An article by David Madden, a novelist and historian, is the founding director of the United States Civil War Center and the author of the forthcoming book The Tangled Web of the Civil War and Reconstruction.” An excerpt …
“As John Wilkes Booth stepped into President Lineo1n’s booth at Ford’s Theater on the evening of April 14, 1865, Union prisoners of war were heading home on foot and by rail, free from Andersonville, Cahaba and other prisons. Several thousand men had been brought to a transit camp at Vicksburg, Miss., where they awaited transport along the Mississippi River.”
Post on MilitaryHistoryNow.com …
“Prior to the advent of half-toning, a process perfected in the 1880s that enabled newspapers to finally print photographs, publishers relied on illustrators to sketch the news of the day. This was certainly the case during the War Between the States. And perhaps the most famous artist to come out of the bloody conflict was Alfred Rudolf Waud.”
Crossroads blog post by Brooks D. Simpson, a historian and writer who teaches at Arizona State University. An excerpt …
“It is to be expected that some people would take advantage of the 150th anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox (sometimes seen as the end of the Civil War, although that’s wrong) to reflect on how Americans remember the Civil War. However, that topic tends to be confused with speculation on whether Confederate heritage persists or is eroding.”
Article by John Hennessy, the chief historian of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. An excerpt …
“This past week 150 years ago might have been the most tumultuous week in American history—one filled with joy in victory at Appomattox, rejoicing at broken shackles for millions of slaves finally freed, despair at Confederate defeat and horror at the death of a president.”
I remember when my kids elementary school had a fund raiser to collect a million pennies to help restore the Banneker School located near downtown Parkville, Missouri. That was a long time ago, back in the twentieth century. LOL!
This is an article by Su Bacon that ran in the KC Star. An excerpt …
“It takes more than sandblasting, tuckpointing and roofing to preserve a piece of history.
“A determined group of women and men would tell you that it takes time and determination. At the 130-year-old Bannecker School in Parkville, a promise is being fulfilled.
“The historic structure was built by the Parkville School District in 1885 as a one-room schoolhouse to educate the children of freed slaves in Platte County.”
Missouri 150 Years Ago
Every week, Len Eagleburger (co-edited by Beverly Shaw) edits a newsletter called “Ozarks Civil War Sesquicentennial Weekly.” One of its sections is entitled “Missouri 150 Years Ago.” These are the links to articles which appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune newspaper published in Columbia, Missouri.
