Basileiad Library

The Civil War Collection

To browse the Civil War collection at the Manor College library is like passing through a portal to yesteryear. Thumb these pages and the voices of Davis and Lincoln, the two great protagonists, speak across the decades, and all the hope, passion, and tragedy of that era comes to life again. You can even ride with Robert E. Lee as he consoles his troops after their failed charge at Gettysburg, or stand in the turret of the Monitor as she bears down on her foe on a historic March day in 1862. Turn a few more pages and you are a spectator in Wilmer McLean's parlor in Appomattox on a signal Sunday morning in 1865. Its all here in this collection, for represented on these shelves are the trilogies by Bruce Catton and Shelby Foote, the monumental Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis, and biographies of Robert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant and Stonewall Jackson, among others. The Long Arm of Lee, a classic from the 1950s, tells the fascinating and little-known story of the Confederate artillery service. Jay Winik, a more contemporary author, is even represented; his controversial work April 1865 is prsent. So if you're a Civil War buff, just want to brush up on your American history, or are just curious, come and enjoy. It's worth the trip and its free.

George Tomezsko
Author, Civil War Fragments

Civil War Websites

Civil War Children - The Civil War through a child's eyes.
Civil War maps (Choose 'Civil War' from 'Select a Type')
Civil War Women - Diaries, letters and other documents from the archives of Duke Univeristy.
Documenting the American South - First person narratives from Colonial times to the early 20th century.
Reconstruction after the Civil War - history from PBS.
Valley of the Shadow - Diaries, letters, newspapers, speeches, census and church records, detailing the life of two communities on opposite sides of the Mason-Dixon line.
The New York Times Project - Actual scanned images of newspaper pages from the Civil War years.

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Basileiad Library

The Civil War Collection

Civil War Websites

Copyright © 2008 Manor College

700 Fox Chase Road, Jenkintown, PA 19440 * 215-885-2360
Last modified: 02/27/08

Basileiad Library

The Civil War Collection

Civil War Websites

Copyright © 2008 Manor College

700 Fox Chase Road, Jenkintown, PA 19440 * 215-885-2360 Last modified: 02/27/08

700 Fox Chase Road, Jenkintown, PA 19440 * 215-885-2360
Last modified: 02/27/08