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The Valley of Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War

Subject Area:

Social Studies

Address/URL:

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/

Description:

This web page has a wealth of information from census data and newspaper articles to maps and images. Separated into two parts you can either explore pre-war articles and stories or focus on information regarding the war years. Within each area, the information has been organized into several rooms to help you explore this time in American History.

How You Can Use This Source:

Go to the reference center to read stories of particular people in these communities.
Read letters, diaries, or newspaper articles from this time period.
View maps and images of these two communities related to this time period.
Look at the 1860 census statistics or search the census data.

Go to The Valley of Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War.