The Civil War Podcast

The New York Times’ Disunion feature scores again, this time laying out the history and role of the United States Christian Commission. Over the next four years, the 12-member commission, a private organization wholly separate from the Army’s overworked chaplain corps, provided soldiers in the field with regular access to chapels, religious reading materials and [...]

Another Twitter feed, this time with an interesting angle:  The Tweets are assembled from letters and diaries from the homefront, and offer comments on the war as it unfolded.  Each quote has a link to the original source. http://twitter.com/#!/civilianwartime