JL: this is a proposed idea to collaborate on a digital project to provide access to materials on the Civil War, particularly since the 150th anniversary is coming up in 2011. The Civil War is and has been a popular topic. UMCP has about 3000 pages of material that could be digitized, in addition to some items which are already available in their Institutional Repository. JL mentioned that she has a spreadsheet that others were welcome to use in order to conduct a survey of their own collections.
The following could be of interest
Painting's Big Dig: In the trenches restoring Gettysburg's cyclorama
By Malcolm Jones | NEWSWEEK, Apr 14, 2008
Article + video clips
http://www.newsweek.com/id/130597