Monthly Archives: July 2011

Grappling with Slavery and the War

Posted on July 28, 2011 by marcferguson

Source: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/july/slave-auction.htm One of the central themes of this blog is that Emancipation, while not initially the reason the federal government opposed secession and went to war to prevent it, was the most important legacy of the Civil War (and as … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Civil War Related Talks

Posted on July 24, 2011 by marcferguson

Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee Mass. Civil War Speaker Series: Steve Jendrysik     July 26, 2011, 6:30 PM  –  8:00 PM Contact: Reference Desk   413-594-1800 x108   anne.gancarz@gmail.com Chicopee’s City Historian speaks about Chicopee’s involvement in the Civil War, as well as … Continue reading →

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First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run

Posted on July 23, 2011 by marcferguson

A couple of days ago, the first significant Civil War battle reenactment began, with the First Manassas. Civil War enthusiastists, reenactors, and some historians flocked to this event: Manassas for this event: http://www.nps.gov/mana/parknews/index.htm http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/at-the-first-manassasbull-run-sesquicentennial-event-today/ The First major military encounter of the … Continue reading →

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New Housatonic Heritage Trail in Honor of the 54th Mass.

Posted on July 18, 2011 by marcferguson

“NEW HERITAGE TRAIL TO HONOR THE MEN OF THE 54TH MASSACHUSETTS “GLORY” REGIMENT “A Part Of The Lift Ev’ry Voice Festival” “The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Trail, which honors the famous Civil War regiment of African Americans from this … Continue reading →

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Teaching the Civil War – Civil War Trust

Posted on July 18, 2011 by marcferguson

Regional Teacher Institute: Boston, Massachusetts October 8-9, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts Though not in Western Mass, this will be of interest to teachers in our area: “After ten years of hosting an Annual Teacher Institute, the Trust has decided to expand … Continue reading →

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Emily Dickinson and the Civil War

Posted on July 16, 2011 by marcferguson

While Emily Dickinson is generally viewed as a recluse, who shielded herself from the world and created her poetry from her own private world, this view has been increasingly challenged. It is now pretty well accepted that the Civil War … Continue reading →

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“Experiencing the Civil War” Exhibit at Skinner Museum

Posted on July 14, 2011 by marcferguson

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/news/channels/13/stories/5682919 “‘Experiencing the Civil War,’ which opens Wednesday, was created as a project for a museum studies class taught by David Glassberg, a UMass history professor. “As he visited the museum the other day to look over the results of … Continue reading →

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David Blight on the Civil War Letters of Charles Brewster

Posted on July 14, 2011 by marcferguson

http://www.historic-northampton.org/netshow/cruelwarisover.html (Historic Northampton)

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Easthampton Memorial to the Dead in the Great Rebellion, Erected 1869

Posted on July 10, 2011 by marcferguson

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Sesquicentennial Symposium: Civil War Causes and Consequences

Posted on July 8, 2011 by marcferguson

Five College Learning in Retirement (5CLIR) and Five Colleges, Incorporated http://www.5clir.org/v2010/documents/Flyer%20announcing%20program.pdf Sesquicentennial Symposium: Civil War Causes and Consequences (To explore issues of the era with modern resonance—e.g., race, states’ rights, and cultural changes) Friday, October 14, and Saturday, October 15, … Continue reading →

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