A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS
For Further Reading and Exploration
Blight, David W. Race and Reunion: the Civil War in American Memory. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001.
Douglass, Frederick. Life And Times Of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life As A Slave, His Escape From Bondage, And His Complete History. Written by himself. London: Collier Books, 1962.
Faust, Drew Gilpin. This Republic of Suffering : Death and the American Civil War. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
WEB
Library of Congress - Selected Civil War Photographs - An evocative collection of prints and photographs from the Library of Congress containing more than 1,000 Civil War images. Includes portraits of Confederate and Union officers and military personnel; images of preparations for battle; hospitals, churches, graveyards, and battlefields.
Mr. Lincoln's White House - A comprehensive website providing first-hand accounts of all the individuals living in the White House during Lincoln’s presidency, including family, cabinet members, guards, and servants.
Mr. Lincoln and Friends - Explores Lincoln through the lens of his relationships with journalists, members of Congress, and others.
Son of the South's 'The Civil War' - Over 7,000 pages of original Civil War content, including incredible photographs, original illustrations, eye-witness accounts of defining moments of the struggle, letters, journal entries, speeches, and documents. There is also a complete archive of Harper’s Weekly, the newspaper printed during the War.
PBS - The Civil War - An interactive website created to accompany Ken Burns’s 1990 PBS special.
Abraham Lincoln Online - A clearinghouse of Civil War-related links.
TRAVEL & LEARN ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR IN CT
Visit the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven at 1 p.m. on Saturdays for a free historic walking tour of those buried in this cemetery, including several Civil War veterans. Click for details of the walking tour.
The New England Civil War Museum is located at 14 Park Place in Vernon, CT, in Vernon’s Town Hall. Open Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m. and the second and fourth Sunday of the month from 12 to 3 p.m. For information, call (860) 870-3563 or visit the museum web site.
The General Mansfield House is located at 151 Main St. Middletown, CT. Built in 1810, the Federal-style home contains exhibits including decorative arts and Civil War artifacts. For information, call (860) 346-0746.
The Amistad Trail. Locations throughout Connecticut. In 1839, a group of Africans who were to be sold into slavery took control of the ship Amistad, which then landed in Connecticut. Several trials were held to determine the status of the Africans, who wanted to return to their homeland. Eventually, the Supreme Court ruled that all people exist in a natural state of freedom, and therefore, the Amistad Africans were free. The trail consists of many locations important to the Amistad trial. To discover the trail, visit http://www.visitconnecticut.com/amistad.htm
The Connecticut Freedom Trail. Sites includes over 60 historic locations throughout the state. Each location played an important role in the African-American journey from slavery to freedom in Connecticut. Places in addition to those listed on the Amistad Trail include historic homes, churches, graves, monuments, and sites on the Underground Railroad.
