that America needed to be independent.

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
Univ Lib Government Documents, Map Cabinets (2nd FL South)(Poster Drawer)
I 29.20: N 22/775-83
--- A detailed description of the American Navies, including how the ships were designed, seamen and the routes they traveled.

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
I 29.9/5: 146
--- The city of Boston and its part in the American Revolution.

Compiled by Paul H. Smith
American Revolution Bicentennial Office
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
LC 1.2: En 3/774-78
--- A collection of British pamplets advocating for American freedoms. Authors include: Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph, Matthew Robinson-Morris, Baron Rokeby, Catharine Macaulay, John Cartwright and Willoughby Bertie, Earl of Abindgon.

American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, c1976
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
Y 3.Am 3/6: 2 M 27
--- Concerns the influence of the Magna Carta on the United States Consitution and the Declaration of Independence.

Editor, Mary A. Giunta
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
AE 1.114/3: N 21
--- First person accounts of relations with other countries and the new America.

Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
Y 3.B 47/2: 2 B 49/6
--- History of each Bill in the Bill of Rights.

Editor, William S. Dudley
Naval Historical Center, Dept. of Navy
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
D 207.10/2: H 62/
--- Detailed, first person accounts of the War of 1812.

Library of Congress
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
LC 2.2: R 32
--- Companion publication to an Abraham Lincoln exhibit in 1959, it contains references and images about the Civil War.

United States Naval History Division
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
D 207.2: C 49/
--- History and first person accounts of the Navy during the Civil War.

By Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers
National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1962
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
GS 4.6/2: C 49
--- Contains detailed information about the governmental administration of the Civil War and the management of the documentation.

Editor, William Bell Clark
Naval History Division, Dept. of the Navy
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
D 207.12:
--- Primary resource concerning the new American Navy and the battle for independence from England.

Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
I 29.9/5: 156
--- Story of the Underground Railroad told through individual accounts, photographs and illustrations.

National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Univ Lib Government Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
I 29.9/5: 137
--- History of the Battle of Vicksburg.

Library of Congress
Univ Lib Government Documents Reference (2nd Floor North)
LC 2.2: UN 3/4
--- General reference index for all subjects about the United States of America