Pond Spring: The General Joe Wheeler Home [AL]

Description

Once home to prehistoric Native Americans, Pond Spring is the post-Civil War home of General Joseph Wheeler, a Confederate major general, a U.S. congressman, and a Spanish-American War general. Following the Civil War, Wheeler became a national symbol for reunification and reconciliation. Wheeler's daughter, "Miss Annie Wheeler," served in three wars as a Red Cross nurse. The 50-acre site includes a dogtrot log house built around 1818, a circa-1830 Federal-style house, the 1880s Wheeler house, eight farm-related outbuildings, two family cemeteries, an African-American cemetery, a small Indian mound, a pond, a boxwood garden, and other garden areas.

The site offers tours by appointment.

Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site [TX]

Description

Samuel Bell Maxey and his wife, Marilda, moved into their fashionable new home on the south side of Paris, TX, in 1868. Built in the High Victorian Italianate style, the frame house, plus book house and stable, were a progressive addition to the city's architecture and a proper home for the ex-Confederate general and later United States Senator. Maxey moved to Paris with his family in 1857. Construction of the house began in 1867 and it was remodeled in 1911. Members of the Maxey family lived in the house until 1966. The house has been restored and furnished to reflect almost 100 years of continuous use by the Maxey family.

The site offers tours.

Butler-Turpin State Historic House [KY]

Description

Once the home of a notable Kentucky military family, today the 1859 Butler House preserves the history of the family and the region.

The historic house offers tours year-round, as well as educational programs for school groups. The website offers a brief history of the Butlers, field trip information, two small photo albums of the present-day park, an events calendar, and visitor information.

Sam Houston Memorial Museum [TX]

Description

The museum is dedicated to the life and times of General Sam Houston, former Governor of Tennessee, victor over Santa Anna in the Texas War of Independence, first President of the Republic of Texas, Senator from the State of Texas, and Governor of the State of Texas. It includes both traditional museum spaces and exhibits and historical structures.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, and educational and recreational events.

Sherman House Museum and Georgian Museum [OH]

Description

Maintained by the Fairfield Heritage Organization, the 1811 Sherman House was the birthplace of General William Tecumseh Sherman and his brother, U.S. Senator John Sherman, and has been restored and furnished to period. Exhibits in the space include Sherman family memorabilia; a recreation of General Sherman's Civil War field tent including several items he used during the war; and a sound and light presentation depicting his passion for the Union.

The Georgian Museum is housed in an 1832 Federal-style home has been restored and furnished today as it would have been in the 1830s with some original pieces and numerous early Fairfield County items.

Both museums offer exhibits and tours, as well as educational programs.

V-J Day Plus 60

Description

On the 60th anniversary of V-J Day, NBC's Brian Williams looks back at original footage of the momentous ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri when Japan formally surrendered after defeat in World War II.

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The United States at War: 1845-1865

Description

This course examines American strategy and operational art during the middle part of the 19th century. During the first part of the course, participants will look at the development of American grand strategy during the era of the early Republic, based on an understanding of America's place in the world, the genesis of the war with Mexico, the strategy and major campaigns of the Mexican War, and the way that Mexico prepared the generation of officers who led the armies of both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War. During the second part, participants will examine the strategy and campaigns of the Civil War. Civil-military relations in a republic is a major thread that runs throughout the course.

Contact email
info@TeachingAmericanHistory.org
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Teachingamericanhistory.org
Phone number
419-289-5411
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $500 stipend
Course Credit
Teachers may choose to receive two hours of Master's degree credit from Ashland University. This credit can be used toward the new Master of American History and Government offered by Ashland University or may be transfered to another institution. The two credits will cost $468.
Duration
Six days
End Date
Website
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/institutes/2009/660A.html

Robert E. Lee Symposium on Civil War History

Description

Stratford Hall, the home of the Lees of Virginia and birthplace of Robert E. Lee, hosts its first symposium dedicated to the further study of General Robert E. Lee and various issues relating to the American Civil War. This program includes tours of the nearby Fredericksburg, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Battlefields, some of the bloodiest combat of the Civil War.

Historians Peter Carmichael, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, and Elizabeth Brown Pryor will lead the group. The focus is on Robert E. Lee as a general, the use of primary documents in uncovering new dimensions to Civil War personalities, and the importance of the Fredericksburg and Overland Campaigns.

Contact name
Lawfer, Laura
Sponsoring Organization
Stratford Hall
Phone number
804-493-8038
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Contact Title
Assistant Director of Education
Duration
Three days
End Date
Website
http://www.stratfordhall.org/learn/education/lee.php

The Era of George Washington

Description

Professor Gordon Wood investigates George Washington's contributions to the creation of the American republic. The bicentennial of his death in 1999 sparked a reassessment of this extraordinary man and his times. He was commander in chief of the revolutionary army, a leader in the formation of the Constitution of 1787, and the first president of the new United States. Despite these great accomplishments, he remains strangely distant and inaccessible to us in the early 21st century. This brief but intensive course helps explain the sources and meaning of Washington's greatness.

Contact email
seminars@gilderlehrman.org
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Phone number
646-366-9666
Target Audience
Middle and high school
Start Date
Cost
Free; $400 stipend granted
Course Credit
Pittsburg State University (PSU) is pleased to offer graduate credit to workshop participants at a tuition fee of $199 per credit hour. Participants can receive three graduate credit hours for the duration of the week.
Duration
Six days
End Date
Website
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/seminar_descriptions/seminar_wood.html

Fallen Timbers Battlefield [OH]

Description

Near the site of the battle of Fallen Timbers, this small park contains a monument honoring Major General Anthony Wayne as well as smaller monuments to the soldiers and Native Americans who died in the battle. The battle of Fallen Timbers on 20 August 1794, was decisive in bringing the Indians of the Northwest Territory to sign the Treaty of Greene Ville. By this treaty the Indians ceded southern and eastern Ohio to settlers. This brief battle, an overwhelming victory for Wayne's forces, was fought in an area recently ravaged by a windstorm, hence the name Fallen Timbers.

A second website for the battlefield can be found here.

No interpretive services are currently noted as available at this site. However, it looks like there is a push for developing some. Check back later. Also, check for duplicates in unpublished sites.

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