by TeachCivilWar | May 16, 2012 | Civil War Related Videos, Teaching the Civil War
This is the 2nd in another 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 is...
by TeachCivilWar | May 15, 2012 | Civil War Related Videos, Teaching the Civil War
As my older son CJ was attending a Boy Scout event in Westminster, MD my family decided to do our favorite thing and spend the day exploring Gettysburg. In addition to packing a lunch, we grabbed my copy of The Complete Gettysburg Guide and my Flip video camera...
by TeachCivilWar | Apr 28, 2012 | Teaching the Civil War
Recently I had a guest blogger post on Health and Medicine in the Civil War. Shortly after the post was up, I received an email from Terry Reimer who is the Director of Research at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine about some points that needed to be...
by TeachCivilWar | Apr 15, 2012 | Teaching the Civil War
EDITORS NOTE: This is a guest post by Elaine Hirsch Health and Medicine During the Civil War From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War wreaked havoc on American life. Nearly 620,000 soldiers died and an additional 412,000 were wounded. The massive amount of injuries...
by TeachCivilWar | Apr 6, 2012 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Teaching the Civil War
As I am enjoying a few days off with the family, I want to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you, a very Blessed Easter. Civil War Easter Tidbits Ever wonder what days Easter fell on during the Civil War.? Well, I looked it up:...
by TeachCivilWar | Mar 23, 2012 | Civil War Related Videos, Teaching the Civil War
It was a beautiful here in central Pennsylvania last weekend so we decided to head to Gettysburg for the day. In addition to packing a lunch, we grabbed my copy of The Complete Gettysburg Guide and my Flip video camera and set off. As you know our family...
