Anna Rollins and Cybelle Corwin-Michaels Office-Ft. wagner pictures and Artist Statement

 Artist Statement

Cybelle and I chose the battle of Ft. Wagner as our topic. Though this battle was one of many, it was the first one ever to have African Americans fight in it. The North aloud them to because they believed that everyone should be able to fight. It built a start to the civil war. The battle of Ft. Wagner came in two parts one on July 11, 1863 and the second on July 18, 1863. The second battle is much better known because of its intensity. More union forces were killed than Confederate. If those African American troops had not fought in the 148 years ago today segregation might have been even worse than it has ever been. In this picture the two men on the left show the Unions forces and the single man on the right represents the Confederate force. It is a simple drawing of how the white man and black man joined in the north.

 shows how the African Americans got to fight int ft. Wagner on the Unions side!

it was right next to the ocean and mt. Wagner

where the battle was

token of the battle

54th Massachusetts Regiment-Amelia Hubbard, Bella Young-Michaels Office

Our quilt piece represents the 54^th Massachusetts Regiment and what their impact was during the war. It was a big step forward for African Americans during that time because slavery was such an obstacle for a lot of white men to get over. In the background of our picture there is an American flag, showing that this event all happened on American soil and was it was a decision made by the Union to let African Americans fight in the Civil War. In the foreground of this picture there is a scene of slaves and soldiers. As the slave walks through the door way (a step forward) he is changing from his tattered slave clothing and transitioning into army attire. From there he is going into battle against the Southern Confederates. The 54^th Massachusetts Regiment didn’t necessarily bring the nation together, but it brought African Americans and Northern white people together as they fought side by side in battles.

Six Soldiers from the 54th Massachusetts Regiment

Officers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment

Artist Statement – Ulysses S. Grant- Jacques Rapaport- Michaels Office

Ulysses S. Grant was a general in the Union army. After the war he became a president. The picture of Grant holding the burning Confederate flag symbolizes how he destroys the Confederates army in tactics and by destroying everything in his way in the south. The U.S. flag represents how he won the war for the Union. The torch that he’s holding is the one that he lit the flag on fire. It represents the tactic of “total war” where you completely destroy the enemy’s food, supplies and stuff like that.  

andrews artist statement

our quilt piece is showing the bloody battle of petersburg in the heat of battle with cannon balls flying people dying and muskets firing. it was fought in petersburg, virginia it ended in a union victory with 8400 casualties for the union total, and 3386 confederate casualties. 

Barbaras artist statment dylans office

This quilt piece is apiece explaining what the 1^st battle of Bull Run was all about and how it started. On the left side, there is a division sign, it stands for the south and how they believed in dividing the people that are different races. On the right is an equal sign, it stands for how the north wanted everyone and race to be treated equally. This is how the war started, just two sides that have two very different opinions. In the middle there is a peace sign because that was the only thing that the south wanted, it was the only reason why they fought, for peace and equalness. The battle of fort Sumner just ended when the 1^st battle of bull run happened, but this time, the north had no experience with any sort of gun, but the south did, so the south fought an easy war while the north struggled just o load there gun. The South won and went home with a happy and easy victory while the North’s soldiers laid down on the battlefield severely injured or dead.

-Barbara Sutton (Natalie Grey)  

Doctors of the civil war. Francis and Amy Dylan class

Civil war doctors were a big part of the civil war. They saved people and sometimes let them die. They only had a knife for getting out bullets,saw for amputation and a rope to stop the bleeding. Many people died because of infections. Most people when they got shot wanted to stay and fight and not take there chances with the doctors.

Women in the Civil War-Lily F and Katie O-Michael's Office

Primary Document Picture

This is not a specific website, but it has a great picture of a Primary Document letter.

Women Biographies
This website has a big list of biographies about women who helped in the civil war and they also have journal entries.

Women Spies and Nurses
This link gives you much info about women being spies and women nursing hurt soldiers.

Famous Women of the Civil War
This website gives you all kinds of information on famous women figures during the Civil War that were somehow related/effected/etc. to the Civil War.

Drafting of Women during the Civil War
This site gives you information about women who were soldiers or who had to take the place of other soldiers.

Marrige in the War
This is a blog that gives you a look at wives of famous men figures in the war.

Soldiers and Spies
These are articles about women who were drafted into the war and spied on the other sides.

More Primary Documents
This page gives you plenty and plenty of primary documents such as letters, jounal entries and other documents that were written by women during the Civil War.