RESEARCH SITES

Tennessee Research Sites

Center for Appalachian Studies and Services
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN 37614-1707
(423) 439-4338
www.etsu.edu/cass/
This research and public service center studies the culture and history of Appalachia through the Regional Resources, the Archives of Appalachia, and the Reece Museum.

Chattanooga African-American Museum
200 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Chattanooga, TN 37403
(423) 266-8658
www.caamhistory.com/
This museum studies the historical and cultural contributions that African Americans have made to Chattanooga, including the free black businesses and politics that existed despite the slavery. Website provides event and exhibit information.

East Tennessee Historical Society
P.O. Box 1629
Knoxville, TN 37901-1629
(865) 215-8822
www.east-tennessee-history.org
Website provides information about the Civil War Families of Tennessee program in addition to membership, lecture, and event information.

Frank H. McClung Museum
The University of Tennessee
1327 Circle Park Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37996-3200
mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/permex/cwknox/cwknox.htm
Website provides a description of part of their holdings, including original clothing, weapons and other items used by Union and Confederate soldiers as they fought for the occupation of Knoxville. Collections include the personal items of Corporal John Watkins, from the 19th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. Provides links to sites pertaining to the Civil War in East Tennessee.

McClung Historical Collection
500 W. Church Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37902-2505
(865) 215-8801
www.knoxlib.org/departments/ethc/mcclung/index.php
Archives feature a comprehensive listing of materials in the collection including genealogical materials, maps, photographs, and the First Families of Tennessee records.

Middle Tennessee Visitors Bureau
8 Public Square
Columbia, TN 38401
1-888-852-1860
Local visitors bureau promotes heritage tourism in Maury County, TN, particularly focusing on Civil War sites. Provides information about a regional tour, the Antebellum Trail.

Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook
www.tennessee.civilwarsourcebook.com
Website provides access to primary source documents related to the Civil War in Tennessee. A bibliography is also included.

Tennessee Historical Commission and Tennessee Wars Commission
2941 Lebanon Rd.
Nashville, TN 37243-0442
(615) 532-1550
www.state.tn.us/environment/hist/TnWarsCom.shtml
Website provides contact information, and descriptions for programs such as National Register review, state historical sites, historical markers, and publications. A Path Divided, a Tennessee Civil War brochure, is available at the above mailing address or can be downloaded at: www.state.tn.us/environment/hist/PathDivided/prologue.htm

Tennessee Historical Society
War Memorial Building
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741-8934
www.tennesseehistory.org
Non-profit organization that promotes interest in and preservation of all matters relating to the history of Tennessee.

Tennessee State Library and Archives
403 Seventh Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741-2764
state.tn.us/tsla
Repository holds numerous manuscripts, records, and photographs related to the Civil War and Reconstruction. The website's Military Records section provides access to indices and finding aids for many Civil War sources.

Tennessee State Museum
Polk Cultural Center
505 Deaderick St.
Nashville, TN 37243-1120
(615) 741-2764
1-800-407-4324
www.tnmuseum.org
Museum presents artifacts significant to Tennessee history, including Civil War flags, weapons, and quilts.

Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography
www.mtsu.edu/~library/wtn/wtn-home.html
Website provides a scholarly bibliography of women in Tennessee history with a generous Civil War section.

National Research and Organizational Links

American Battlefield Protection Program
1849 C Street NW, NC330
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 343-1210
www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/index2.htm
Website provides links to all of the National Park Service battlefields, reports about the status of battlefield preservation in the US, battlefield lesson plans, and an exhibit on Civil War flags.

American Memory
Library of Congress
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
Digital library for United States history and culture that contains many Civil War-era items including historical maps, photographs, and documents.

Civil War Institute
Gettysburg College
300 N. Washington St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 337-6590
www.gettysburg.edu/civilwar/institute/
Website explains opportunities for the academic study of Civil War including a summer program for students, scholarship and lecture programs.

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
National Park Service
www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss
Website provides a searchable database that gives electronic information about servicemen who served on both sides of the Civil War.

Civil War Preservation Trust
1331 H Street, N.W.
Suite 1001
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 367-1861
www.civilwar.org
Website provides information about "The Civil War Discovery Trail" and heritage education and tourism. Civil War Preservation Trust is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of endangered Civil War battlefield lands.

Documenting the American South
University of North Carolina
docsouth.unc.edu
Electronic collection of documents that currently focuses on slave narratives, the southern homefront, and the church in the southern black community.

Duke Rare Books and Special Collections
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0185
(919) 660-5822
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu
Digitized collection provides documents about women in the Civil War, including slave memoirs.

Making of America
University of Michigan
moa.umdl.umich.edu
Website provides digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction, includes scanned images of actual nineteenth century journals, books, or imprints.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
www.archives.gov
Provides information about researching key Civil War-era records, including military service records, pension records, Freedmen's Burea records, and South Claims Commission records.

Virginia Military Institute Archives
VMI Archives
Preston Library
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 464-7566
www.vmi.edu/archives/
Website makes available many of the collections' Civil War documents for web usage. Special emphasis is placed on VMI alumni as military leaders, especially Stonewall Jackson, and the school's involvement in the Civil War.

Virginia Tech Special Archives
University Libraries, Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
Blacksburg, VA 24060-9001
(540) 231-6170
spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar
Website posts a portion of the Archive's "American Civil War Collection" online, including soldier's letters, papers, and scrapbooks.

United States Civil War Center
Louisiana State University
Raphael Semmes Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-3151
www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc
Website provides comprehensive list of links on Civil War research topics, a digital exhibit of the depiction of slavery on Confederate currency.