Spring 2011 VOLUME 9 / NUMBER 2
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Connecticut Builds a Navy | |
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African Americans Fight for Freedom and the Union |
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Valor and Sacrifice on the Home Front | ||
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Hazardville to Coltsville—“As Many As You Can Make” | ||
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The Power of the Battle Flag |
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On the Cover: top, left to right: Connecticut Historical Society, Library of Congress, New Canaan Historical Society. middle, left to right: Peabody Essex Museum, Connecticut Battle Flag Collection, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture. bottom, left to right: Robert Gregson/CCT, Museum of Connecticut History, Yale Collection of American Literature
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| 14 Heroes of the Home Front Women’s shining deeds honored their country. By Kathleen Maher |
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| 22 Connecticut’s Naval Contributions to the Civil War Glastonbury’s Gideon Welles brings order out of chaos. By William N. Peterson |
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| 30 Connecticut Arms the Union Rifles, revolvers, and shells that sound “like the shriek of a demon.” By Dean E. Nelson |
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| 38 Memorials to a Nation Preserved The great sacrifice remembered in stone and bronze. By Matthew Warshauer and Mary M. Donohue |
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| 44 Soldier’s Heart Did Civil War veterans suffer from PTSD? By Michael Sturges |
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| Contents | |
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Hog River Journal |
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Letters, etc. |
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From the State Historian: The Final Journey of Nathaniel Lyon. By Walter W. Woodward (READ HERE) |
| pg 14 | Heroes of the Home Front. By Kathleen Maher |
| pg 18 | The War Comes to Town: Madison Meets a Call for Troops. By Paulette Clark Kaufmann The Peace Movement in Litchfield. By Julie Frey Leone |
| pg 22 | Connecticut’s Naval Contributions to the Civil War (READ HERE) By William N. Peterson |
| pg 28 | Site Lines: Black Abolitionists Speak. By Cora Murray and Whitney Bayers |
| pg 30 | Connecticut Arms the Union. By Dean E. Nelson |
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The 29th Regiment Colored Volunteers. By Charles (Ben) Hawley |
| pg 38 | Memorials to a Nation Preserved. By Matthew Warshauer and Mary M. Donohue |
| pg 44 | Soldier’s Heart. By Michael Sturges |
| pg 50 | The Fisk Jubilee Singers Tour the North. By Frank Mitchell |
| pg 52 | Re: collections: Battle Flags. By Gerry Caughman |
| pg 53 | Spotlight: Events & News from Partner Organizations |
| pg 58 | Afterword |