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Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”: Creating a National Legend

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” was written at a perilous time in American history, when Civil War threatened.

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10 Great Resources for Teaching the Civil War

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

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Not all Civil War teaching resources are created equal. Both primary and secondary sources enabled me to write a Civil War novel, and they can help you to teach it. Here are the best resources you’ll want when planning & teaching!

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Relearning Civil War History to Write a Novel

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Treeline Civil War resources

To write the historical novel “Brookhaven,” I had to relearn the subject I thought I knew all about — the history of the Civil War.

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Herman Melville, a Poet of the Civil War

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Herman Melville turned from fiction to poetry, and his first collection aimed at memorializing and making sense of the Civil War.

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Hidden, or Ignored, by History: “Afro-Creole Poetry” by Clint Bruce

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With the poetry collection “Afro-Creole Poetry,” Clint Bruce opens a forgotten, or ignored, chapter in American history and poetry.

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J.D. McClatchy Tells the Story of the Civil War — in Poetry

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“Poets of the Civil War” by J.D. McClatchy is a small volume that manages to capture the magnitude of the American Civil War.

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Reconsidering History: Natasha Trethewey and “Native Guard”

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In “Native Guard,” poet Natasha Trethewey considers what history often forgets, in this case a Black regiment that fought for the Union.

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Poets and Poems: Maurice Manning and “Railsplitter”

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In “Railsplitting,” poet Maurice Manning crawls inside the head of Abraham Lincoln, recalling and imagining his life, struggles, and legacy.

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Using Poetry to Reflect Upon the Civil War – Part 3: Walt Whitman

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Divided field Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman celebrated the beginning of the Civil War, like many Americans on both sides. But as it dragged on, he — and his poetry — changed.

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Poetry and Remembering the Civil War – Part 2: Robert Lowell

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Wealth Civil War and poetry

For generations, we’ve used the Civil War as a lens for viewing controversies. In his poem “For the Union Dead,” Robert Lowell considers the war — and a parking garage.

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Poetry and Remembering the Civil War – Part 1: Allen Tate

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The Civil War has long been used as a lens for interpreting, understanding, and advocating contemporary issues. So has the poetry about the Civil War.

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