Category: Civil War Odds & Ends
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The Civil War in the classroom
Cross posted at Civil War History. Given this very interesting post by Brett, I thought I would bring up an interesting couple of ideas for teaching the war in the classroom and see what you all think. While understanding slavery and emancipation are essential to understanding the war years, I do feel that some classes […]
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Short Takes
A group of high school students attend a Civil War re-enactment and have an authentic experience. No, they didn’t get shot, they got sick, which was far more common. Eighth-graders from West Valley Middle School who fell ill were wearing the blue T-shirts on a field trip Friday to a Civil War re-enactment in East […]
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Civil War Odds & Ends: September 28, 2008
I haven’t done an Odds & Ends entry in several weeks, so let’s see what’s happening in the Civil War blogosphere and beyond. TOCWOC recently made it onto a list of “100 Awesome Blogs for History Junkies” listed in an unusual place. It’s nice to be recognized from time to time! I tried to recommend […]
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Bits ‘n Pieces
President Abraham Lincoln was buttbuttinated by an armed buttailant after a life devoted to the reform of the US consbreastution. And other hilarious malapropisms caused by poorly-programmed anti-obscenity filters on the web. Received Earl Hess’ new book The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth today. I’m always a little uncomfortable with books […]
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Civil War Odds & Ends: August 27, 2008
It’s been a little while since our last Civil War Odds & Ends, and I’ve seen some pretty interesting Civil War related material on the web lately. The Tipsy Historian shows us the faces of Company I of the 57th Massachusetts, a regiment which saw itself decimated in Grant’s Overland Campaign of 1864. The 57th […]
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Civil War Odds & Ends: August 9, 2008
Between working on the inside and outside of my new home, I found some time to look around the web and find some Civil War material. This edition of Civil War Odds & Ends features quite a variety of topics, including what happens when you mix monsters and the Civil War. Read on to discover […]
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Short Takes
Last night I inadvertently whacked my PC, which lives under the desk. It then started an ominous clicking and refused to read and write off the main data drive. I copied off what I could and rebooted and…it seems to be working. Still it was a scare and I’m backing up everything regularly. Got a […]