At right Kinchen Artis, Civil War veteran from the Archives of Michigan collection.

Check out the following links from throughout the Department of History, Arts and Libraries to explore Michigan's involvment in the Civil War.

From the Library of Michigan:

Go directly to theLibrary of Michigan www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan home page.

The Library of Michigan has created a bibliography of African American genealogy,  African American Research Resources.

From the Michigan eLibrary (MeL):

Go directly to the MeL home page to search for civil war resources.

From the Michigan Freedom Trail Commission:

The MFTC preserves and interprets the history of the Underground Railroad in Michigan at www.michigan.gov/freedomtrail.

From the Michigan Historical Museum:

- A Civil War Flag Returns Home
- Child of the Underground Railroad: Lesson Plan for "Malinda Paris - A Memorial"
- Malinda Paris: A Memorial - Background Reading
- Did Civil War Soldiers Come from Your Community? - Lesson Plan
- The Drummer Boy - A Poetry Lesson Plan
- "The Dead Drummer Boy" - A Poeml
- "The Hero of the Drum" - A Poem
- A Michigan Civil War Physician's Diary - Primary Source
- Lesson Ideas for the Civil War Gallery
- Links to More Civil War Resources
- Michigan Historical Museum's Civil War Gallery
- Make a Civil War Drum
- Make a Civil War Flag
- Rally Round the Flags online exhibit

Michigan Time Traveler - Kids' History

Go directly to the Michigan Time Traveler www.michigan.gov/timetraveler home page.

Flags of the Civil War. After 141 years Michigan returns a Confederate flag to Fredericksburg, VA. Discuss the importance of symbols, research the ethics of returning captured objects. Design a classroom flag. (August 13, 2003)
August newspaper page
August teacher's guide

The Blackburns' Escape. Thorton and Lucie Blackburn escape to Michigan, then to Canada. This true story, retold in celebration of Black History Month, provides the foundation for lessons about recognizing heroes, the Core Democratic Values, writing an editorial, making a map and performing a skit. (February 11, 2004)
February newspaper page (large file, high bandwidth recommended for download)
February teacher's guide

The Underground Railroad. Neither a railroad, nor underground, what was it? Who were the Crosswhites? What was Ramptown? (February 13, 2002)
February online pages
February teacher's guide

Online Exhibits

Go directly to the Michigan Historical Museum www.michigan.gov/museumhome page.

• The Underground Railroad

From Michigan History magazine:

Go directly to the Michigan History magazine home page.

• 25 African Americans You Need to Know 
• A Never-Ending Sojourn  
• See additional magazine articles from the Michigan History magazine  

The classroom supplement, The Mitten

• The Underground Railroad 

From the Archives of Michigan:

At left Samuel Lett, Civil War veteran from the Archives of Michigan collection.

-Go directly to the Archives of Michigan www.michigan.gov/archivesofmi home page.

-Follow this link for a glimpse into the archives black history resources.

-View the digital photo collection of Civil War soldiers

-Military Sources page with some Civil War links.

Civil War-related Image of the Month pages
-Luther Baker, helped capture John Wilkes Booth
-Sara Emma Edmonds
-A letter written by Ulysses S. Grant (This letter is in the Archives of Michigan holdings)

Updated 08/10/2006

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