HNRS 2030: Civil War Memory

Databases

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American Civil War: Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
America's HIstorical Imprints This link opens in a new window
Free People of Color in Louisiana: Revealing an Unknown Past This link opens in a new window

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Search Strategies

Half of research is knowing how to find it! The following are subject headings related to your topic. You can use the suggested terms below for subject searches in sources like the catalog and Discovery. This is not an inclusive list, but rather some examples of the standardized language used by scholars!

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865—social aspects.

Flags--Confederate States of America.

Secession--Southern states.

Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.

War Between the States.

War of Rebellion.

Reconciliation--Social Aspects--United States--History.

Memory--Social aspects--United States--History.

Collective memory--Social aspects--United States--History.

War memorials--Louisiana.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.

Country music--United States of America--Relation to Southern identity.

Black Lives Matter movement.

Charleston Church Shooting, Charleston, S.C., 2015.

Flags--Confederate States of America.

American Civil War veterans.

Lost Cause (Confederate States of America).