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Posted by: Danna Bell
Amira Dehmani, a 2022 Liljenquist Family Fellow at the Library of Congress, explores the role of the Cherokee Nation in the Civil War.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Native American History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn how to locate and verify information about people in Civil War photographs and how you can use this information in instructional activities.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Posted by: Danna Bell
In this post by Amira Dehmani, a 2022 Liljenquist Family Fellow at the Library of Congress, Learn how the Civil War forced the Union and Confederate postal systems to evolve.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn more about Civil War Nostalgia, a early form of PTSD.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Veterans and Military History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore how Nina Silvia Iskandarsjach, the Summer 2021 Liljenquist Fellow for the Library of Congress learned more about some photographs in the collection by focusing on the the details in the images.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn about how balloons were used during the U.S. Civil War.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
My hope is that my work to create source materials on Civil War nurses situates nurses in the heart of the Civil War and proves their importance in the growing war historiography.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Imagine a noisy battlefield, encampment, or port city. A commander has hundreds of men. Wireless communications have not yet been invented. How do the troops receive orders and coordinate movements? During the Civil War, this was the role of the bugle.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Veterans and Military History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
When I was conducting research for the Library of Congress primary source set "Civil War Photographs: New Technologies and New Uses," I learned way more about photographic technologies that were used before the Civil War than I could fit into the brief teacher's guide.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Science Technology and Math