The Civil War and Reconstruction in New Jersey
GRADES 5 THROUGHT 8
Books, Articles and Teachers Guides
"Shades of Blue and Gray"
pp. 174-195. In New Jersey: A Mirror on America
John T. Cunningham. Andover, N.J.: Afton Publishing Co., 1976.
New Jersey Legacy Teachers Guide.
Program Six. Vistas of Democracy
David S. Cohen. Trenton: New Jersey Historical Commission and New Jersey Network, 2001.
Documents
Electronic New Jersey: A Digital Archive of New Jersey History
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/CivWar/index.htm
Army Life
Horrors of War
Opposing Viewpoints
Battles
New Jersey Volunteers
Ellis Hamilton's Letters Home
Audio and Video
Civil War Shorts
A series of short subjects about the Civil War in New Jersey, produced by New Jersey Network.
Vistas of Democracy
Program 6 in the New Jersey Legacy series
A 30-minute television documentary about the abolitionist and women's movements in New Jersey in the early nineteenth century. A co-production of New Jersey Network and the New Jersey Historical Commission, 2000.
GRADES 9 THROUGHT 12
Books, Articles and Teachers Guides
New Jerseyans in the Civil War: For Union and Liberty
Jackson, William J. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2000.
Jersey Blue: Civil War Politics in New Jersey, 1854-1865
Gillette, William. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1995.
"The Political Front in Civil War New Jersey"
pp. 209-221. In A New Jersey Anthology, edited and compiled by Maxine N. Lurie.
Tandler, Maurice.Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1994.
"A State Divided" (Civil War and Reconstruction)
pp. 43-53. In Reshaping New Jersey: A History of Its Government and Politics
Stanley N. Worton. New Jersey History Series. Trenton: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1997.
"Marcus Lawrence Ward"
InThe Governors of New Jersey, 1664-1974: Biographical Essays
Edited by Paul A. Stellhorn and Michael J. Birkner.
Hermann K. Platt, Trenton: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1982 (online publication), pp. 135-137.
http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Digidox6.php
New Jersey Legacy Teachers Guide,
Program Six. Vistas of Democracy
David S. Cohen. Trenton: New Jersey Historical Commission and New Jersey Network, 2001.
http://www.state.nj.us/state/historical/pdf/teachers-nj-legacy-guide.pdf.pdf
"Charles S. Olden"
InThe Governors of New Jersey, 1664-1974: Biographical Essays
Edited by Paul A. Stellhorn and Michael J. Birkner.
William C.Wright. Trenton: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1982 (online publication), pp. 129-132.
http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Digidox6.php
______________,"Joel Parker"
InThe Governors of New Jersey, 1664-1974: Biographical Essays
Edited by Paul A. Stellhorn and Michael J. Birkner.
Trenton: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1982 (online publication), pp. 132-135.
http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Digidox6.php
Audio and Video
Vistas of Democracy
Program 6 in the New Jersey Legacy series
A 30-minute television documentary about the abolitionist and women's movements in New Jersey in the early nineteenth century. A co-production of New Jersey Network and the New Jersey Historical Commission, 2000.
Documents
New Jersey Legacy Teachers Guide.
Program Six. Vistas of Democracy
David S. Cohen. Trenton: New Jersey Historical Commission and New Jersey Network, 2001.
Thirteenth, Fourth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, pp. 81-82.
Words That Make New Jersey History
Edited by Howard L. Green. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1995.
Former Governor Price Champions the Confederacy (1861), pp. 137-138.
A Civil War Song (1861), pp. 139-140.
A Republican Congressional Candidate (1862), pp. 141-143.
Fight Secessionism in the Field, Abolitionism at the Ballot Box (1862), pp. 144-146.
Soldiers Protest the Peace Resolutions (1863), pp. 147-148.
Organized and Armed to Resist the Draft (1863), pp. 149-150.
Black Troops Performed with Dignity (1865), pp. 151-153.
