Questions to respond to: How should the Civil War be remembered? What should we focus on, and why?
Your response take the form of a 200-300 word written post. You must reference at least one source from each day and at least 2 pieces of information from lecture to receive full marks.
As a reminder, the weekly readings/lectures were:
Week 13: This Republic of Suffering
April 11: A Nation at War
Read: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863
Read: Henry Singleton Recalls Fighting for the Union, 1922
View: Cartoon of the Irish Draft Riots, 1863
April 13: War on the Battlefields
Watch: The U.S. Dakota War
Explore (pick one to focus on):
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Links to an external site.
- Antietam National Battlefield
- Links to an external site.
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Links to an external site.
- Vicksburg National Military Park
- Links to an external site.
