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
Basic Page Fighting Americas Wars Livestream Schedule & Registration Livestream: Fighting America’s Wars: From the Civil War through Vietnam Veterans Legacy Program Each lecture/discussion will address the seminar’s key questions in relation to a specific war: Who serves, and why? How was each war fought, and what...
Video Their Full Measure: American Service in the Cold War Recorded May 20, 2023 Scholar : Professor Sharon Raynor Elizabeth City State University) Master Teacher : Kevin Cline (author of Cold War Challenges and Legacies in Peacetime and Wartime lesson plan) Cemetery Staff :...
Video Their Full Measure: American Service in the Revolutionary War Recorded June 3, 2023 Scholar : Professor Ricardo A. Herrera (US Army War College) Master Teacher : Rhonda Webb (author of Unsung Heroes: Support Roles in the Revolutionary War lesson plan) Cemetery Staff : Togus &...
Video: Citizenship Exam Who was president during World War I? Government and Civics Who was president during World War I? Explained by Chad Williams Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University Question 79
History Now Essay Suggested Resources on the War of 1812 from the Archivist Mary-Jo Kline Prof. Taylor’s most recent book, the prizewinning The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies (New York: Knopf, 2010), focuses on the conflict along the US-Canadian border involving... Appears in: 31 | Perspectives on America’s Wars Spring 2012
News Historian Michael Neiberg on the causes of World War II In this video from our Self-Paced Course on World War II , US Army War College historian Michael Neiberg explores World War II from its roots in World War I through the Potsdam Conference and Hiroshima, shifting from Pacific to...
News Civil War Essay Contest Winners at the 2018 Lincoln Prize The 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize will be awarded this evening to Edward L. Ayers for his new book, The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America , at the Union League Club in New York City. A...
History Now Essay The First Saddest Day of My Life: A Vietnam War Story Sharon D. Raynor World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ What I know about the Vietnam War, I learned as a child from my father, Louis Raynor. At thirteen years old, I discovered an old, tattered, leather-bound diary in my parents’ chest of drawers. When I opened it, I immediately... Appears in: 43 | Wartime Memoirs and Letters from the American Revolution to Vietnam Fall 2015 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020