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A Past So Fraught with Sorrow Bert H
A Past So Fraught With Sorrow Bert H. Barnett, Gettysburg NMP On May 23 and 24, 1865, the victorious Union armies gathered for one massive, final “Grand Review” in Washington, D.C. Among the multitude of patriotic streamers and buntings bedecking the parade route was one, much noticed, hanging from the Capitol. It proclaimed, perhaps with an unintended irony, “The only national debt we can never pay is the debt we owe the victorious Union soldiers.” One sharp-eyed veteran, a participant in almost all the war’s eastern campaigns, observed, “I could not help wondering, whether, having made up their minds that they can never pay the debt, they will not think it useless to try” [emphasis in original].1 The sacrifices demanded of the nation to arrive at that point had been terrific—more than 622,000 men dead from various causes. To acknowledge these numbers simply as a block figure, however, is to miss an important portion of the story. Each single loss represented an individual tragedy of the highest order for thousands of families across the country, North and South. To have been one of the “merely wounded” was often to suffer a fate perhaps only debatably better than that of a deceased comrade. Many of these battle casualties were condemned to years of physical agony and mental duress. The side effects that plagued these men often also tore through their post-war lives and families as destructively as any physical projectile, altering relationships with loved ones and reducing the chances for a fuller integration into a post-war world. -
Chuck Klosterman on Pop
Chuck Klosterman on Pop A Collection of Previously Published Essays Scribner New York London Toronto Sydney SCRIBNER A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 www.SimonandSchuster.com Essays in this work were previously published in Fargo Rock City copyright © 2001 by Chuck Klosterman, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs copyright © 2003, 2004 by Chuck Klosterman, Chuck Klosterman IV copyright © 2006, 2007 by Chuck Klosterman, and Eating the Dinosaur copyright © 2009 by Chuck Klosterman. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Scribner Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. First Scribner ebook edition September 2010 SCRIBNER and design are registered trademarks of The Gale Group, Inc., used under license by Simon & Schuster, Inc., the publisher of this work. For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1- 866-506-1949 or [email protected]. The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. Manufactured in the United States of America ISBN 978-1-4516-2477-9 Portions of this work originally appeared in The New York Times Magazine, SPIN magazine, and Esquire. Contents From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Chuck Klosterman IV The -
Gettysburg National Military Park STUDENT PROGRAM
Gettysburg National Military Park STUDENT PROGRAM 1 Teachers’ Guide Table of Contents Purpose and Procedure ...................................3 FYI ...BackgroundInformationforTeachersandStudents CausesoftheAmericanCivilWar .........................5 TheBattleofGettysburg .................................8 CivilWarMedicalVocabulary ...........................12 MedicalTimeline ......................................14 Before Your Field Trip The Oath of Allegiance and the Hippocratic Oath ...........18 Squad #1 Activities — Camp Doctors .....................19 FieldTripIdentities .........................20 "SickCall"Play..............................21 CampDoctorsStudyMaterials ................23 PicturePages ...............................25 Camp Report — SickCallRegister .............26 Squad #2 Activities — BattlefieldDoctors .................27 FieldTripIdentities .........................28 "Triage"Play ...............................29 BattlefieldStudyMaterials ...................30 Battle Report — FieldHospitalRegister ........32 Squad #3 Activities — HospitalDoctors ...................33 FieldTripIdentities .........................34 "Hospital"Play..............................35 HospitalStudyMaterials(withPicturePages) ...37 Hospital Report — CertificateofDisability .....42 Your Field Trip Day FieldTripDayProcedures ..............................43 OverviewoftheFieldTrip ..............................44 Nametags .............................................45 After Your Field Trip SuggestedPost-VisitActivities ...........................46 -
"War Is a Hellish Way of Settling a Dispute" Dr. Jonathan Letterman and the Tortuous Path
“War is a hellish way of settling a dispute” Dr. Jonathan Letterman and the Tortuous Path of Medical Care from Manassas to Camp Letterman Matthew Atkinson, Gettysburg NMP A battlefield is like no other place on Earth. It is where men come to settle questions, test their resolve, and where the winner lives and the loser often dies. In the blink of an eye, friends are lost forever. In the years afterward, as old men tell their stories to young kin, memories fade; all that carnage, bloodshed, and strife are forgotten, sometimes on purpose. But, then again, who could blame them? We remember the brave ones—the men who stood out amidst the fray. As young boys, we emulate them; as men, we celebrate them. This is the story of those we do not wish to remember. Those twenty-two-year-old boys mangled for life in an instant: bullets or other projectiles impacting bone, severing arteries, mangling tissue until what once was a thriving life is reduced to a crumpled, disfigured mass of humanity. This scene has been repeated over and over multiple times in warfare through the centuries. Our microcosm for examining this tragedy is Gettysburg. Chaplain Anson Haines of the 15th New Jersey paints the picture well: The vast number of the wounded received attention on the 4th, which could not be given them while the battle was in progress. The scenes at the hospitals were often of the most shocking kind. The human body was wounded and torn in every conceivable manner. No description can portray the work of the surgeons at the amputating table. -
Mount Auburn Bus Trip (Continued from Page 1)
OURMISSION Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation is committed to preserving, protecting and promoting in perpetuity the art, culture, history and natural beauty of Hartford’s nationally-recognized Cedar Hill Cemetery. As advocates of one of America’s most distinguished rural cemeteries, Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation serves to provide an unexpected experience to all who visit. Through continuous restoration and preservation of Cedar Hill’s grounds, and through fundraising efforts, the Foundation actively ensures that the stories of history, nature and culture at Cedar Hill Cemetery are, and remain to be, alive and well. 453 Fairfield Avenue • Hartford, CT 06114 Phone: 860.956.3311 • Fax: 860.956.3997 cedarhillfoundation.org Mount Auburn Bus Trip (continued from page 1) After lunch, we will hop aboard a riverboat for a fully-narrated sightseeing cruise along the Charles River. The captain and crew will entertain and educate while pointing out the historic and cultural sights of Boston and Cambridge. Sights include Beacon Hill, Esplanade Park, the Back Bay, Boston Charles River Sightseeing Tour University, M.I.T., Harvard and countless sailboats and rowers. Discover Mount Auburn Bus Trip Saturday, September 17, 2016 Departs: 8:00 am, Wethersfield Commuter Lot Estimated Return: 7:30 pm Includes: Mount Auburn Cemetery - 90-minute guided walking tour Maggiano’s Restaurant - family-style lunch in private room Charles Riverboat Cruise - 60-minute narrated sightseeing cruise Cost: $105 per person, member $115 per person, non-member Sphinx, designed by Jacob Bigelow and executed by sculptor Martin Milmore, was donated to Mount Auburn For more information or to make reservations contact as a memorial to the Civil War. -
2018 – Fall Volume 75 No 3
Loyal Legion Historical Journal Fall 2018 www.mollus.org Time is Running Out Register Now! MOLLUS Congress October 12-15 Richmond, Virginia Alexander Barton Gray William R. Firth, III Esq. Noah Edward Meyers Registration Form on Page 9 Loyal Legion Welcomes a New Generation of Members Three Millenial members join the Pennsylvania Commandery With recruitment assistance from the New Generation Committee, the Pennsylvania Commandery has installed three new Companions. Please join the Commandery in wel- coming Alexander Barton Gray, William R. Firth, III Esq., and Noah Edward Meyers. Alex Gray is the great-great-great-grandson of Captain Duane Merritt Greene of the 6th California Volunteer Infantry. Alex currently serves as Special Assistant to the President for the Defense Industrial Base at the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. Alex is pursuing an M.A. in National Security & Strategic Continued on p. 13 ROTC Award Recipients Recognized Giordano Named Exec.Dir. of Commanderies award medals to 41 U.S. Semiquincentennial outstanding cadets. Commission The Loyal Legion ROTC Award recognizes worthy cadets and midship- The office of the Chair of the United States Semi- men for academic achievement and quincentennial Commission, a federally appointed demonstrated leadership at some of the body in charge of planning and developing the com- nation’s most distinguished colleges and memoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding universities. The award ceremonies are of the United States, has appoint Frank Giordano, very rewarding and many Loyal Legion Pennsylvania Companion and the president and CEO Companions participate and personally of the Philly Pops, as its executive director. -
Savannah Tour
College of Fine Arts & Communication Dr. T. Richard Cheatham, Dean 512.245.2308 Office 601 University Drive San Marcos, Texas 78666-4616 www.finearts.txstate.edu MaySavannah 19-24 | 08 Tour A member of The Texas State University System. Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Itinerary SavannahGeorgia’s First City uDepart for Savannah Airport – 10:00 am Monday, May 19th uReturn to Austin via Delta Airlines uBus from San Marcos for Austin Airport uReturn to San Marcos via bus uDelta Airlines to Savannah uBus from Savannah Airport to Doubletree Riverboat 2-hour Evening Boat Cruise 6:00pm-9:00pm The Riverboat will leave from the River Street Dock and cruise down the TOUR INCLUDES: Savannah River passing by River Street and coastal marshland. As the boat returns up the river, the attendees will enjoy viewing the Port of Savannah. *Bus transportation to and from Austin airport The Riverboat is a triple-decker, red, white and blue stern-wheel vessel offering *Roundtrip airfare climate controlled dining areas. *Bus transportation between DoubleTree Hotel and Savannah airport During the Monday Night Gospel Dinner Cruise, experience "local" Gospel entertainment and enjoy Southern Cuisine. The chef will prepare a tasty feast with all the trimmings. Choose from a buffet of salads, Fried *Five nights lodging Chicken, Barbecue along with vegetables, biscuits, and dessert. A cultural and culinary experience you don't want to miss! *Five buffet breakfasts Tuesday, May 20th *Four lunches The Historic Downtown Trolley Tour and Lunch at The Lady & Sons *One Dinner Cruise 9:00am-1:00pm This leisurely tour by trolley covers a lot of ground as you explore the city’s *Tour guides, transportation, attraction admissions, and all gratuities architectural gems and historic landmarks. -
The High Water Mark of an Army
The Army of Northern Virginia in the Gettysburg Campaign The High Water Mark of an Army The Characteristics of the Army of Northern Virginia during The Gettysburg Campaign John S. Heiser In the annals of American military history, the Army of Northern Virginia is probably the most unique fighting force ever sent to the field. Despite inadequate materials, resources, and political support, its soldiers fought against a numerically superior foe and often won the field. The Confederate government, the lack of human resources, and even command indecision often handicapped it. Yet the Army of Northern Virginia, bound only by a common cause, compiled an enviable record and achieved greatness by sheer determination combined with an underlying esprit de corps that has since been rarely matched. Despite the fact that some of this legendary status has been derived from post-war philosophizing and memory, this army was possibly the best in the world in the summer of 1863. So why was this army, whose career span only lasted three years, so unique? What in particular made this army perform so well under such detrimental circumstances? And why had it attained such legendary status within a year of its founding? It was a yeoman army, composed of a majority of men who a few years before had been civilians. The rank and file was overwhelmingly under-educated with assorted civilian backgrounds- farmers, clerks, and laborers. Their officers were mostly members of the upper class of southern society, gentlemen planters and politicians. This composition of personnel was still true two years into the war and was continual source of friction between officers and men.1 Battle attrition and loss due to ages or other causes had elevated men into higher ranks who were deserving, but the higher ranks (captains on up) were universally filled by a high percentage of those who were prominent members of southern society back home and included ex-politicians, lawyers, and prosperous planters and property owners. -
The Ghost Army / Secret War Tour September 11 – 24, 2014
presents the The Ghost Army / secret War Tour September 11 – 24, 2014 This tour follows the story of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, the extraordinary deception soldiers better known as The Ghost Army. It also includes many other World War II sites to offer a wider context for the story of the deceivers. The tour is led by filmmaker and author Rick Beyer, who made The Ghost Army documentary, and is co-writing a Ghost Army book due out in 2015. Day 1 Flight to London Day 2 London Check into the hotel where the entire group will gather for an evening welcome reception. Rick Beyer will treat us to our first lecture, with introductions all around. Day 3 London The morning will feature key sites in London that figured prominently in the war. We then proceed to the Churchill War Rooms, the underground nerve-center for Britain’s war effort. We will also visit the Imperial War Museum, which houses authentic examples of World War II weaponry, tanks and aircraft and an exhibit of WWI trench warfare. We will have free time to enjoy London in the evening. Day 4 Bletchley / Stratford Depart London for Bletchley Park where we will visit the nerve-center for intelligence used in the Allied War effort, code name Ultra. Here we will see the place where the Enigma machine is housed and where the ciphers and codes of several Axis powers were decrypted during the war. Then on to Walton Hall, the 19th Century manor house located outside Stratford-Upon-Avon. The Ghost Army bivouacked here from April to June 1944, as they trained for their deception mission. -
Southern Hospitality Fall Departs Wichita, OKC & Tulsa Warm Welcomes, Comfort Food, and Graceful Charm Make the South in Fall an Highlights: Enviable Place to Be
September 23 - October 2, 2021 Southern Hospitality Fall Departs Wichita, OKC & Tulsa Warm welcomes, comfort food, and graceful charm make the South in fall an Highlights: enviable place to be. This tour features some lesser-known southern gems while • Two Nights in Savannah still capturing the essence of the area’s most characteristic cities. • Savannah City Tour Day 1 Little Rock, AR Day 6 CB Charleston, SC • Lane Southern Orchards Our journey south begins today on what has become This morning, we’ll take a city tour of one of America’s • The Lady & Sons Restaurant one of our most popular tours. most beautiful cities, Charleston. From Civil War sites to • Two Nights in Charleston places made famous from Gone with the Wind, the tour Day 2 CB, L Meridian, MS • Charleston City Tour will bring the city to life and showcase its colorful history. • Old Fort Jackson Vicksburg, a Mississippi River town on the border of two Then, set sail on a harbor cruise from Charleston to states, was a strategic necessity for both sides fighting Fort Sumter, which became a symbol of the emotional • Boone Hall Plantation the Civil War. Tour the Vicksburg Battlefield with a struggles of the Civil War. Learn what led to the first • Southurn Rose Buggy Tour local guide to learn about this pivotal battle and the shots being fired and the immediate consequences for • Charleston Tea Plantation South’s surrender here in 1863. those in and around the fort. Travel to the picturesque • Fort Sumter Harbor Cruise Day 3 CB, D Savannah, GA Wadmalaw Island, a fertile oasis, that has supported • Calhoun Rock Garden a lot of agriculture throughout the years. -
Update to the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation’S Civil War Battlefields
U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program Update to the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington, DC March 2010 Update to the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields Commonwealth of Pennsylvania U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program Washington, DC March 2010 Authority The American Battlefield Protection Program Act of 1996, as amended by the Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-359, 111 Stat. 3016, 17 December 2002), directs the Secretary of the Interior to update the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission (CWSAC) Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields. Acknowledgments National Park Service (NPS) Project Team Paul Hawke, Project Leader; Kathleen Madigan, Survey Coordinator; Tanya Gossett and January Ruck, Reporting; Matthew Borders, Historian; Kristie Kendall, Program Assistant. Battlefield Surveyor(s) Lisa Rupple, American Battlefield Protection Program. Respondents Kathi Schue, Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association; Elliott Gruber, Gettysburg Foundation; Greg Coco, Brion Fitzgerald, Troy Harman, Scott Hartwig, and Katie Lawhon, Gettysburg National Military Park; Larry Wallace, Hanover Battlefield Historian; Susan Star Paddock, No Casino Gettysburg; and Sarah Kipp, The Land Conservancy of Adams County Cover: View of the Trostle Farm at Gettysburg National Military Park, -
Guided Walking Tours
P.O. Box 18713 Rochester, NY 14618-0713 www.fomh.org Recorded Tour Information Guided Walking 585-461-3494 Tours North Gate Located at of Mount Hope Cemetery 791 Mt. Hope Avenue opposite Robinson Drive (43.134251, -77.613623) South Gate Located at 1133 Mt. Hope Avenue opposite the Distillery restaurant (43.124877, -77.623154) RTS bus routes 24, 50, 50X/10X, 91 2013 Tour Season Saturday, May 4 through 1133 Mt. Hope Avenue Sunday, October 29, 2013 Rochester, NY 14620 The cemetery is owned and operated by: City of Rochester, New York Department of Environmental Services Division of Cemeteries 2013 General Tours ublic Tour of South Section of wilight Tours Mount Hope Cemetery Every Thursday at 7:00 pm, Every Saturday at 11:00 am beginning May 9 through August 8 TAdmission $5 per person. Members and PMay 4 through October 12. children under 16 free. Admission $5 per person. Members and children under 16 free. Meet: North Gatehouse opposite Robinson Dr. Parking inside cemetery. Meet: Cemetery Office, South entrance opposite the Distillery restaurant. These 90 minute tours will include topics covered on the general tour as well as The tour consists of a two hour leisurely walk new material. through the south section covering approximately 1–1 ½ miles on paved roads and even terrain. Learn about 19th and 20th century Rochesterians pecial Events: including Rufus Sibley co-founder of Sibley, Searching Among the Stones Lindsay, and Curr department store, Frank Saturday, May 18 at 11:00 am Gannett, founder of the Democrat and Chronicle, S $6.00/family, $5/individuals, Members free James Vick founder of Vicks Nursery, and others.