News Western Sanitary Commission Report on Civil War Refugees, 1863 Read about the report from the Western Sanitary Commission regarding the conditions of freed slaves in the Mississippi valley.
Lesson Plan The Origins of US Cold War Fears, 1946–1961 World History 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this two-lesson unit. This unit was created in partnership with World101 from the Council on Foreign Relations .
History Now Essay Ralph W. Kirkham: A Christian Soldier in the US-Mexican War Amy S. Greenberg World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ North of Mexico’s border, most Americans know the 1846 conflict that established that boundary (if they know it at all) as the training ground for Civil War heroes. Generals Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, and... Appears in: 43 | Wartime Memoirs and Letters from the American Revolution to Vietnam Fall 2015
History Now Essay The Battle of Antietam: A Turning Point in the Civil War James M. McPherson 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Four days after the battle of Antietam, which took place near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, Captain Robert Gould Shaw of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry wrote to his father: "Every battle makes me wish more and... Appears in: 31 | Perspectives on America’s Wars Spring 2012