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A Soldier’s Life
The American Civil WarSlide2Slide3Slide4
Who were these soldiers?Slide5
Mother?
Wife?
Daughter?
Sister?
Husband
?
Brother?
Uncle?
Fa
ther?Slide6
Son
Brother
Cousin
Nephew
Neighbor
Friend
BoyfriendSlide7
They were real people…Slide8
They were real people…
w
ith a real sense of humor. Slide9
w
ith a story to tell.
They were real people…Slide10
“War is not quite so hard as you poor townspeople think;
We have plenty of food to eat, and a good warm blanket at night,
And now and then, you know, a quiet, moderate drink:
Which
doesnt
hurt us, dearest, and makes things right.
But the greatest blessing of all is the total want of care;
The happy, complete reliance of the carefully-
guardianed
child
Who has no thought for his dinner, and is given good clothes to wear,…
A Soldier’s LetterSlide11
“And whose leisure moments are with innocent sports beguiled.
The drill of the soldier is pleasant if one works with a willing heart,
It is only the worthless fellow that grumbles at double-quick;
I like the ingenious
roanceuvres
that constitute war an art,
And not even the cleaning of arms can make me sick.”
-Fitz James O’BrienSlide12
JULY 29, 1864.
“Sleepless nights. The report is that the Yankees have left Covington for Macon, headed by
Stoneman
, to release prisoners held there. They robbed every house on the road of its provisions, sometimes taking every piece of meat, blankets and wearing apparel, silver and arms of every description. They would take silk dresses and put them under their saddles, and many other things for which they had no use. Is this the way to make us love them and their Union? Let the poor people answer whom they have deprived of every mouthful of meat and of their livestock to make any! Our mills, too, they have burned, destroying an immense amount of property.”
-Dolly Sumner Lunt’s journal
They left their homes…Slide13
…their wives…
FROM A SOLDIERS WIFE.
AT Paducah, Kentucky, I first realized what
it required to be a soldiers wife. I had
seen much before, and borne a great deal, yet
it seemed but little comparatively when I came
to take leave of my husband, and turned back to
my lonely room to await his return.Slide14
…and their children.
THE SOLDIERS BA]3Y.
A baby was sleeping,
A mother was weeping,
Pale vigil was keeping,
For slumber had
fle
&
Had news from the battle,
Where deaths cannon rattle,
0, news from the battle!Its father was dead.
The wife is still weeping,The baby is sleeping,Good angels are keepingWatch over its bed.
Too young to know sorrow,Or lifes woes to borrow,
Must learn some to-morrow,Its father is dead.Slide15
They gave their lives…Slide16
…for what they believed in.Slide17
A soldier’s, Charles Wellington Reed's, pencil sketch of Abraham Lincoln at City Point, Virginia, 1865.
Respect
Honor
Appreciation
Dedication
LoveSlide18
Because of the sacrifice of the Civil War soldiers, the United States of America is still the united nation it is today
.
But, who were they?Slide19
Bibliography
A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment
, . Library of Congress
Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.
Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washington : Library of Congress,, 1862. Library of Congress
Charles P. Stone to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, February 15, 1864 (Requests that his name be cleared; endorsed by Nathaniel P. Banks)
Charles P. Stone, 15 Feb. 1864. Library of Congress
Charles Wellington Reed's pencil sketch of Abraham Lincoln at City Point, Virginia, 1865.
Charles Wellington Reed, 1865. Library of CongressCivil War Maps , . Library of CongressConfederate soldiers as they fell, near the Burnside Bridge, at the battle of Antietam. [Stereograph]
Alexander Gardner, 1862. Library of CongressDead Confederate sharp shooter at the battle of Gettysburg. [Stereograph] Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1863. Library of CongressFrom a Soldier's Wife. [Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 29, Issue 173, October, 1864] Belle Z. Spencer, Oct 1964. Library of CongressI want to be a soldier. Air--I want to be an angel. [n. p.] [n. d.]
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Bibliography (cont.)
Soldier's
sister. Tune--Irish emigrant's lament. Written by J. Dyer, 104th
Reg't
, P. V., Col. W. W. H. Davis. Sold by R. H. Singleton, Bookseller, ... Post Office Building, Nashville, Tenn. [n. d.]
J. Dyer, . Library of Congress
The Confederate soldier's wife parting from her husband! [n. p.] [n. d.]
, . Library of Congress
The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection , . Library of CongressThe Soldier's Baby. [The Old Guard / Volume 3, Issue 11, Nov 1865] C. Chauncey Burr, Nov 1865. Library of CongressThe Union soldier's prayer. Dedicated to the U. S. Army, by H. V. McCully
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[Wounded soldier telling story to young woman and older man]. Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, . Library of Congress