The American Civil War Online is the most comprehensive series of databases available for research in perhaps the most extensively studied subject in American history. Comprised of a number of highly respected and heavily visited collections, the series includes the following:

The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries knits together more than 400 sources of diaries, letters, and memoirs, to provide fast access to thousands of views on almost every aspect of the war. This extraordinary electronic collection includes 100,000 pages of re-keyed and indexed text, including 4,000 facsimile pages of previously unpublished manuscript material. Scholars can read close to 200 intimate letters written by Amos Wood, his wife Clara, and their three-year-old son, Freddie, illustrating what life was like for a Massachusetts family separated by the war. Users can see and compare, for the first time, the writings of politicians, generals, slaves, landowners, seamen, and spies. The letters and diaries are by the famous and the unknown, giving both the Northern and the Southern perspectives, along with that of foreign observers.

The American Civil War Research Database is the definitive online resource for researching the individuals, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War, with indexed, searchable information on 4.3 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 16,000 photographs. It contains all of the more than 4,600 known regimental rosters, 3,461 regimental chronicles, and 1,010 officer profiles. Hundreds of individuals have contributed more than 100,000 hours to its creation.

Images of the American Civil War: Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera presents 70,000 contemporaneous photographs, including nearly 30,000 wartime recruiting posters, envelopes, and ephemera. These dramatic images present a historical account of the war—and a view of nineteenth-century America more broadly—from social, military, and political perspectives.

Free trials are available.

Pricing

MLNC members get a discount on subscription prices which are scaled to the library and based on FTE, population served and/or materials budget.

Please contact Asia Gross for a custom price quote.

Ordering

To order submit a completed order form to MLNC via fax 314-918-7727 or mail to MLNC, 8045 Big Bend Blvd., Suite 202, St. Louis, MO 63119.

A Customer License Agreement is required only if your institution needs the agreement for your own records. A sample license is available. If your library needs a license, please contact Asia Gross for a fully executed copy of the agreement.

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Support

Asia Gross, Electronic Resources Librarian, MLNC
800-969-6562, x814
314-918-7727 (fax)
asia@mlnc.org

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