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Blogs I like
- US History Site Blog
- American Founding
- American Revolution Blog
- American Thinker
- Army of Tennessee
- Chicago History Journal
- Civil War Top 100!
- Counterterroism Blog
- Draw the Sword
- Drudge Report
- Everything is History
- Founding Bloggers
- Freedom Writing
- Historic battlefields
- Historical Society blog
- History Is Elementary
- History Makes Time Travel Possible
- Publius
- QuickAid Airport and Airlines Directory
- Retirement Blog
- Retirement Information
- Saber Point
- Thomas Jefferson
- Travel and History
- US History
- What Would the Founders Think
- Wig-Wags
Civil War Blogs
- A Lincoln Blog
- Arkansas in the Civil War
- Bull Runnings
- Cenantua’s Blog
- Civil War Bookshelf
- Civil War et. al
- Civil War History
- Civil War Librarian
- Civil War Women
- Civil Warriors
- Crossed Sabers
- CW Books and Authors
- Hoofbeats & Cold Steel
- Old Virginia Blog
- Rantings of a CW Historian
- Renegade South
- The Trans-Mississippian
- TOCWOC
- Travel and History
- US History
- Wig-Wags
History Blogs
Resources
- American Civil War Homepage
- American Civil War Maps
- Best of History Websites
- Bibliography for Civil War Arkansas
- Black Soldiers in the Civil War
- Churchill Centre
- Civil War Book Review
- Civil War Generals
- Civil War Interactive
- Civil War Magazine Articles
- Civil War Message Board
- Collected Works of Lincoln
- Current History
- Digital History
- eHistory
- eHistory: Civil War
- Everything is History
- Founder’s Constitution
- Generals of the Civil War
- Gettysburg Discussion Group
- Historic NY Times
- History News Network
- History Nexus
- How to Read a Civil War Battlefield
- Jefferson Library
- Library of Congress Civil War Regimental Histories
- Library of Congress Online Catelog
- LOC: Civil War Resources
- Military History Links
- Old Magazine Articles
- Perseus Collection: 19th-Century American
- QuickAid Airport and Airlines Directory
- Research in Military Records: Civil War
- Retirement Blog
- Retirement Information
- Society for Military History
- Teachertube.com
- The History Guide
- Travel and History
- U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection
- U.S. History & Government Lesson Plans
- US History
- War of Rebellion: Official Records
Archives
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Taking Teachers and Teacher Unions to Task
The new civility on display in Madison, Wisconsin has given me as a teacher pause. As a teacher I have to be held to the utmost level of integrity, do I not? I spend 8 hours a day with other … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, News & Notes, Politics, Social Justice, Teaching
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B4H > Soldier Studies > Civil War Voices
I will contact who I can, but please update your Civil War blogrolls and remove Blog4History and add my Civil War blog: Civil War Voices @ my Civil War soldier letters archive: Soldierstudies.org. B4H is becoming less and less a … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil War
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Americans Say Reagan Is the Greatest U.S. President
I love President’s Day as three day weekends this time of year are always welcomed! And to send it off right, I want to share the results of a new Gallup poll that asked Americans who the nation’s great president … Continue reading
Posted in American History, News & Notes, Presidents
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How will the Recent Unrest in Wisconsin be Remembered?
President Obama, after winning the White House in 2008 proclaimed that “Elections have consequences.” But perhaps we should place an asterisk there and add “Democratic victories only” have consequences. Wisconsin elected a Republican and he is doing what Republicans do. … Continue reading
Would today’s Tea Party have Opposed the U.S. Constitution?
David Sehat has an interesting commentary over at the CS Monitor concerning today’s Tea Party and the U.S. Constitution. The Federalists wanted a strong central government that could correct the shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation. Men such as Alexander … Continue reading
Social Justice in Egypt?
Now that the situation in Egypt has essentially ended in a military coup, what will this latest Middle East Revolution ascend or descend into? Some say Western style Democracy. Others say a Sharia Law Theocracy. Is this movement a bottom … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Social Justice
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French President Declares Multiculturalism a Failure
I remember an article by historian Eric Foner posted at HNN after 9/11. Foner hoped we could re-think how we teach American history and that he worried about the “self-absorbed, super-celebratory history promoted in the aftermath of September 11 – … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Politics, Teaching
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Reparations for Descendants of Slavery?
Apparently several Chicago Mayoral Candidates support the idea of “reparations for descendants of slavery.” Am I the only one who wonders how on God’s Green (er, sun blasted over heated Co2 saturated…) Earth this is accomplished? Does anyone agree with … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Modern Era, Politics, Slavery
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Isolationism, The Myth of the Founders?
With so much talk recently of the United States’s involvement in the Middle East and how it violates our Founding principle of “isolation,” I had an interesting discussion recently with my students concerning the historical theme “Isolationism.” The debate centered … Continue reading
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The Blue Eagle
The Blue Eagle, a blue-colored representation of the American thunderbird, with outspread wings, was a symbol used in the United States by companies to show compliance with the National Industrial Recovery Act. It was proclaimed the symbol of industrial recovery … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Great Depression
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