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Civil War Washington. Smithsonian Civil War Studies: Article - Friends and Collaborators Lost in History. Friends and Collaborators Lost in History The Smithsonian Associates Civil War E-Mail Newsletter, Volume 4, Number 2 German society in the mid-1800's held little room for an intelligent and independent female social activist.
These circumstances, and the prevalent anti-Semitism of the time, led journalist Ottilie Assing to move from her German homeland to the United States. Here she hoped to support herself as a correspondent, writing about life in America for the prestigious German newspaper Morgenblatt für gebildete Leser. Much of Europe was experiencing social unrest and the German people especially were eager to learn more about the New World's fledgling democratic experiment as it teetered on the brink of Civil War. Soon after she arrived in 1856, Assing arranged to interview Frederick Douglass and to tell about her writing and her desire to translate his autobiography into German. Assing's letters give insight into the mid-1800 world of America and Europe. Women of the American Civil War Era. Kindle Title Carolina RainOpen the page of Carolina Rain and step on the streets of an era gone by.
Carolina Rain is not just a read, but an experience. You will smell the magnolia trees, feel the sun on your face and taste the bittersweet tears of a beautiful young girl coming of age at the dawning of the Civil War. Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War Describes the lives and wartime exploits of six women spies includes Sarah Emma Edmonds, Belle Boyd, Pauline Cushman, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Belle Edmondson.
I'll Pass For Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War Many people know about Clara Barton, the nurse who did so much to save soldiers' lives. The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Cuban Woman and Confederate Soldier A Cuban woman fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy as the cross-dressing Harry T. Kindle Available The Robert E. Petersburg, Va. More Civil War "Colored" Pictures. Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection - American Civil War. Smithsonian Civil War Studies: Article - Why Did Women Fight in the Civil War? Why Did Women Fight in the Civil War?
The Smithsonian Associates Civil War E-Mail Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 8 Why does anyone volunteer to fight in a war, especially someone who would not otherwise be called upon? There are approximately 400 documented cases of women who served in the ranks, both North and South. But, why did these women fight? The ladies may have "had their reasons," but for the most part, we have no documentation to tell us why. Charles Freeman, or Mary Scaberry, enlisted in the summer of 1862. Sarah Edmonds enlisted as Franklin Thompson and describes her physical exam as "a firm handshake. " The most telling story is that of another fighting lady, Rosetta (Lyons) Wakeman. Her early letters home tell just how oppressed she felt there. We might assume that women soldiers in the Civil War fought for the same reasons as men--patriotism, adventure, to rid the country of slavery.
Christmas Traditions and the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln Dies April 15, 1865 by David J.
Kent Abraham Lincoln died this April. Well, 149 years ago this April. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth while Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln were in Ford’s Theatre watching the comedic play, Our American Cousin. All of this is the stuff of history, well known to most everyone. The gun used by Booth was a Philadelphia deringer, a small large-bore pistol fired by loading a percussion cap, some black gunpowder, and a lead ball.