A Guide to Civil War Materials
in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Duke University

Forts

Strategies for finding materials related to Forts:
  1. Conduct a keyword search of our Finding Aids

  2. Consult the Duke University Libraries on-line catalog

    Tips:

      Select "Special Collections Library" on "Display holdings first for" pull-down menu

      Conduct a keyword or subject headings search using the following Library of Congress subject headings:

        [name of fort] [place]
          For example:
          Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)
        [name of fort] [place] [may add further subdivisions]
          For example:
          Fort Holmes (N.C.)�History�Civil War, 1861-1865
          Fort Lee (N.C.)�Maps
          Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)�Siege, 1861

  3. Look for the following subjects in the Special Collections Library Card Catalog
      [name of fort] [place] [may be further subdivided by date or other subdivisions such as maps]

Samples from the collections:


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Guide to Civil War Materials
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/pathfinders/civil-war/
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library - Duke University
Compiled November 2001 by Janie Morris
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