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I found the story of Easter, a black slave who gave information to union troops, very interesting, mainly because when southerners found out that she was reporting things to the union they only threatened her, instead of outright killing her or taking her to prison or somewhere else. Instead they gave her the option to " skeedaddle like hell", which was the last thing i'd expect. - AJ | I found the story of Easter, a black slave who gave information to union troops, very interesting, mainly because when southerners found out that she was reporting things to the union they only threatened her, instead of outright killing her or taking her to prison or somewhere else. Instead they gave her the option to " skeedaddle like hell", which was the last thing i'd expect. - AJ | ||
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| + | Do you agree with Ayers assessment that today's understanding of the civil war came out of, at least in part, a desire to "restock Robert Penn Warren's "Treasury of Virtue"" after the vietnam war, giving the north, south, and black american's a piece of the different virtues that he speaks about? -AJ | ||
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| + | Was anyone else curious about some of the terminology used in the Whites article? In several cases, the phrase "laid claim" is used to in conjunction with the UDC and Confederate memory. What are the implications of any group "laying claim" to some aspect of public memory?- DR | ||
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| + | Do you agree with Shackel when he says that public memory is, in many ways, a power struggle? If memory is collective, and the memories of each individual group vying for power help create a broader public memory, how do we justify the power that the Lost Cause currently holds?- DR | ||
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| + | I thought the chapter that talked about the Civil War in Missouri was interesting. I am in the middle of reading a book about the guerilla war that went on in Missouri and I wonder why neither side of the issue as used it to back up there interpretations of the war. It would be easy to use examples from it and say the South was right or the North was right. Is it because that aspect of the war hurts both points of view and should be forgotten? Logan T | ||
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| + | The two pieces about the memory of the war are also interesting. I could not help but think when I was reading them that so many of the questions that we ask in class could be answered by basic human psychology. I also liked Ayers conclusion which stated there was “no hinge which the war turned on”. I think that a good question to ask is would have happen if the North won Manassas first and second, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. What would have happened if the South would have won Shiloh or Chattanooga? Would these battles be remembered as the turning point of the war? Logan T | ||
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| + | Anyone else surprised by the fact that there was a UDC in Missouri? Also, did most/all chapters celebrate the fact that their "place" was to serve their white men? -Megan Mc. | ||
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| + | Is 150 years enough time to look back at the Civil War? Or should historians have waited until the 200th anniversary like James F. Barnes believed? -Megan Mc. | ||
