Showing posts with label Fergus M. Bordewich. Show all posts
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Friday, October 28, 2011

150 years later, thanks to Library of Congress, "Civil War Veterans Come Alive in Audio and Video Recordings"


Smithsonian Magazine video: Rare Footage of Civil War Veterans Doing the Rebel Yell


150 years later, thanks to Library of Congress, "Civil War Veterans Come Alive in Audio and Video Recordings"


Related article:
Smithsonian Magazine
HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
Civil War Veterans Come Alive in Audio and Video Recordings
Deep in the collections of the Library of Congress are ghostly images and voices of Union and Confederate soldiers recalling the bloody battles of their youth
By Fergus M. Bordewich
Smithsonian.com, October 05, 2011,

My last blog comments about the U.S. Civil war was May 29, 2011 in a post titled "Video: First Look -"Gettysburg" -The History Channel's premiere of "Gettysburg" airs Memorial Day at 9 p.m. Eastern"

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U.S. Civil War: Selected Resources at the Library of Congress:

U.S. Civil War: Glass Negatives and Related Prints at the Library of Congress:


Smithsonian Civil War 150: Videos about the Civil War and the collections at the National Portrait Gallery, to help commemorate the 150th anniversary.