Category Women
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office
Here is Jake Wynn, Director of Interpretation at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office discussing Clara Barton’s life and her contributions to helping the Union soldiers who were suffering on the battlefield. This was part of the 2019 Longwood University symposium. The video’s description reads, “Jake Wynn is the director of interpretation at the Clara Barton […]
The Tubman Command
This is novelist Elizabeth Cobb discussing Harriet Tubman at the launch of her new novel. The video’s description reads, “Elizabeth Cobbs talked about her book, The Tubman Command: A Novel, in which she recounted Harriet Tubman’s service as a nurse, spy, and cook, for the Union Army during the Civil War.” https://www.c-span.org/video/?459981-1/the-tubman-command
Southern Unionists in the Civil War
This is Dr. Elizabeth Varon at the joint American Civil War Museum, Nau Center for Civil War History, and Library of Virginia symposium held at the Library of Virginia. She’s speaking here about “Recovering the History of Southern Unionism in the Civil War.” Dr. Varon always delivers a terrific presentation, and she does so again […]
Manisha Sinha on A House Divided. S. 3 ep. 10
Here’s a very good discussion between Dr. Manisha Sinha and host Bjorn Skaptason discussing Dr. Sinha’s book, The Slave’s Cause. The video’s description reads, “Manisha Sinha joined Bjorn Skaptason on August 2, 2018, to discuss her award-winning book The Slave’s Cause.”
Women During the Civil War
Here’s a panel discussion on women in the Civil War featuring Dr. Catherine Clinton, Dr. Edna Greene Medford, and Candice Shy Hooper. This was part of the 2018 Lincoln Forum symposium in Gettysburg, PA. The video’s description says, “A group of historians discussed the different ways women experienced the Civil War, depending on class, race and […]
Women Soldiers in the Civil War
In this video, Audrey Scanlan-Teller and Tracey McIntire, two volunteer historical interpreters at Antietam, give a presentation to the Frederick County Civil War Round Table, meeting at the National Civil War Medical Museum in Frederick, Maryland, on women soldiers in the Civil War. The video’s description reads, “Historical interpreters told stories of some of the […]
Lincoln’s Generals’ Wives
This is author Candice Shy Hooper discussing her book about the wives of four Union generals during the Civil War. The video’s description reads, “Candice Hooper talked about her book Lincoln’s Generals’ Wives: Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War for Better and for Worse, in which she profiles the wives of Lincoln’s generals, Ellen Sherman, Julia […]
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