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I focused my attention to the religion category when looking over the "memoryblog". There really aren't many posts about that topic on the course blog in the resources and we haven't discussed the topic much in class. Levin makes several good points about religion on his posts that are clearly reflected in other discussions we've had even if they didn't have to do with religion directly. I think religion has particular importance in the memory of the war more so than during the war. During the war no one knew the outcome and so they just prayed for a victory. But after the loss for the South, I'm sure they questioned the results and how God played a part in it. I think religion has a lot to do with understanding an event after it's occurred and it would be an interesting area to focus on. In particular, Levin discusses the idea of the war being "punishment" for slavery. It would be interesting to look into that further. -Victoria Y. | I focused my attention to the religion category when looking over the "memoryblog". There really aren't many posts about that topic on the course blog in the resources and we haven't discussed the topic much in class. Levin makes several good points about religion on his posts that are clearly reflected in other discussions we've had even if they didn't have to do with religion directly. I think religion has particular importance in the memory of the war more so than during the war. During the war no one knew the outcome and so they just prayed for a victory. But after the loss for the South, I'm sure they questioned the results and how God played a part in it. I think religion has a lot to do with understanding an event after it's occurred and it would be an interesting area to focus on. In particular, Levin discusses the idea of the war being "punishment" for slavery. It would be interesting to look into that further. -Victoria Y. | ||
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| + | I looked at the "Southern History" category on Civil War Memory and one of the most prevalent themes is that of black Confederate soldiers. One author, Ann Dewitt, in particular, has work that appears repeatedly in websites about black Confederate soldiers, but she is a writer of historical fiction (and, for some reason, it sounds like her fiction centers primarily on black Confederate characters?). In a separate article titled "Who is Ann Dewitt?" Levin tries to discover more about this writer and can find relatively little except that she was working on getting her website (blackconfederates.com) up as a comprehensive teaching tool for teachers. This whole string of articles has some good consideration of responsibility on the internet, the integrity of presenting ostensibly educational sources online. --Erin B. | ||
