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1860s Hairstyles.
Instructions for women's hairstyles of the 1860s presented by Anna
Allen.
American Civil War Site originating in Sweden with some interesting links, articles, galleries, and a forum.
Anna Worden's Blog Contains
articles and other items of interest to the 19th Century living historian.
Authentic
Campaigner "A Web Site for the Authentic Civil War Living Historian" offers some
wonderful research articles and good information on impressions. There are three civilian specific forums. It tends to be
more oriented toward national events and environs east of Texas. The long time users can also be rather harsh with new users
and repetitive questions. Be sure to use the search function thoroughly before posting your questions.
Bonny Blue Historical Help
This is designed to be a friendly, fun,
and informative resource for lady reenactors who are interested in building a historical reenacting wardrobe from the
beginning. I do not pretend to be an expert, but I have been researching and learning from my own mistakes for
nearly five years. I simply want to share what I have learned and hopefully save some new-comer living history enthusiasts
from making the 'farby' mistakes that I made!
Capering and Kickery A blog for social dance historians, reconstructors, performers, social dancers, writers of historical fiction,
and anyone else who wants solid, research-based information about historical social dance in Europe and America from the 15th
through the early 20th centuries. Site includes links to music and dance videos.
Civil
War, The Online Harper's Weekly periodicals from the Civil War era.
Civil War Books and Authors blog
Books reviews, news, interviews, profiles and
commentary, with an emphasis on small publishers, university presses, and local history. Subject areas include antebellum
politics and all aspects of the Civil War, as well as the U.S.-Mexican War and Indian Wars. All areas are covered, but geographical
focus is on the West and Trans-Mississippi theaters.
Civil War Campaigner Magazine
Civil War Campaigner Magazine is a new bi-monthly digital
publication for Civil War Reenactors brought to you by and featuring some of the leading, most highly respected and experienced
Living Historians in the field. CWC with its unique outlook, is aimed at Reenactors with either military or civilian interests
and who hold a passion for accurately reconstructing the true life of the everyday men and women of the 1860s.
Civil War Discovery
Trail, The The Civil War Discovery Trail links more than 600 sites in 32 states
to inspire and to teach the story of the Civil War and its enduring impact on America.
Civil War Librarian Blog
Blog of Rea Andrew Redd, follows new and classic American Civil War books and media.
Civil War Network, The
This is a new, fully interactive website for living historians
into the Civil War. Please join, upload photos, videos, blogs, have your own profile, set up your own group forum, add your
upcoming events and so much more!
Civil War Preservation
Trust, The
America's
largest non-profit organization (501-C3) devoted to the preservation of our nation's endangered Civil War battlefields.
The Trust also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism initiatives to inform the public of the war’s history
and the fundamental conflicts that sparked it.
Civil War Reenactors Homepage This website is not as hard core as the Authentic Campaigner and is military heavy, but does offer
forums regarding civilian issues and events. The forums tend to be a bit more tolerant of new user questions than those on
the Authentic Campaigner.
Common Ground, The
Our intent is to provide you with a
nice place to hold civil discussions about the American Civil War to include Civil War Reenacting, Events, After Action Reports,
19th century life in general, etc.
Commonwealth Vintage Dancers, The
This site
includes instructions for several different dances one might have done in a Civil War ballroom. It also includes a link to
the Spare Parts website that includes some music samples.
Confederate Reckoning Podcast
University of Pennsylvania professor of history STEPHANIE McCURRY, looks at the Confederate War through
the experience of the South's women and slave struggles in her new book, Confederate Reckoning. We'll talk
to her about how women and slaves influenced the demise of the Confederacy, including how they took on the Jefferson Davis
government on government enlistment, and tax and welfare policies.
Denbigh Project
The Denbigh Project
is an effort by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University to identify, document and preserve the
wreck of Denbigh (41GV143), one of the most successful blockade runners of the American Civil War.
Documenting
the American South A digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related
to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters,
artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
Encouraging Hearts,
Strengthening Hands: Women Support the Confederate War Effort
This video from the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. outlines some of the many roles women faced
during the Civil War, including flag-making, nursing, fundraising and spying. Artifacts featured in this segment include an
apron and bowl used by nurses at Confederate hospitals, the flags of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Co. C, and the 21st North Carolina
Infantry, Co. D, a shell jacket worn by Private George Greer of the 58th Virginia Infantry, and assorted letters and documents
produced by women, including a letter written by spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow.
Fayette County Newspaper Articles. Gathered by Vicki Betts
Genteel Arts Academy This is the site for Carolann Schmitt. She conducts classes on civilian clothing and produces the "Ladies
and Gentlemen of the 1860s Conference" in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The conference is a great resource for information
on the clothing and material culture of the 1860s.
Gentleman's Page, The A
resource for those who wish to look and act like; or perhaps better understand, the 19th Century American man.
Handbook of Texas Online, The The New Handbook of Texas is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture.
Historical Census Browser University of Virginia Library. This site allows you to search several census years by state and county.
This site offers numbers only, not detailed information regarding individuals.
Invitation to
Dance, An This site is an online exhibit from the American
Antiquarian Society. The exhibit includes much information about the development of social dance in America.
Lawrence
T. Jones III Texas Photographs
This digital collection contains a wide range of early Texas photography.
The digitized images are from the Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photography Collection, which contains 5,000 photographs, ca. 1846-1945, and is held by SMU's DeGolyer Library.
Living-History.net
Living-history.net is dedicated to
the preservation and dissemination of historical knowledge and understanding through the promotion of living history.
Living History Worldwide A network for all living historians and re-enactors worldwide. All periods welcome,
so you can contact and link with anyone and everyone of any period or location worldwide.
Making
of America
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion,
and science and technology.
Mid-19th Century
Victorian Ball, A
This
article is on the Victoriana website. It includes information about ball etiquette, dress and a link to dance instruction
information.
Navarro County Confederate Script
Original Garments
Photos of collections on display at the Mid-West Civil War Civilian Conference 2004
Rally on the High Ground
The National Park Service, the National Park Foundation, and Eastern National sponsored a symposium on May
8 and 9, 2000 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC. They brought together many of the leading scholars on the Civil War
era with park managers, interpreters and educators to explore new research and interpretations of this period of American
history. This symposium, Rally on the High Ground, became much larger and more important than the sponsors envisioned. It
was broadcast nationally on C-Span, and many of the nation's leading media sources covered the event. The papers from
this symposium are published here in Rally on the High Ground: The National Park Service Symposium on the Civil War Eastern
National, softcover, 120 pages.
Robertson Plantation, Salado, Tx
One
of the most complete and authentic plantations in Texas. It is presently
owned and operated as a working ranch by descendants of Colonel Elijah Sterling Clark Robertson (1820-1879).
See the Sites blog
From western forts to Victorian mansions and pivotal
battlegrounds, the Texas Historical Commission's 20 state historic sites exemplify a breadth of Texas history. Come explore the real stories at the
real places.
Sewing Academy, The The website of Elizabeth Stewart Clark offers research and forums for men's, women's and children's
civilian clothing. She also offers her own line of patterns for children and some free patterns on this site.
Society of Civil War Historians, The
The Society of Civil War Historians (SCWH) is an association
of scholars dedicated to exploring slavery, the sectional crisis, Civil War, emancipation, and reconstruction roughly
from the 1830s through 1880. The society also looks at the legacies of the conflict that continue to have an impact
on society today. SCWH’s mission is to encourage scholarly activity and academic exchange among historians,
graduate students, and professionals who interpret history in museums, national parks, archives, and other public facilities.
SCWH’s goal is to bring greater coherence to the historical field by encouraging the integration of social, military,
political, and other forms of history and generally to promote the study of the Civil War era.
Texas Center for African American Living History
A non-profit organization for public education
whose mission is to research, document, preserve, interpret, and distribute Texas history and culture that includes African
Americans from the African American perspective.
Texas Civil War
Museum, Fort Worth TX. The Texas Civil War Museum opened in January of 2006 and with over 15,000 square feet of exhibits,
it boast as being the largest civil war museum west of the Mississippi river.
Texas Heritage Online
Provides unified online access to Texas' historical
documents and images for use by teachers, students, historians, genealogists, and other researchers.
Texas Historical Commission
Texas in the Civil War Brochure
Texas in the Civil War
THC article about Texas in the Civil War
Texas Military Forces Museum
Short article on the Civil War in Texas
Texas Slavery Project
The Texas Slavery Project examines the spread of American
slavery into the borderlands between the United States and Mexico in the decades between 1820 and 1850.
Texas Tides The Texas Tides program is an online effort to provide access to primary resources in East Texas libraries,
archives, museums and other cultural institutions.
Trans-Mississippian, The A blog
about the Civil War west of the Mississippi River. The bulk of Civil War historiography has focused on the war east of the
Mississippi, but the war west of the big river has seen increasing attention in recent years. Particularly since the 1980s,
historians have started to realize that even though armies and battles were of smaller size and scale in the West, it does
not mean that these actions were unimportant or insignificant. There are also some interesting features to the war west of
the Mississippi such as the role of Native Americans,
guerrilla warfare, the role of African-American troops, refugees, the challenges of campaigning on the frontier, and operations
along the Gulf Coast and the Pacific coast.
Under
the Rebel Flag: Life in Civil War Texas Though Texans had fought for many years to achieve annexation to the United States,
they voted decisively to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy in 1861. From the embattled cotton port of Galveston
to the besieged Indian frontier, from the Louisiana border to the Rio Grande, Texans would spend the next four bitter, desperate
years learning the reality of war.
Vicki Betts' Website A
wonderful resource with newspaper transcriptions and a link to her homespun dress research.
Victorian Dance This site provides pretty detailed information about several dances including set dances, the
waltz, Virginia Reel, and the Grand March.
Victorian Dance Ensemble
The Ensemble is a group of living historians who share a love for the grace and beauty of mid-nineteenth
century dancing. We are devoted to fostering an appreciation for the dance and social customs of the Civil War era by presenting
demonstrations, classes, balls and other related programs. The site offers dance instruction and articles on Civil War era
balls.
War Comes to the Land Office
Texas General Land Office Archives and Records Newsletter. Vol 4, Number 2, Fall 2007.
Why Not Then
A website dedicated to the study, preservation and reproduction of historic clothing. Here you will find detailed
pictures of original garments in my collection from the 19th and 20th centuries as well as photographs from my collection
for study. You will also find accurate reproductions of fashions of days gone by and articles, patterns, and other helpful
tidbits to help you create your own accurate reproductions.
WPA Life Histories From Texas These titles are mostly first-person accounts of
life in Texas collected during the Great Depression. Subjects include Pionerr Reminiscences, including those of
immigrants from Europe; Cowboy and Ranching Reminiscences and Lore, including African-Americans and Hispanics;
some discussion of Indians; and more.
Places described include: the counties of Real, Uvalde, Grayson, McLennan,
Tarrant, Lamb, Erath, Borden, Coryell, Lubbock, and more; and the towns of Lampasas, Waco, Amarillo, Fort Worth, Reagan, San
Angelo, Brandon, Eldorado, Coleman, Wichita Falls, Waxahachie, Stephenville, Palestine, Maverick, Ballinger, and more.
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