The Valley of the Shadow is a

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project about the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

, launched in 1993 and hosted by

the University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective adm ...

. It details the experiences of Confederate soldiers from

Augusta County Augusta County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The second-largest county of Virginia by total area, it completely surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro. Its count ...

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and

Union Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

soldiers from Franklin County,

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, United States. Project founders William G. Thomas III and Edward L. Ayers referred to it as "an applied experiment in digital scholarship." The site contains scanned copies of four newspapers from each of the counties in addition to those of surrounding cities such as Richmond and New York: the Staunton ''Spectator'' ( Staunton, Virginia; Whig), the ''Republican Vindicator'' (Staunton, Virginia; Democratic), the Franklin ''Repository and Transcript'' (

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley, and north of Maryland and the ...

; Republican), and the ''Valley Spirit'' (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Democratic). Elsa A. Nystrom and Justin A. Nystrom state about the site: PDF availabl
here
/ref> In 2022, on the 30th anniversary of the project
New American History
released an updated version of th
Valley of the Shadow
with enhanced images and search features.

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The Valley of the Shadow - original website

The Valley of the Shadow - updated website
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