It has recently been announced that the state is closing the Georgia Archives to the public beginning on November 1.
See an Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog post (September 17, 2012) which provides an overview and commentary by historian James Cobb here.
The Society of American Archivists has posted its letter to Governor Nathan Deal here.
The National Coalition for History has suggested talking points for contacting Georgia state officials.r
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Gettysburg 145th Fife & Drum, 2008
Creative Commons licensed image by Flickr user cshoresal's family
Creative Commons licensed image by Flickr user Chris Devers
The New York Times has created a daily blog called Disunion which gives a day-to-day account of the Civil War as it unfolded.
Click here to see what happened on this day in 1862!
Click here to follow Disunion on Facebook.
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: a political, social, and military history
America preserved : a checklist of historic buildings, structures, and sites
Directory of historic house museums in the United States by 
To help commemorate the 150th anniversay of the Emancipation Proclamationm, the National Endowment for the Humanities has created the NEH Emancipation Resource Portal.
This online resource portal contains relevant essays, lesson plans from NEH's website EDSITEment!, an interactive timeline with links to NEH-funded films and interactive websites, and instructions for teachers and community members on how to host watch parties for a streamed series of events on National Constitution Day, September 17th, 2012.
