This is hardtack, an unleavened bread eaten by soldiers during the Civil War. Go on a Scavenger Hunt on the Civil War!

Internet Resources: Here are some links which will get you started in your quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on the Civil War, only the best of the sites that we visited! Library of Congress American Memory (Selected Civil War Photographs) Web page at: http://rs6.loc.gov/ cwphome.html University of California-Santa Cruz Letters Home from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War Web page at: http://bob.ucsc.edu/ civil-war-letters/home.html The United State Civil War Center Homepage at: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/ Civil War Site Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields Webpage at: http://www2.cr.nps.gov/ abpp/battles/tvii.htm The Victorian Lady Website at: http://www.dstylus.com/ victorianlady/ Causes of the Civil War Web page at: http://members.aol.com/ jfepperson/causes.html Poetry and Music of the War Between the States Web page at: http://www.erols.com/ kfraser Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War Homepage at: http://www.civilwarhome.com

Museum Loan Kits: A kit is not available for the topic of the Civil War. Kits can be checked out by Illinois School Teachers free of charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit: educational loan kits For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388 or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu

Printed Resources: At this time, the Museum Explorers Library contains no books on the Civil War. Please check back. Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum Explorers Library Web page. The following is a list of printed materials about the Civil War which may be available through your library: No materials available at this time, please check back.

Previous Explorer Projects: This is a list of Museum Explorer Projects completed by teachers and students in the last three years. The Lincolnwood Junior High School Civil War Homepage at: http://www.schools.lth5.k12.il.us/ lincolnwood The Civil War Era Homepage at: http://www.decaturnet.org/ dist61/rms/mic/page1.html The Civil War Era in Illinois Homepage at: http://www.museum.siu.edu/university_museum/museum_classroom_grant/ Museum_Explorers/school_pages/Vienna/default.html To view other school pages please visit our Museum Explorers School Pages.

This is a field officer's sword used during the Civil War. It belonged to a Colonel in the Infantry.