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HIST 465: Civil War and Reconstruction

This guide contains government information useful for course assignments related to the topic of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

State Government Documents

State government documents can also be useful resources for this time period.  Links to state library and archival websites, some of which have historic digitized materials, can be found at on the U.S. Government Guide on the Government Documents by Subject page, under History. Check especially Midwestern, Northwestern, and Southern U.S. History.

These sites also link to regional National Archives records centers which contain information about federal agency programs occurring within these geographic regions.