Here's "Covert Force," the piece in your text, but from an online source. Study it and consider: How does this etext differ from the material found in your textbook? What advantages does etext have? What disadvantages?

This is another piece by Howe called "They Turned the Tide," about the Doolittle Raiders, the brave flyers who attacked Japan after Pearl Harbor. What differences can you find between this piece and the one in your text? Any similarities?

If you'd like further information about the role of women in the Civil War, this collection of online primary sources on the topic from Duke University is a must. There, you'll find diaries, letters, other documents, photographs, and prints.

Looking for a manageable research topic about the Civil War? Dean George H. Hoemann of the University of Tennessee has put up this excellent site about the conflict, organized by state, with links galore. It's a great place to start your research.

Would you like to see some of the events Howe has written about? This page has links to Civil War photographs that will bring the awful conflict to life in another way entirely.

For further reading: Here is a list of the "Top Civil War Books."