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Thanks for staying subscribed to my podcast and I hope you enjoy listening. In this episode I talk a bit about how the Irish played a part in the American Civil War.

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Music is by Mark Ferguson and is used with permission.

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David Kincaid – Haunted Field Music

Irish Brigade

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Thanks for staying subscribed to my podcast and I hope you enjoy listening. In this episode I talk a bit about how you can use YouTube to teach and learn about the Civil War

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Music is by Mark Ferguson and is used with permission.

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SHOW LINKS:

Camp Chase Fifes and Drums

Picketts Charge

First Day at Gettysburg

Little Round Top

James McPherson

Gettysburg Address 

James Swanson

Dogs in Battle

 

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Teaching the Civil War Podcast Episode 6

by fifer1863 on August 16, 2011

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Thanks for staying subscribed to my podcast and I hope you enjoy listening. In this episode I discuss Civil War era music and some ways teachers can use Civil War music in their classrooms.

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Music is by the Excelsior Brigade Fifes and Drums and is used with permission.

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SHOW LINKS:

Acoustic Shadows of the Blue and Gray

Camp Chase Fifes and Drums

119th New York Fifes & Drums

David Kincaid

Library of Congress Links

Civil War Sheet Music Collection

Band Music from the Civil War

Battle Hymn of the Republic

 

 

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4 Irish related Civil War items

March 16, 2011

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d do a quick post on 4 Irish-related Civil War Items.   #4 – Civil War Steeplechase by Edwin Forbes: This sketch is from March 17, 1863 and shows a “Saint Patrick’s Day celebration, Army of the Potomac, American Civil War. Irish Brigade holds a steeplechase race” [...]

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Hearing the Civil War: Music of the Civil War

December 14, 2008

Various types of music played key roles throughout the Civil War from the fife and drum to the bugle calls which rallied the soldiers and directed them on the parade ground and in battle. There were sentimental and patriotic songs which soldiers sung in camp in order to pass the time while remembering the homes [...]

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