Showing posts with label US Civil War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Civil War. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

What the History of Memorial Day Teaches About Honoring the War Dead

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The New York Times , Editorial Observer article, "Wh at the History of Memorial Day Teaches About Honoring the War Dead, " ...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Cornerstone Speech: Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stephens, C.S.A.

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Cornerstone Speech by Alexander H. Stephens Savannah, Georgia, March 21, 1861 When perfect quiet is restored, I shall proceed....
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

African Americans in the Civil War Navy

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Given the wealth of available information about Civil War soldiers, the comparative poverty of such knowledge about Civil War sailors bo...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

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October 19, 2010: Discussion centered on topics raised by Eric Foner's new book, "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Sla...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Meaning of the American Civil War

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Civil War Ruins of Charleston, South Carolina Watch video of the Feb. 2, 2011 Thinking Out of the Lunch Box event, "What Is the Meaning...

Slave Women and the Armies of the Civil War

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Negroes serving as teamsters, laundresses and cooks for the Union Arm y Watch "Disappeared Without Any Account Being Had of Them: Ensla...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Slaves Escaping To Union Lines and Freedom

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Fugitive African Americans Fording the Rappahannock River. Rappahannock, Virginia, August 1862. Photographed by Timothy H. O'...
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