Michigan & the Civil War

Sesquicentennial 1865-2015: 150 Years

Curriculum, Research & Events

Participate in the celebration of Michigan's role in the American Civil War.

  • iMichigan Productions: The Michigan Experience

    Told by Michigan voices. Written by Michigan authors. Interpreted by Michigan living historians. Portrayed by Michigan Civil War reenactors. This documentary series comes on the verge of the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861 and its content matches State approved curriculum.

    http://www.imichiganproductions.org/tme.html

  • Michigan Civil War Graves Register

    Find graves of Civil War soldiers registered by the Michigan's Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

    http://www.suvcwmi.org/graves/

  • Michigan Civil War Sesquicentennial History Partners

    The Michigan Civil War Sesquicentennial History Partners is an informal group of individuals, organizations, and communities throughout the state interested in commemorating and promoting the Civil War Sesquicentennial (2011 - 2015) and Michigan's role in that war. Comprising the Civil War History Partners are over 1,000 Civil War reenactors and living history historians; Civil War patriotic and hereditary organizations; Civil War scholars and educators, Civil War Roundtables; local and statewide libraries, historical societies, and genealogical societies; local and statewide museums; and numerous local Michigan communities that sponsor special and annual historical programs related to the Civil War.

    http://www.7thmichigan.us/conference/MiCWSesquiHP.htm

  • National Park Service Civil War Website

    Visit the Civil War website of the National Park Service. Site includes information on Civil War parks and battlefields, a time line with more than 150 years of history, and a calendar of events.

    http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/

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Flickr

View Civil War photographs from the Archives of Michigan and share your own.

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YouTube

Watch videos of Civil War reenactments and upload your own to share.

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Blog

Share your insights and stories about the Civil War.

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