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HISTORY
TIMELINE
Timeline of Civil War events from 1861 to 1864.
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DAY IN THE LIFE IN ... THE CIVIL WAR
by Jacquelin Cangro
Meet Sara, a young girl volunteering with the St. Louis branch
of the U.S. Sanitary Commission to care for wounded Union
soldiers in a Missouri hospital.
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT: CIVIL WAR MYTHS AND REALITIES
Kelly Ann Butterbaugh
Play a game of ‘Believe It or Not’ about events
or scenarios that occurred during the Civil War. Your job is
to figure out if each is true or just made up.
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THE CASE OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE TATES
Brett A. Mills
Listen in as the history detective, Joe
Bygoneday, mediates a dispute between
twin boys, Billy and Johnny Tate, about
what really caused the American Civil
War.
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SLAVERY AND THE ROAD TO WAR
Patrizia M.J. Hayashi
Learn about the history of slavery in the United States and
the role it played in leading to the road to the American Civil
War.
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CLASH OF THE IRON SHIPS
Eric Heim
For centuries, wooden ships with guns had ruled the waves. Great
ships like the British one-hundred-gun HMS Victory
had led fleets in battles against other wooden ships. But by
the time of the American Civil War in 1861, great changes had
begun in the way warships were being designed and built – leading
to the first U.S. naval battle between iron ships.
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ANTIETAM: A DAY THE EARTH TURNED RED
Deborah Bryson
On the morning of September 17, 1862, deadly fighting destroyed
the land around the small town of Sharpsburg as the day dragged
on. When the sun set on Antietam battleground, more than twenty-three
thousand Union and Confederate soldiers had been killed, wounded,
or captured. Read how the Battle of Antietam changed forever
the way Americans would think about war.
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THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION: ONLY HALF THE STORY
Michael D. Greaney
When the southern part of the United States seceded and formed the Confederate
States of America, two issues were on everyone’s mind: how to bring the Union back together, and how to free the slaves.
One man added two other issues: how to preserve the Union once it was saved, and what was to be done with the slaves once they were freed.
Learn more about who that man was and his motivations.
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CIVIL WAR CHAPLAINS: JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES
Susie Yakowicz
Read how Civil War chaplains – a group that included
priests, ministers, and rabbis – often found themselves
engaged in tasks that had nothing to do with religion and how
these men of faith became jacks-of-all-trades during the war.
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CLARA BARTON: THE SOLDIER’S FRIEND
Pamela Toler
On April 19, 1861, seven days after the Confederates fired
on Fort Sumter, Clara Barton stood in a crowd that waited for
a trainload of wounded militia to reach Washington. The wounded
soldiers being helped off the train had nowhere to go. The
Army Medical Department had no general hospitals, only a few
post hospitals in the West. Clara recognized some of her schoolmates
and playmates among the wounded members of the
6th Massachusetts; she took them to her sister’s house,
where she bandaged their injuries and listened to their stories.
Read more about how this dedicated woman earned the title of ‘the
soldier’s friend.’
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QUIZ: COULD YOU BE A CIVIL WAR DOCTOR
Valerie Hunter
Could you be a Civil War doctor?
Take this quiz to find out, but before you do, it’s probably best to forget everything you know about modern medicine – and most of your common sense as well – as you transport yourself back to the childhood of American medicine. |
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THEY ALSO SERVED: HORSES IN THE CIVIL WAR
Deborah Bryson
You may have visited a park and seen a statue of a famous Civil
War leader perched astride his horse. While modern soldiers
ride to war in tanks, trucks, and helicopters, the soldiers
of the Civil War were carried into battle by horses and mules.
Few of us think of horses as heroes. They left no memoirs about
their adventures, and they earned no medals, yet they suffered
along with other Americans. Over 1.5 million horses and mules
gave their lives in the service of their country during the
American Civil War. Let’s look at the War Between the
States from the horses’ point of view.
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MUSIC OF THE CIVIL WAR: A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR A DIVIDED NATION
Dorian M. Speed
At the beginning of the Civil War, there were so few songs
written for the conflict that soldiers on both sides of the
conflict resorted to singing tunes from other wars, including “La
Marseillaise” – the anthem of the French Revolution!
Yet, by the end of the war, more music had been composed and
performed than during all of the earlier wars in the history
of the United States. People sang to boost the morale of the
troops, to spread the news of major events, to express their
sorrow in time of loss, and to celebrate their moments of victory.
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GETTYSBURG: THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION
Deborah Bryson
On a Thursday afternoon in November of 1863, Abraham Lincoln
rode a chestnut bay horse in a parade of soldiers, widows,
and dignitaries to a field near Gettysburg, Penn. Newly dug
graves stretched across the bare soil where thousands of soldiers
lay hastily buried. The stench of death and decay still hung
in the air. After the bands played and long speeches ended,
President Lincoln spoke a few words to honor the dead. Only
a few months had passed since a great battle between Union
and Confederate forces had changed a once-peaceful market town
into a name that would be remembered forever- learn why.
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SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA
Bob Nunnally
What is the biggest present you ever received? For Christmas
in 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman presented the beautiful
city of Savannah, Georgia to President Lincoln as a gift. The ‘gift’ ended
a thirty-six-day march to the sea by Union forces. During the
march, Sherman’s troops scorched the earth from Atlanta
to the Georgia coast in an effort to end the South’s
ability to fight. Learn how the march changed the nature of
the Civil War.
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HAUNTED BATTLEFIELDS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Denise Clark
For centuries, ghost stories have entertained and scared young
and old alike. Tales of their existence have been passed down
generation after generation. The American Civil War killed
thousands of men during the course of its history. It is natural
to hear tales of ghostly images haunting the locations of battlefields
and towns where such emotional violence took place. Every year,
thousands of tourists travel to Civil War battlefields, not
only in search of history, but also hoping to run into a ghost
or two – find out some of the tales behind the battlefield
haunts.
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