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Civil War Archive: James Hemphill Maclay

For Students 9th - 10th
This address of First Lieutenant James A. Gardner was given on September 11, 1889 at the dedication of the monument on Cemetery Hill which commemorates the positions and deeds at the Battle of Gettysburg of the First Pennsylvania Light...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: A War to End Slavery: Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Children at War [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that takes students through an investigation of two key battles of the Civil War--Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Students determine why these battles...
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Handout
American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Moses Ezekiel: Vmi Cadet

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Moses Ezekiel, who served in the Confederate ranks when still a student at the Virginia Military Institute, and later became a well-known sculptor.
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Handout
American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: John Clem: Drummer Boy of Chickamauga

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of a boy soldier of the Civil War, John Clem, who went on to have a lifelong career in the U.S. military.