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January « 2011 « The Timeline Group
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A student-led group project from HIST 246. Archive for January, 2011. The Problem with Polarizing People. Thursday, January 27th, 2011. Questions of why the Confederate soldiers fought for a government that supported slavery and why the Union soldiers fought in spite of not necessarily believing in racial equality are thoroughly explored in. What This Cruel War Was Over. Comments Off on The Problem with Polarizing People. Motivations and Thoughts of Confederate Soldiers. Thursday, January 27th, 2011.
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February « 2011 « The Timeline Group
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A student-led group project from HIST 246. Archive for February, 2011. Laquo; Older Entries. The Davis Guards and the Case of the Missing Sword. Thursday, February 24th, 2011. Comments Off on The Davis Guards and the Case of the Missing Sword. Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011. This assertion is later contradicted in the 1940 article:. Tribute was paid to the memory of Dick Dowling and his band of 47 Davis Guards who repulsed a far superior federal force at Fort Griffin in Sabine Pass on September 18, 1863.
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A student-led group project from HIST 246. April 13th, 2011 by Courtney Svatek. This past week has brought about a lot of thought and work concerning the Map project. Much of it has already been written on previous blog posts, but this progress report will summarize my work:. I read through the entire Google Doc of transcriptions made for the first library project, looking for all the specific locations in Houston relevant to Dowling’s memory that I could find. The result was this post. 1) Ross and I dec...
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August « 2011 « The American Civil War Era
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The American Civil War Era. The primary course blog for HIST 246, Spring 2011. Archive for August, 2011. Wednesday, August 17th, 2011. This website is the blog for the Spring 2011 version of HIST 246. If you are looking for the Fall 2011 course, please go here. You can also see the final exhibit produced by students in the Spring 2011 and Fall 2011 versions of this course: Dick Dowling and Sabine Pass in History and Memory. Comments Off on Wait! Of the syllabus (PDF). On Some final announcements.
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February « 2011 « The Movie Group
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A student-led group project from HIST 246. Archive for February, 2011. Laquo; Older Entries. Thursday, February 24th, 2011. From the first list, I ended up looking up the article Texas Will Dedicate Marker To Honor Sabine Pass Victory from the. 8 May 1966, on section 1 page 1, section 1 page 2, section 1 page 4, section 2 page 2, section 2 pages 6 and 8, and section 1 page 8). Dr McDaniel’s post, Emancipation Park. These two streets form a border of the important park Emancipation Park which was purchase...
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January « 2011 « The Movie Group
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A student-led group project from HIST 246. Archive for January, 2011. 8220;I love my country but I love my family better”. Thursday, January 27th, 2011. It is clear that the confederate troops’ views and motivations changed throughout the war and it was facilitated by changes in their Government’s actions. Regardless of how meager the situation seemed, they maintained the unifying principle of protecting self-interest, family and the institution of slavery. Thursday, January 27th, 2011. In the case of no...
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January « 2011 « The Map Group
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A student-led group project from HIST 246. Archive for January, 2011. Thursday, January 27th, 2011. In class, we’ve brought up the questions of why non-slaveholders in the South would fight for slavery and why Northern soldiers would fight for emancipation even if they had no particular desire for abolition or racial equality. Chandra Manning’s book What This Cruel War Was Over. Provides ample evidence and arguments about these exact questions. Chandra Manning’s “What This Cruel War Was Over”. For the me...
