Stumbled upon this site on YouTube by accident, and believe it to contain informative, well-researched general knowledge facts suitable for starting a discussion, or generating interest in a research project: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZrhqv_T1O1vGjphtbnTVXpNpiFKUpVy8 Civil War in4 from Civil War Trust ( website civilwar.org). For our purposes here at SDG, the most interesting videos:
Civil War Photography http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDzYkygdJO8
Civil War Flags https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnYRJ4SleEM
Zouaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zx5hqIdb-o
Civil War Logistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISDQGsdtvX4
General U.S. Grant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73WC1LHUGqQ
Railroads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko3wexxTxjY
The War in the West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40DZh5NXjC4
The Civil War Generation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRUFNBNYoPg
In addition, Civil War Trust has expanded into videos of the American Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmkK9Gx7fqw
We're less than ten years from the 250th Anniversary of that momentous event, so a great opportunity presents to become re-familiar with aspects of that earlier conflict... four minutes at a time.
Ozzy