Curriculum Materials
The Memory Trail project begins in February, 2011, with the commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's journey to Washington, DC, for his inauguration. NPS Teachers...are you planning a special event at your school commemorating an event or person from the American Civil War? You can help document your effort and share it with others here.
A new website to help interpret to students the path from slavery to freedom. NPS The War for Freedom website brings teachers and students close to the day-to-day lives and thoughts of black Americans moving from enslavement to emancipation.
NPS This new booklet, created by the National Park Service, explores the history of the "peculiar institution" of slavery throughout our history, and the role of slavery in the coming of the Civil War. This booklet is in the public domain and may be reproduced for classroom use. Copies of the booklet are available for sale in the park's Eastern National bookstore.
Learn more about African Americans at Fort Donelson here!
Published by Eastern National Eastern National/ NPS This booklet serves as an excellent introduction to the Fort Donelson campaign. You may click here to read it. | ||||
Did You Know?
Lew Wallace served on the military tribunal of Lincoln's assassins after the war and was president of the court martial that convicted Henry Wirz, Confederate commandant of Andersonville Prison.