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Review: Calculus Of Violence, Cameron T. Sauers 2019 Gettysburg College

Review: Calculus Of Violence, Cameron T. Sauers

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

It seems counterintuitive to imagine the bloodiest conflict in American history being worse, but Sheehan-Dean argues that the death toll could have been dramatically higher without both sides’ emphasis on restraint, as dictated by the laws of war. Most of the book is spent examining “how people on both sides justified the lethal violence of conflict and when, how, and why they balanced cruelty and destruction.” Despite the rules of war, however, Civil War participants, like all humans, were contradictory. Sometimes they acted instinctively and spontaneously, while at other times, their actions were the result of deeply seated ideology. The …


Index To Bruce Stewart Interview, Elisia Harder 2019 Linfield College

Index To Bruce Stewart Interview, Elisia Harder

Linfield University Public History Project: World War II as Experience and Memory

This index provides a time-stamped overview of the subjects discussed during an oral history interview with Bruce Stewart, Linfield College class of 1949.


Robert S. Kelsey "Shorty", 2019 Georgia Southern University

Robert S. Kelsey "Shorty"

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Sarah Nell Simmons, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Sarah Nell Simmons

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Amanda Vida-Coney, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Amanda Vida-Coney

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Pamela Elisa Gonzales Williams, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Pamela Elisa Gonzales Williams

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Martha Mae Brown Wells, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Martha Mae Brown Wells

African American Funeral Programs

Martha_Mae_Brown_Wells.pdf - Funeral program for Martha Wells


Mrs. Audra D. Wilkerson Gary, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Mrs. Audra D. Wilkerson Gary

African American Funeral Programs

Mrs_Audra_-D-_Wilkerson_Gary.pdf - Funeral program for Audra D. Wilkerson Gary


Mother Wilma Lee Harrington, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Mother Wilma Lee Harrington

African American Funeral Programs

Mother_Wilma_Lee_Harrington.pdf - Funeral program for Mother Wilma Lee Harrington


Annotations On - Experience, Labours, And Sufferings Of Rev. James Jenkins, Of The South Carolina Conference. Printed For The Author. 1842., John Benjamin Burroughs 2019 Coastal Carolina University

Annotations On - Experience, Labours, And Sufferings Of Rev. James Jenkins, Of The South Carolina Conference. Printed For The Author. 1842., John Benjamin Burroughs

HCAC Research

The Rev. James Jenkins was born in the Britton’s Neck section of the old Georgetown Judicial District in 1764. This article contains selected entries of his journal which recount some of his experiences during the American Revolutionary War in the area that is now Horry, Georgetown, Williamsburg, Marion, Dillon and Florence Counties in South Carolina. He and his older brothers were part of the famed Gen. Francis Marion’s Brigade, which thwarted the British Southern Strategy in South Carolina. By keeping the revolution alive in South Carolina, the work of Marion’s Brigade contributed greatly to the ultimate result of the British …


Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Alvin D. Jackson 2019 Willow Hill Heritage and Renaissance Center

Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Alvin D. Jackson

Tour Programs

This was the first tour in the series.

Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church is also known as Fishtrap.


Mother Anna Lou Eason, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Mother Anna Lou Eason

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Joyce Williams, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Joyce Williams

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Mr. George Harrison Fontaine, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Mr. George Harrison Fontaine

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Gettysburg Heartthrobs: The 10 Most Attractive Officers, Cameron T. Sauers 2019 Gettysburg College

Gettysburg Heartthrobs: The 10 Most Attractive Officers, Cameron T. Sauers

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

While the author received many names that deserved to be on this list, he regrettably had to choose only ten. That being said, please sit back, relax, and prepare to fall in love with the officers of Gettysburg this Valentine’s Day.


Digital-Lee Archived: An Interview With Colin Woodward, Ashley Whitehead Luskey 2019 Gettysburg College

Digital-Lee Archived: An Interview With Colin Woodward, Ashley Whitehead Luskey

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Today we are speaking with Colin Woodward, historian and editor of the Lee Family Digital Archive at Stratford Hall. He holds a Ph.D. in History and is the author of Marching Masters: Slavery, Race, and the Confederate Army During the Civil War, which was published by the University of Virginia Press in 2014. He also maintains an active history and pop culture podcast entitled “Amerikan Rambler,” which is available at www.amerikanrambler.libsyn.com and on iTunes. Dr. Woodward is presently working a book called Country Boy: The Roots of Johnny Cash. [excerpt]


Mrs. Clara Lue Wiggins Greene, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Mrs. Clara Lue Wiggins Greene

African American Funeral Programs

Mrs_Clara_-Lue-_Wiggins_Greene.pdf - Funeral program for Mrs. Clara Lue Wiggins Greene


Earthy Mae Mcbride "Big Tit", 2019 Georgia Southern University

Earthy Mae Mcbride "Big Tit"

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Samuel James Charley "Sam", 2019 Georgia Southern University

Samuel James Charley "Sam"

African American Funeral Programs

Samuel James Charley "Sam"


Helen Patricia Meriweather, 2019 Georgia Southern University

Helen Patricia Meriweather

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


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