by TeachCivilWar | Jul 2, 2014 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Teaching the Civil War
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...
by TeachCivilWar | Apr 8, 2014 | Teaching the Civil War
The following is a guest post from Michael Cronin who is the Founder and CEO of Gettysburg Flag Works ——————————— When we think of American flags, “red, white and blue” is probably the first thing...
by TeachCivilWar | Sep 13, 2012 | Civil War Related Videos, Teaching the Civil War
With the upcoming 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam you might want to go check out their YouTube Channel and learn more about the battle. Here is one that provides an overview of the events of September 17, 1862:...
by TeachCivilWar | Jul 25, 2012 | Lesson Plans, Teaching the Civil War
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...
by TeachCivilWar | May 21, 2012 | Civil War Related Videos, Teaching the Civil War
This is the last in this series of videos from our recent trip to Gettysburg. What a great day, can’t wait to get back there with the kids. In this video Jacob (with help from his brother Josh) is finding dinosaur footprints in Gettysburg. The...
by TeachCivilWar | May 21, 2012 | Civil War Related Videos, Teaching the Civil War
Here is another video in this series of video blog posts where my family is exploring the Gettysburg Battlefield. As you know our family goal is to learn something new every time we go to Gettysburg and this time we learned several new things. In this video Josh...
