Being from Louisiana and researching Louisiana in the Civil War means I have come across and dealt with Louisiana State University's (LSU) Special Collections at Hill Memorial Library. This organization is great to work with! I have worked with them off-and-on for a few years but especially in 2009 trying to wrap things up for Louisianians in the Western Confederacy. They are great and I felt that I'd put a blurb about some of their resources.
- They just revamped their web page and its MUCH easier to navigate. The Civil War material is found in the Special Collections in a group called the LLMVC: Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections.
- They have provided an Online Search Engine and it works! I typed in "13th Louisiana" and came across all the collections where the 13th Louisiana Infantry was mentioned.
- Even better than that is their online Photo Search Engine. They have scanned and provided online images of all their Civil War stuff!
- They also have microfilmed period newspapers from the Civil War.
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