Sesqui-Centennial of the Civil War

The Chronicler · **Reply #40 on:** November 19, 2013, 09:00:09 PM

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.

I just recently found an article about a speech made by former president Eisenhower on the centennial of the Gettysburg Address, which was largely forgotten due to Kennedy being assassinated just three days later.
http://news.yahoo.com/lost-presidential-sp...-110215876.html

The Chronicler · **Reply #41 on:** February 18, 2014, 11:15:24 PM

Yesterday (Feb. 17) was the 150th anniversary of when the Confederate submarine Hunley sank a Union ship before it too sank. According to an article I found, it seems the mystery of how the sub sank may have finally been solved.
http://news.yahoo.com/confederate-sub-made...-140603874.html

Kor · **Reply #42 on:** February 19, 2014, 12:30:44 AM

Interesting article, thanks for posting the link. I can imagine they must have been very brave to have gone down in a submarine, considering the technology they had at the time.

The Chronicler · **Reply #43 on:** April 01, 2015, 10:30:04 PM

I don't have any specific articles to link to today, but the month of April 1865 saw a lot of major events, such as the end of the Civil War, the fall of the Confederate States, and the assassination of Lincoln. Today marks the beginning of the 150th anniversary of a 30-day period that changed American history in more ways than virtually any other specific month ever has. (I even recall once seeing a show on the History Channel that focused entirely on the major events of April 1865.)

The Chronicler · **Reply #44 on:** April 04, 2015, 09:20:39 PM

Okay, now I've got something.

First, excerpts on how the Associated Press had covered the final days of the Civil War, 150 years ago:
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-150-years-ago-lee...-070153750.html

And second, one history buff has been able to visit just about every single Civil War battlefield right on the 150th anniversary of each battle:
http://news.yahoo.com/65-battlefields-buff...-070227873.html

The Chronicler · **Reply #45 on:** April 08, 2015, 10:50:28 PM

I came across two rather long and informative articles today (the first is a couple years old by now, but still interesting to read).
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archiv...vil-war/277022/
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archiv...nt-over/389847/

The Chronicler · **Reply #46 on:** April 13, 2015, 08:20:34 PM

For tomorrow's anniversary of Lincoln's assassination, I came across an article about the original report by the Associated Press, written by a correspondent who actually got to hold the gun that shot Lincoln.
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-original-ap-repor...-164237036.html

Malte279 · **Reply #47 on:** April 14, 2015, 03:15:13 AM

This Friday I'll hold a presentation on the life, work, death and myth Abraham Lincoln that I have been working on for quite a while. I'm very much looking forward to it.
Soon the sesqui-centennial will be over and I'm looking back at it with a strong twinge of regret. Back in 2009 I was very convinced that I would be writting my dissertation to become a Ph.d. on the subject. I hadn't expected how difficult it was to get in such a position here in Germany.
I'm no longer who I was back in 2009 and I have found happiness in some other fields too, but the inability to get to these once in a lifetime events and to write my disseration on them will always remain one of the big "what if?" moments of my life.