sarahs+civil+war+project

__Song Lyics__

 * Author: || George Frederick Root ||
 * Date: || 1862 ||
 * Place of Origin || Fort Sumter ||
 * Explanation of the subject of the document: || The song is called the "Battle Cry of Freedom" ||
 * Analysis: || The subject of this message is about stopping slavery. It is by the Union and it seems to show pride in themselves and what they can do and resentment toward the Pro-Slavery people. Around this time period, Lincoln issued a war order to launch an aggressive force against the Confederacy. This helps explain the song in more depth. Being that Lincoln wanted to fight the Confederacy, this songs shows rallying and the fight to win. Multiple times in the song it talks about rallying around the flag and join together. They want freedom from slavery and towards the end of the song it says, " Although he may be poor he shall never be a slave." This song was pretty simple to understand however, some of the lyrics don't make a ton of sense becuase i am not in the context of the war. For instance when "three hundred thousand more..." that didn't fit the song to me. The song overall was good and helped show emotion to the war. ||
 * Citation || "The Music of the American Civil War (1861-1865)." //Public Domain Music//. Web. 17 Dec. 2010. []. ||

__Newspaper Article__

 * Author: || Franklin Repository ||
 * Date: || October 26, 1859 ||
 * Place of Origin: || Kansas ? ||
 * Explanation of the subject of the document: || John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry ||
 * Analysis: || The document that i read, had a lot of interesting things to offer. The whole entity of the article was to really say WHO was responsible for the raid on Harper's Ferry and not only the raid but the cause that made John brown flip. There was some sense of bias when reading the newspaper article. The reader can tell that although not blatantly said, John Brown was stood up for in a sense. After the raid happened a lot of people looked at John Brown as a criminal and a terrorist. This article written by the Franklin Repository questions the idea of him really being a terrorist. The article's last sentence puts the whole paragraph together it says, " If anyone is to be held responsible for Brown's conduct, we must say it must be those who made him what he is." this sentence to me put the article in perspective. In the beginning of the article it talked about Brown being a peaceful man that got put over the edge. What the Pro-slavery people did to anger him caused him to do what he did. So to say that he himself is a horrible person is not necessarily right. The newspaper says in the start that when Brown moved to Kansas he had no intent to cause destruction, but living in the area and time period that he did, it caused him to act out. ||
 * Citation: || "Valley of the Shadow: Civil War-Era Newspapers." //The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War//. Web. 17 Dec. 2010. . ||

__Letter/Diary__

 * Author: || John H. Cochran ||
 * Date: || December 11, 1860 ||
 * Place of Origin: || Augusta County, Virgina ||
 * Explanation of the subject of the document: || A letter to his mother ||
 * Analysis: || In this letter, it was weird to think that someone so long ago was writing this. This letter caught my attention. You could tell that he was from the confederacy, and in one part of the letter refers to what he says as the, "infamous traitor Douglas".In the message Cochran speaks of how the times are getting worse. He and his family must have had some kind of tobacco business because he mentions that if things get any worse no one will be in the business until spring. And goes on to say that becuase his is a credited business, it would slowly suffer. He mentions South Carolina and their secession." As you have seen by the papers your own glorious native state at last determined to throw off the shackles of a government which it would be a disgrace for any southern man to submit to." This was one of the quotes that follows him speaking of South Carolina. One thing that i found interesting was at the end of the letter. Although i didn't understand everything because there had to have been a previous letter, there was something about a gun trade between a couple of people. I liked the personalization of the letter by mentioning how he was happy the baby was good and referencing his family. " As you have seen by the papers your own glorious native state at last determined to throw off the shackles of a government which it would be a disgrace for any southern man to submit to." ||
 * Citation: || //The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War//. Web. 17 Dec. 2010. . ||

__Photograph__

 * Artist || Mathew Brady ||
 * Date: || no date ||
 * Place of Origin: || Carver Hospital Washing, DC ||
 * Explanation of the subject of the documnet: || A picture taken in a hospital ward ||
 * Analysis || In the image, I was taken back by the looks on the soldiers faces. The hospital ward was filled with American flags and decorations. My thought on the idea of the decorations was to keep the soldiers spirits up. Beds were lined up along the walls, while row after row the soldiers sat. A person in the middle caught my attention. He was sitting in a wheel chair holding a picture, the man looks sad and in shock. The Civil War was a bloody time where white men fought against each other. This relates to the picture because just by looking at it, you can see the emotion of the soldiers and the hardships they went through. During the Civil war new weapons were used that caused more injuries. Although other wars had lots of injuries, the sickening faces of the soldiers showed the emotional distress along with the wounds. ||
 * Citation: || Brady, Mathew. "Union Casualties in Ward of Carver Hospital, near Washington, DC." Print. Rpt. in //Civil War The American Experience//. Smithsonian Institution. Print. ||