Category: Civil War on the Web
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Missouri Libraries and Civil War Digitization Projects
A recent blog entry at the MoGSA Messenger, the Official Weblog of the Missouri State Genealogical Association discusses Civil War digitization projects at the Kansas City Public Library and the Springfield-Greene County Library District. While the Kansas City area project is just getting started, the Springfield area project has a flourishing website called Community & […]
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Secession (again)
Secession again rears its ugly head, this time on The Volokh Conspiracy. Professor Eugene Volokh opines “I keep hearing the claim that the legitimacy of secession from the U.S. was “settled at Appomattox,” and I wanted to say a few words about why I think that makes little sense.” While he thinks that “today, secession […]
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“A House Divided”
Scott Johnson of Powerline blog has a post commemorating the birth of Abraham Lincoln today. He quotes Lincoln’s famous 1858 “house divided” speech, calling it “one of the most incendiary speeches in American history;” one that propelled the prairie lawyer to the White House. Maybe so (it was perceived differently at the time), but it […]
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Review: News In History Provides A Look Into the Past Via Newspapers
Note: This post has been crossposted at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online. I recently found an exciting new site for history buffs, NewsinHistory.com, which offers readers and (even more importantly for me, as you will read later) researchers a look into the past via digitized versions of old newspapers. I truly believe TOCWOC […]
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Reading Abe Lincoln on the Kindle
Mike Kienzler at the always interesting Abraham Lincoln Observer has a blog entry up concerning Abraham Lincoln related literature available on Amazon’s new Kindle reader. As Mike relates, what Amazon promises regarding Abe and what they actually deliver offers up mixed results. Go check it out! I was also interested to note that Barnes & […]
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Civil War Books Available in UNC’s Fall Sale 2009
UNC Press is offering many Civil War books for 50% off in their Fall Sale 2009 event, running through November 20, 2009. Please head over and purchase some books. UNC Press is one of the very best Civil War book publishers among University presses. I have learned quite a bit from their catalogue of Civil […]
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Horatio Nelson Taft Diary
The Library of Congress continues to digitize its collection and make it available online. One of the latest is the diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, who worked in the patent office. Taft was also unusually close to the Lincolns, since their children often played together. Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson […]