Archives and History Centers (A Selection of Repositories Consulted for Chicago's Battery Boys)

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum: www.alplm.org
• Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin: www.cah.utexas.edu
• Chicago Historical Society: www.chicagohs.org
• Chicago Public Library, which also includes Grand Army of the Republic collection: www.chipublib.org
• Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia: www.civilwarmuseumphiladelphia.org
• Confederate Research Center, Hill College, Hillsboro, TX: www.hillcollege.edu/museum/crc.html
• Drum Barracks Civil War Museum: www.drumbarracks.org
• Evanston Historical Society: www.evanstonhistorical.org
• Illinois State Archives: www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html
• Library of Congress: www.loc.gov
• National Archives and Records Administration: www.archives.gov
• The Newberry Library: www.newberry.org
• New York State Museum: www.nysm.nysed.gov
• University of Chicago: (Stephen A. Douglas papers) www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/douglas.html
• University of Chicago: www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/barton.html (The William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana)
• U.S. Army Military History Institute: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi
• U.S. Naval Historical Center: www.history.navy.mil

Blogs

• Mike's Civil War Musings
• Civil War Books and Authors

Chicago Civil War Sites of Interest (Thanks to Arnie Bernstein for his book entitled The Hoofs and Guns of the Storm: Chicago's Civil War Connections)

• Abraham Lincoln Book Shop: 357 W. Chicago Avenue www.alincolnbookshop.com
• Chicago Historical Society: 1601 N. Clark Street (Clark at North Avenue) www.chicagohs.org
• Graceland Cemetery: www.gracelandcemetery.org
• Rosehill Cemetery: www.graveyards.com/rosehill

Chicago's Battery Boys: Battles Associated with the Chicago Mercantile Battery

• Arkansas Post: www.nps.gov/arpo
• Bayou Bordeaux (Carrion Crow): www.members.fortunecity.com/thegunny1/bayou_bourbeau_la_3nov63.htm
• Big Black River Bridge: www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ms010.htm
• Belmont: www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/mo009.htm
• Champion Hill: www.battleofchampionhill.org
• Chickasaw Bayou: www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ms003.htm
• Fort Donelson: www.nps.gov/fodo
• Mansfield/Sabine Crossroads: www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/la018.htm
• Milliken's Bend: www.nps.gov/vick/vcmpgn/la_bttl/mlknsbnd.htm
• Pleasant Hill: www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/la019.htm
• Port Gibson: www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ms006.htm
• Vicksburg: www.nps.gov/vick/home.htm

Chicago's Battery Boys: Commanders

• Grant: www.lib.siu.edu/projects/usgrant
• Sherman: www.loc.gov/rr/mss gets you to the overall area; you then need to look into the guide to Civil War manuscripts, which is in PDF version online and must be patiently scrolled through until you hit the S's.
• Lincoln: www.alplm.org
• Nathaniel Banks: www.civilwarhome.com/banksbio.htm

Chicago's Battery Boys: Historical Sites Associated with the Chicago Mercantile Battery

• Baton Rouge (Capitol Building): www.crt.state.la.us/crt/tourism/civilwar/sitebato.htm; www.civilwaralbum.com/louisiana/batonrouge.htm; http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/la/la003.html; www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/Suydam/batonrouge1.html
• Camp Ford: University of Texas at Austin's Camp Ford website: www.texasbeyondhistory.net/ford; Smith County Historical Society: www.smithcountyhistory.org
• Grant's Canal: www.nps.gov/vick/grntcanl/grantsc.htm
• Jackson, MS: www.raymondms.com/battles2.htm; www.cr.nps/abpp/battles/ms008.htm
• New Orleans (Civil War connections): Williams Research Center of the Historic New Orleans Collection: www.hnoc.org/willcent.htm; Tulane University Manuscript Department: www.tulane.edu/~/lmiller/ManuscriptsHome.html; Memorial Hall Foundation - Confederate Civil War Museum in New Orleans: www.confederatemuseum.com

Chicago's Battery Boys: Units Associated with the Chicago Mercantile Battery

• Taylor's Battery: www.taylorsbattery.com
• Walker's Texas Infantry Division: www.acadiansingray.com/15th%20Bn.%20Cav.htm

Civil War Preservation Organizations

• Blue Gray Education Association: www.blue-and-gray-education.org
• Civil War Preservation Trust: www.civilwar.org
• Coker House: www.mdah.state.ms.us/hpres.civwarsites.html and www.oldcourthouse.org

Civil War Web Sites (A Selection of Sites)

• American Civil War Research Database: www.civilwardata.com
• Civil War Home Page: www.civil-war.net
• Civil War Preservation Trust: www.civilwar.org
• Dakota State University's The American Civil War: www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
• Illinois in the Civil War: www.illinoiscivilwar.org
• U.S. Civil War Center: www.cwc.lsu.edu