American Civil War Sesquicentennial

[Gamburd]

A thread for all things about the American Civil War Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary) or the Civil War in general.


Robert E. Lee documentary (1.5 hrs; PBS):


[URL]http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lee/player/


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/lee-introduction/[/URL]



There's another documentary, 'Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior', which will be broadcasted this Monday, January 10 at 9PM EST on PBS (check local listings).


There's a large exhibit at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. about the American Civil War currently on display.


http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=37758


[URL]http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/civil-war/[/URL]


The National Archives exhibit will be traveling to:

• Summer 2011 The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan:
• October 2011 - April 2012 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science

 

[SheepDip]

Best thing I've ever seen on the American Civil War is

[url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Civil-War-film-Burns/dp/B002QFZD54/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1294652624&sr=8-3[/URL]

Really outstanding documentary.

 

[NoxNoctum]

The way things are looking now we'll probably have civil war #2 soon

At least we'll have assault rifles and tanks this time around though so it'll be more fun for all.

 

[LemoN]

The way things are looking now we'll probably have civil war #2 soon

At least we'll have assault rifles and tanks this time around though so it'll be more fun for all.

Wat.

 

[The Masta]

The way things are looking now we'll probably have civil war #2 soon

At least we'll have assault rifles and tanks this time around though so it'll be more fun for all.

And, in the end the chinese buy everything.

 

[NoxNoctum]

And, in the end the chinese buy everything.

Ya, and then the Chinese video game industry can make a shooter about it.

 

[The Masta]

Ya, and then the Chinese video game industry can make a shooter about it.

Leave that to the KAOS studios.

 

[Reise]

Wat.

When you're from the south, there's always a new civil war right around the corner.

 

[NoxNoctum]

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[Floyd]

Hehe very true. I'm Southern born but disavow any connection to that foul area .

Now I just tell people I'm from San Francisco, LA, or NYC, depending on my mood.

I hope they succeed again and "the north" lets them this time. They can go back to the 19th century, the rest of us can move on.

Sorry Gamburd, I totally derailed your thread .

Yes, you did derail the thread NoxNoctum. And in the process needlessly insulted a lot of forum members and a large segment of the US population.

In response I could say something as equally as arrogant as:
"Personally, I'm sure I speak for a lot of us when I say we're glad you took your high and mighty *** away from here. We're better for it." But then that would prove me to be just as obtuse as you.

I mean really, what is/was the point of that narrow minded comment? Surely you don't plan to use the excuse that because you were born below the Mason-Dixon line you were naturally inbred and born ignorant?


Sorry but that kind of talk just pisses me off. I was born in Louisiana, have lived in 4 states and 3 European countries. Lived 1/2 of my childhood in the States and 1/2 in Europe. Got drafted, put up with the bull**** of being called a baby killer when I came back and now in 2011 I have to listen to this kind of crap?

 

[NoxNoctum]

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[Gamburd]

Let's keep the discussion on topic, guys.


Unfortunately, they don't have the the U.S. Grant documentary up for online viewing; only the commercial.


[URL]http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/grant/[/URL]

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

Lincoln statue in front of Green County Courthouse, Jefferson, Iowa​

Civil War era Fortress in San Francisco: Fort Point (contains some very interesting information about the Federal Fort system; series of five Youtube videos):

YouTube - Fort Point of San Francisco ( HD Video )[/URL]

Best thing I've ever seen on the American Civil War is


http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Ci...ZD54/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1294652624&sr=8-3

Really outstanding documentary.

Saving the best for later on.
​

 

[NoxNoctum]

I'll chime in:

"Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica." - Abraham Lincoln (from a letter written by Lincoln during his presidency to the head of the Hohner Harmonica Company in Germany)

I chuckled a bit when I first read that.

 

[Gamburd]

American Composer Aaron Copeland's (1900-1990) 'Lincoln Portrait' (Complete version, with variations on 'Camptown Races'), with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Actor James Earl Jones (Star Wars' Darth Vader) narrates:

YouTube - Lincoln portrait[/URL]



Edited version with all the intorductory music movements cut out, in case you want to skip the introductory music and listen just to the narration, although I think the entire work is worth listening to and James Earl Jones does the best job with the narration but Peck is a good narrator as well:


Actor Gregory Peck (MacArthur) narrates with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

YouTube - Lincoln Portrait[/URL]



Copland finished Lincoln Portrait in April 1942; the music was written as a patriotic piece during World War Two.

The first performance was by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on 14 May 1942.

 

[Gamburd]

President Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Journey: Philadelphia, February 22, 1861 Reenactment:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ElectL


Actor Sam Waterson recites Lincoln's First Inaugural Address at the Congressional Auditorium in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.; Reenactment of the Presidential Oath Ceremony of March 4, 1861; comments by Lincoln Historian Harold Holzer:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/LincolnsI

 

[PNV]

I love your appreciation for history Gamburd. I have no family connection to the Civil War being the great-grandchild of European immigrants, but having been born and raised in Florida with a couple of years living in Virginia, I do occasionally go through a Civil War phase out of an interest in those states. Truly a terrible conflict that I hope our nation never sees again.

 

[Mormegil]

Couple of shots I got from a Civil War re-enactment in Orange County, CA of all places. I had no idea we had these in California (I heard a LOT of really badly done southern accents).


Confederate Soldiers of Huntington Beach by Mormegil, on Flickr



Cannons to the Left of Them by Mormegil, on Flickr


Volley Fire by Mormegil, on Flickr

 

[Gamburd]

Fort Sumter, South Carolina: Confederate troops bombard Fort Sumter April 12-13, 1961 and the American Civil War begins:

YouTube - Fort Sumter[/URL]

YouTube - Fort Sumter History - National Park Service Historian Rick Hatcher


This time, some period songs celebrating the Confederacy:

YouTube - BONNIE BLUE FLAG (FULL VERSION)[/URL]

YouTube - 2nd South Carolina String Band: Cumberland Gap[/URL]

 

[Capt.Marion]

Fort Sumter, South Carolina: Confederate troops bombard Fort Sumter April 12-13, 1961 and the American Civil War begins:

...you mean the War of Northern Aggression begins, correct?

 

[Peter.Steele]

...you mean the War of Northern Aggression begins, correct?

Jesus, even you've got it wrong.

The first blow of the War of Northern Aggression was struck on 9 January 1861. The anniversary of that was several months ago. The stuff that happened in April 1861 is just sort of whatever - blah, blah, blah.