by TeachCivilWar | Dec 29, 2009 | Lesson Plans
According to John Busey’s “These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg”, the following is a list of the number of soldiers killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. Army Of the Potomac : New York 978 Pennsylvania 745 Massachusetts 200...
by TeachCivilWar | Dec 24, 2009 | Miscellaneous Civil War topics
The above illustration by Thomas Nast is entitled “Christmas Eve, 1862” and is from an 1862 issue of Harper’s Weekly. On the right side of the illustration is a Civil War soldier on duty sitting next to a fire on a cold night. In addition...
by TeachCivilWar | Dec 16, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Teaching the Civil War
Civil War infantry soldiers, Union and Confederate carried what was known as a musket. These muskets came in numerous varieties and flavors, however for the purpose of this post, we will discuss only the more common models. 1861 percussion rifle-musket The Model 1861...
by TeachCivilWar | Dec 11, 2009 | Miscellaneous Civil War topics
Hello Everyone, Just a note to say that I’ve been nominated for a 2009 EduBlog Award as the Best Resource Sharing Blog. I would greatly appreciate it if you take a moment to vote for my blog I would greatly appreciate it. While you are there, Civil...
by TeachCivilWar | Dec 1, 2009 | Miscellaneous Civil War topics
The Edublog Awards 2009 are open for nomination! This is a chance for educators to nominate and celebrate the achievements of edubloggers, twitterers, podcasters, video makers, online communities, wiki hosts and other web based users of educational technology. Here...
