Research
Explore databases of historic newspapers, Civil War soldiers, and letters and diaries from the period.
This database includes more than 7,000 articles from contemporary area newspapers that examine the Civil War at the local level.
This database records the words of individuals who experienced the war both on the lines and behind the lines through letters, diaries, memoirs and testimonies.
This database provides a glimpse at over 4,000 men and boys from the region who fought in the war, including African Americans who joined the Union cause.
This research guide is an index of material relating to the African American experience that can be found on this website.
View a collection of reports from Freedmen’s Bureau Schools in Maryland’s Carroll, Frederick, and Washington Counties.
