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Public History

Ouachita Baptist University

2022

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Cemetery Preservation Workshop: Public History At Work, Emma Dennis, Dakota Furr, Natalie Moore, Makena Munger, Sarah Spakes, Hannah Webber Apr 2022

Cemetery Preservation Workshop: Public History At Work, Emma Dennis, Dakota Furr, Natalie Moore, Makena Munger, Sarah Spakes, Hannah Webber

Scholars Day Conference

The Ouachita Public History Program conducted a grant funded workshop in cemetery preservation for the public as an exercise in public history.


Memory And Memoirs: A Study Of Civil War Soldiers' Perspectives On The Battle Of Shiloh, Brianna Taylor Feb 2022

Memory And Memoirs: A Study Of Civil War Soldiers' Perspectives On The Battle Of Shiloh, Brianna Taylor

Honors Theses

The most acceptable answer in today's political climate is that the Civil War was fought over slavery. Even in the rural South where I grew up, academics cast a wary eye when it is suggested that the Civil War was fought for any other reason. Historical writing is often careful to mention that other causes of the war are still interrelated with slavery, thus adding nuance. Yet still, slavery was the central cause of the Civil War, as there would have not been a war without the presence of institutionalized slavery in America. What history may remember as the spirit …