Bringing Civil War Photos to Life with Color As you know I am a huge fan of having students use primary sources in the classroom. This is especially true when comes to using photographs from the Library of Congress. I have blogged about using images in the...
The Digital Library of Georgia has released the Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive online. This is way cool to access these primary sources. The following is a press release: The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the...
President Abraham Lincoln wrote this touching letter of condolence to the daughter of his long-time friend, William McCullough. During Lincoln’s law circuit days, McCullough was sheriff and clerk of the McLean County Circuit Court in Bloomington, Illinois. Early...
PENNSYLVANIA INVASION.; Two Military Departments Formed In the State, Under the Command of Gens. Couch and Brooks. PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR CURTIN. PROCLAMATION OF GOV. CURTIN. Published: June 13, 1863; Dispatch of 6/12/1864 HARRISBURGH, Friday, June 12. Gen. COUCH...
Not sure why I haven’t mentioned this one before but The Center for Civil War Photography is a great place to find photos about the Civil War. There are numerous websites that offer images of the Civil War, but The Center for Civil War...
Just a quick Civil War themed Halloween post for everyone to enjoy. Here is a photo from the October 26, 1861 edition of Harper’s Weekly. It is called “Jeff Davis, Reaping the Harvest” and shows Confederate President Jefferson Davis standing in...
