Soldier Studies is a free online database that contains over 1200 Union and Confederate soldiers’ letters between 1860 and 1865. Each soldier has a profile with key biographical information and links to all of their letters in the collection. Some profiles also include photographs and short essays about the soldier. For example, Soldier Studies has […]
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Civil War Soldier Correspondence
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On July 13, 1865 P. T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City burned down and the Lost Museum’s interactive online exhibit allows you to figure out who is responsible for the crime. Before you start the investigation, it helps to watch the video introduction or at least read this overview of the exhibit. (You […]
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One way to keep up with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War is through the Washington Post’s Civil War twitter account. Every day they tweet details on events that occurred 150 years ago. As Mississippi seceded on January 9, 1861, the Washington Post noted “Miss secedes: ‘Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution […]
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Oakes and Pinsker to Lead Gilder Lehrman Seminar for Teachers
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Recent News, VideoJames Oakes and Matthew Pinsker will lead a seminar called “Lincoln and Emancipation” at New York University this summer from July 10 to July 16. The seminar will “will explore Lincoln’s evolving views on slavery, from his earliest anti-slavery expressions in the 1830s and 1840s to the development of his presidential emancipation policy during the […]
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House Divided Launch & Civil War 150th, April 15-16, 2011
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Recent NewsTo help honor the start of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and to publicize the launch of a wide-ranging effort to help America’s classrooms learn more about this pivotal conflict, the House Divided Project at Dickinson College will host a weekend of entertaining and educational events, free of charge to participants: 1. Documentary […]
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History Now – Underground Railroad Essay
Posted by sailerd Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Images, Recent ScholarshipThe Gilder Lehrman Institute recently published a new essay by House Divided co-director Matthew Pinsker in their December 2010 issue of History Now. As Pinsker explains in “The Underground Railroad and the Coming of War”: “The Underground Railroad was a metaphor. Yet many textbooks treat it as an official name for a secret network that […]
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“Of Love And War: 1864: A Civil War Novel For The North”
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Recent NewsCharles Hammer recently wrote a new novel entitled Of Love And War: 1864: A Civil War Novel For The North. As Hammer describes, “The typical Civil War novel usually features a Confederate cavalier, often served by a loyal slave sidekick, who battles gallantly—for what? Actually, battling gallantly is all the South requires in such a […]
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Civil War Letters of the Christie Family
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Letters & Diaries, Recent ScholarshipThe Civil War Letters of the Christie Family at the Minnesota Historical Society offer an interesting perspective from three brothers who served in the Union army. Thomas and William Christie, who were both born in Ireland, enlisted in the First Minnesota Battery in 1861 and participated in the Vicksburg campaign as well as General William […]
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Isaac L. Taylor at Gettysburg
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Letters & DiariesOn July 2, 1863 at 5:40AM Isaac Taylor recorded in his diary that his regiment, the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, had arrived at Gettysburg. “Order from Gen. [John] Gibbon read to us in which he says this is to be the great battle of the war & that any soldier leaving ranks without leave […]
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New York Times Features House Divided Image
Posted by sailerd Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), ImagesA blog post by Jamie Malanowski in the New York Times’ “Disunion” series featured this political cartoon from House Divided’s image collection. In this entry Malanowski explores how President James Buchanan addresses the secession crisis in his last State of the Union message to Congress in December 1860. “Buchanan at long last waded into the secession […]
