by TeachCivilWar | Dec 24, 2010 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Lesson Plans
MERRY CHRISTMAS I have blogged about Christmas in the past so I thought that I would continue the tradition of showing more connections of Christmas and the Civil War. This time I am going to focus on a famous sketch of “Merry Old Santa Claus” by Thomas...
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 24, 2008 | Miscellaneous Civil War topics
A quick post to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. In the spirit of keeping this on topic, I share the following image from abelincoln.com
