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Yet Even MORE Statistics

June 28, 2010

Thanks to the Wig-Wags Blog for posting this interesting article on The Civil War’s Last Veterans, Wives and Stats to bring us even MORE statistics to ponder. Yippee!! According to the post, the following table comes from Fact Sheet: America’s Wars by the US Department of Veteran’s Affairs: Civil War (1861-1865) Total U.S. Servicemembers (Union)…………..2,213,363 [...]

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Gettysburg Cyclorama

June 22, 2010

The Gettysburg Cyclorama, officially known as the “Battle of Gettysburg” Cyclorama, is a 360 degree circular painting that depicts Pickett’s Charge on July 3, 1863. According to the Gettysburg National Military Park, it’s one of the last remaining cycloramas in the United States. The Gettysburg Cyclorama was created by the French artist Paul Philippoteaux. Starting [...]

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Another Great Resource

June 5, 2010

The following is by far one of the best Civil War related websites for educators that I have seen. MrNussbaums.com’s Civil War Page contains a wealth of activities and resources including: Interactive Battle Maps Civil War Timeline Cause and Effects of the Civil War People of the Civil War Union and Confederacy Civil War Activities [...]

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Introducting Patriot Pete

March 31, 2010

As you know, my daughter has her Civil War Sallie project that is traveling around teaching and learning about the Civil War. Well, my son CJ has created his own project named Patriot Pete. As the newest member of the Follow Me Project family, Patriot Pete was created to get kids to learn more about [...]

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Making New Photos Look Old

March 7, 2010

Here is something cool you can do with your students. Have them take modern photos and make them look old. For example, here is a photo that I took of some friends of mine from Sykes Regulars. You can then take the photograph and put it into your favorite photo editor such as Photoshop, Paint [...]

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A soldier from Wildcat Regiment

February 13, 2010

An interesting way for students to experience the Civil War is to personalize it for them. One way to personalize the Civil War is to allow students to experience the war through the eyes (or in this case letters and documents) of a solider. The Library of Congress has created A Solider from the Wildcat [...]

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Julia Grant Acrostic Poem

January 26, 2010

Hi, Here is another acrostic poem. This time it is about Julia Grant, the wife of the 18th President Ulysses S. Grant. Julia Grant was born at White House Plantation in St. Louis, Missouri U. S. Grant proposed to her several times times before she said yes Lonely without Ulysses Grant In 1869, she entered [...]

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So many statistics….So little time

December 29, 2009

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 Michigan 200 US Regulars 182 Ohio 139 Maine 119 Wisconsin 105 Indiana 96 New Jersey [...]

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Civil War era Presidential Elections

November 21, 2009

In this season of elections, I thought it would be interesting to share a website on Civil War era elections. Harper’s Weekly has created a website for researching historical elections from 1860 to 1912. According to the website, the Presidential Elections page features political cartoons from several different digital resource centers such as Harper’s Weekly, [...]

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Google Maps and Gettysburg

November 7, 2009

Thanks to the Ten Roads Blog (actually done by a high school student) for sharing a link to a very cool website (more of a mashup really) that uses Google Maps and photos. The Encounter at Gettysburg page is being developed by Chuck Kann and incorporates Google Maps to allow visitors to locate monuments, farm [...]

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