The purpose of the project is to build a digital repository of unique U.S. Civil War materials from East Central Indiana for teaching, learning, and research by elementary, high school, college/university students and faculty, and the public. Users will be able to remotely access, examine, and study letters, diaries, photographs, videotaped readings, and other Civil War documentation that have been previously available only onsite.

The Ball State University Libraries will act as the host institution and fiscal agent, providing access to partner institutions’ collections through a single Web site using CONTENTdm, a digital content management system. The project allows for cooperation and collaboration between Ball State University Libraries, Muncie Public Library - Local History & Genealogy Center, Henry County Historical Society, Dan Quayle Center and United States Vice Presidential Museum (Huntington, Indiana), Ball State University Teleplex, and the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities.