Sites for Research you can do online.

Here are some Research Sites that I use sometimes.
Hope these can help others out finding some relics and Id's.
I will update it when other sites are found. There is a wealth
of information in these links.

(MAPS)

Library of Congress Civil War Map collection

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Sanborn maps

sanborn.umi.com username=residence password=welcome (NOT CURRENTLY ACTIVE)

Gilmer Civil War map collection

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American Civil War maps

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David Runsey collection

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Alabama Civil War maps (Maps from all states)

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(IMAGING TO LOCATE SITES)

Virtual Earth

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Google earth

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How to overlay old maps on Google Earth

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TOPO MAPS

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Free Topo Map Downloads

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USGS

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(RESEARCH)

Tenn. Source book

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The War of the Rebellion Offical Records

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Battles by state

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WorldCat

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Google Books

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Confederate Relic Room

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(PICTURES/PHOTOS)

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Library of Congress Civil War photos

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(OTHER LINKS)

Hut digging

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ID civil war bullets

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ID Civil War shot from artillery by size and weight

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Google Patent Search

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ID CIVIL WAR CORPS badges

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Button Backmark ID's

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North American Forts (Very cool website)

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hey Brian, The password for the Sanborn collection has been changed as of the time of this post. if anyone has info, please post it..
if I locate it, i will do the same.
Cheers,
Rando.

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Not ALL of the Sanborn maps are here, but most are..

The original site password is still elusive, however.

But thinking about the CS plate Ian dug and the CS buttons you've been diggin I must only think that you've already found the "X Mark" on the map...LOL

Erle From Va. wrote:

But thinking about the CS plate Ian dug and the CS buttons you've been diggin I must only think that you've already found the "X Mark" on the map...LOL

This map is housed in my Special Collections and is not available for public use...

R&R wrote:

Erle From Va. wrote:

But thinking about the CS plate Ian dug and the CS buttons you've been diggin I must only think that you've already found the "X Mark" on the map...LOL

This map is housed in my Special Collections and is not available for public use...

The map is used on my avatar. If you look closely you can see the X marking the spot.

And thus my remark about the "X Mark" on the map. Happy New Year to you guys! HH, Erle from Va.

I added and changed a few of these today. Anyone else got anything that would be useful on this thread?