Sesqui-Centennial of the Civil War

The Chronicler · **Reply #20 on:** April 12, 2011, 08:24:16 PM

Maybe this article will interest you, Malte. This one is all about what the major anniversaries will be:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_civil_war_at150

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #21 on:** April 13, 2011, 01:44:58 AM

Looks like Chronicler beat me to it

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The Chronicler · **Reply #22 on:** April 14, 2011, 09:10:12 PM

Two more articles I found.

Who fired the first shot of the Civil War? Pensacola, Florida claims that it did before Fort Sumter:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_civil_war_first_shot

6 myths about the Civil War (and why they're false):
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/201104...lwarmythsbusted

The Chronicler · **Reply #23 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:00:30 PM

A few more articles I found over the weekend.

The re-enactment of Fort Sumter:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110415/ap_on_...ivil_war150th_4

A short article on how pop culture affected views on the Civil War:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110412/ts_csm/376613_1

Some Civil War books that might be worth reading:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/2011041...ricancivilwar_1

Unlike the south, the north seems to have forgotten the Civil War:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110417/ap_on_...forgotten_north

No offense, Malte, but I'm honestly starting to wonder if you have read the articles that I've been linking to in this topic. I just want to be sure that I'm actually helping someone and not doing this just because I can. :unsure:

Malte279 · **Reply #24 on:** April 19, 2011, 02:30:08 AM

Thank you very much Chronicler

These articles are quite interesting for me indeed. Especially those dealing with how the current memorial events are conducted are interesting for me comparing those celebrations with the 100th anniversary events of 1961. Also the comments and discussions written below some articles are illuminating.
I'm sorry that I had not responded earlier because I really, really not only appreciate your posting these articles, but read them of course as well. I am wondering how much (if any) interest other GOF members take in the events of 1861 - 1865, in the events leading up to it, and in the commemoration of all these events ever since.
The books listed on the page of book recommendations include some that I have not yet read. As for the movies mentioned in another article I think there are many more movies (including such rather recent ones as "Gods and Generals" and "Cold Mountain") that would be interesting to discuss, but I'm not sure how many here in the GOF take interest in this. As for myself I really am obliged to you for posting the articles here

jansenov · **Reply #25 on:** April 19, 2011, 06:44:44 AM

I must admit, the American Civil War and American history in general is really not that interesting to me. I prefer reading about the history of some other countries.

The Chronicler · **Reply #26 on:** May 23, 2011, 08:00:14 PM

Looks like there's going to be a Civil War related program on the History Channel on Memorial Day (next Monday). It's about Gettysburg, and seems like it'll be more like a dramatization than a typical documentary. Here's a sneak peek video on the website:

http://www.history.com/shows/gettysburg/vi...peek-gettysburg

Malte279 · **Reply #27 on:** May 27, 2011, 03:14:10 AM

It looks like after the movie 1993 movie "Gettysburg" which focused mainly on the generals and officers this might be a movie more focussed on the common soldiers. I regret I watch it here in Europe. Is there any chance anyone of you might record it? I would be really most interested in watching it and most obligued if one of you could record it

The Chronicler · **Reply #28 on:** May 27, 2011, 09:11:01 PM

To tell you the truth, I don't think you need to even ask anyone to record it. A few years ago, I recall one program of the History Channel that I really liked and eventually decided to do a Google search on it, and found a video of the whole 2-hour program on Google, and later on You-Tube (as nine 10-minute videos). From that experience, I'm expecting that, given some time, you'll be able to find it online somewhere.

I'm not sure if it would be uploaded on the channel's website after it airs on TV, but there is a chance of that happening. At lot of shows on that channel have full episodes available to watch online, so I think it's a good possibility.

Also, I recently found out that that program will actually be part of what will be called "Civil War Week". At this time, the only other program for that week that I know of is one about the lives of the two major generals of the war: Ulysses Grant and Robert Lee. There will also be special episodes of some shows, but I forget which ones. Go ahead and take a look on history.com to find out more.

The Chronicler · **Reply #29 on:** June 02, 2011, 07:45:07 PM

I was right. A few days after "Gettysburg" aired on TV, someone uploaded it on YouTube (as six 15-minute videos). In fact, two people seemed to have done so, even though one of them currently only has half of it uploaded (which makes it easier for me to decide which person's videos to go with). Here are the links:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

Malte279 · **Reply #30 on:** June 02, 2011, 08:42:12 PM

Excellent.
Thank you very much

The Chronicler · **Reply #31 on:** August 19, 2011, 05:42:10 PM

Came across another Civil War related article. Lots of artifacts have recently been discovered at the site of a little-known POW camp:
http://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-comb-...-164121276.html

The Chronicler · **Reply #32 on:** September 14, 2012, 05:30:30 PM

(Wow, has it really been more than a year since I brought up anything in this topic? :huh: Oh well, nothing to be concerned about at all.)

Remember that movie about Abraham Lincoln I mentioned near the beginning of this topic? I just found a trailer for that movie, which will be in theaters November 9.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/f...-234902598.html

Interesting how Lincoln's actual voice is not like what we typically hear.

Pterano · **Reply #33 on:** September 19, 2012, 12:36:37 AM

Just to add to this, today (September 19th) is the 150th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of Shepherdstown. Two Union regiments volunteered to push across the Potomac and drive off Rebel positions on a bluff on the other side of the river. My great-great-great uncle's regiment was one of the two that volunteered, the 4th Michigan. The 4th Michigan and 1st US Sharpshooters forded the river under fire and scaled the bluff, causing William Pendleton's Confederates to flee and abandon their guns almost immediately. Shepherdstown is also my alma mater, as I received my baccalaureate from Shepherd University two years ago. It just blows my mind that I received my education and degree on the same grounds that my great-great-great uncle fought on 150 years ago.

Malte279 · **Reply #34 on:** February 08, 2013, 04:26:23 PM

These days there is an offer for a position at the university of Mainz in the department of US history. Not only would this be just the kind of job I have been applying for for such a long time, but it is also a job that would allow me to write a dissertation and it offers financing for visitis to other countries for research.
In short, it may well be my very last chance to actually see some of the events about the sesqui-centennial of the civil war I want to write my dissertation about. For me a lot depends on this application.
Part of the application is a synopsis of my disertation including some literature and source material I intend to use. There is quite a lot of online source material among other from the various states' sesqui-centennial commissions. However, so far I have found but very little printed material / books on the commencing of the sesqui-centennial celebrations. There are whole libraries full of books published ocassioned by the sesqui-centennial, but the huge majority of the books is not so much about the planned events and the way they are (or in some cases have been) conducted, but rather about the historical events themselves which have already been extensively documented before.
I am wondering if anyone here has seen and can name any books not on the civil war as such but focussed specifically on the 150th anniversary events, their planning and their realization. Are you aware of any such literature focussed on the comemmoration rather than the historical events?

Malte279 · **Reply #35 on:** February 16, 2013, 12:05:05 PM

I got a possibly naive question and would be very glad and obliged if someone could give me an answer of this one. Many US states have established Sesquicentennial Commissions for the planning, organization and conducting of events related to the Sesquicentennial Commissions as well as for historical research ocassioned by it. However, there is some vagueness about how and by whom these commissions were formed. In some cases they are quite clearly established by the state governments (the homepage of the Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission for example declares its creation by the General Assembly of Virginia back in 2006 even linking to the bills by which the commission was created). In case of other commissions there is no reference to them being created by the state governments. Wisconsin's commission for example (the page of which does not have the .gov ending reserved by pages from the government) describes itself as organized by The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, under the direction of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs.
So are some of the commissions created by the local governments and some are not? Does the Federal government in Washington play any role in the comissions of various states? Are there states with more than one Sesquicentennial Commission?

The Chronicler · **Reply #36 on:** March 01, 2013, 08:45:05 PM

I hardly ever read news online anymore, but I did find something rather interesting:
This Week in the Civil War

I haven't read it yet, but it does look interesting. Too bad I can't find links to the other articles in this series.

The Chronicler · **Reply #37 on:** July 01, 2013, 07:45:28 PM

The Chronicler · **Reply #38 on:** July 12, 2013, 09:30:51 PM

Quote from: The Chronicler,Mar 1 2013 on 08:45 PM

I hardly ever read news online anymore, but I did find something rather interesting:
This Week in the Civil War

I haven't read it yet, but it does look interesting. Too bad I can't find links to the other articles in this series.

I'm quoting this because I just found another article in what I'm assuming is the same series.
This Week in the Civil War

It's not just this week, but also the next few weeks.
Edit: Wait, is it just the same article, but just gets updated every month? :unsure: I'm honestly a little confused right now.

The Chronicler · **Reply #39 on:** September 24, 2013, 10:15:15 PM

Lincoln has recently been identified in a rare photo taken just moments before he delivered the Gettysburg Address.

http://news.yahoo.com/abraham-lincoln-phot...-133929572.html
http://news.yahoo.com/really-lincoln-getts...-202535320.html