Posted on 09/02/2016 3:36:42 PM PDT by wtd
Over one hundred and fifty years have passed since the end of the United States Civil War and it still captures the imagination and passion of young and old. Decoding the Civil War, funded by a two-year grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), is a consortium project to digitize and transcribe the Union Army telegrams from The Thomas T. Eckert Papers housed at the Huntington Library. This project draws together the expertise of four organizations — The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; the Papers of Abraham Lincoln at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; North Carolina State University; and the Zooniverse with its team at the University of Minnesota — with the hope that the transcription and decoding of Civil War telegrams will engage, and fire curiosity, in new and younger audiences.
The Huntington Library is looking for volunteers to help decode and transcribe 15,971 telegrams sent by the Union Army during the Civil War. These telegrams are part of the Thomas T. Eckert Papers which not only contain everyday wartime communication, but are also know to contain coded messages to Abraham Lincoln. The project aims to make these messages available online and accessible and is funded by a grant from the Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Eckert was the aide-de-camp of military telegraph operations for General McClellan and soon became the administrator of the War Department's military telegraphs at the capitol and went on to become Assistant Secretary of War in 1866. The telegraphs are part of his personal collection and no doubt hold a lot of new information about the war that can only be discovered if everyone helps!
This might shed some light on the North’s invasion of the CSA.
It wasn’t a Civil War. Never was. The victors write the history books.
A civil was is when opposing sides fight for control of the central government. The South wanted no part of the central government. The South wanted to secede and form its own government.
The North didn’t want the South to secede. So the North invaded the South.
And started the War Between the States — or, as we call it in the South, The War of Northern Aggression.
(No, for the public school educated, the war wasn’t fought over slavery either. It was a war of secession.)
Indeed. The liberal teacher in my 1979 HS history class started the lesson on reconstruction with the bend that it was an humanitarian mission. I told him that he was misinformed and he offered me the opportunity to teach the class. Mistake. Big mistake.
The north did not invade the south. Your history is not factual
Thanks.
There’s a reason “government indoctrination centers” have images of old Abe. Challenge government - we’ll kill you.
Lincoln was a godless man who bragged to his co-workers of being a Christian “infidel”.
“It wasn’t a Civil War. ...wasn’t fought over slavery either.”
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You are absolutely correct. I would also add that Lincoln doesn’t deserve the praise that’s been heaped on him. Considering the legacy that Lincoln’s been given, it’s scary to think how 0bama will be portrayed in history books.
If the North didn’t invade the south what do you think it was? A cultural exchange. If you lived here in Baton Rouge or anywhere in the South you see ample evidence of the Federal Army’s non invasion complete with gravestones to deny the said invasion.
You’D make a great Hillary supporter- if that seems insulting then good.
The problem was that the South attacked Fort Sumter. That gave Lincoln all he needed to send troops to the South.
If the South just withdrew from the Federal gov’t in a peaceful mannor, I don’t think Lincoln would of had any support starting a war with the South, let alone a legal leg to stand on.
So, all of the Union Troops occupying the Southern states for years are figments of our imagination?
If the same thing happened in our times we would have received defeated nation status and a huge foreign aid program.
The north did not invade the south. Your history is not factual
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Really? I suppose all the battlegrounds and memorials are not really there and that Mrs. O’Leary’s cow burned down Atlanta.
Funny, an awful lot of Yankees met their Maker on Southern soil. Guess they were just carpetbagging...en mass and in formation.
Public school?
The problem was that the South attacked Fort Sumter. That gave Lincoln all he needed to send troops to the South.
If the South just withdrew from the Federal gov’t in a peaceful mannor, I don’t think Lincoln would of had any support starting a war with the South, let alone a legal leg to stand on.
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That’s the propaganda. You can read that in history books in public schools.
The North was massing for invasion and restocking Ft. Sumpter was the last straw. Ft. Sumpter was not the reason for the Northern invasion. Secession was the reason.
But the reason for secession was slavery....pure and simple. No slavery no secession
No it wasn’t.
It was trade pure and simple. Especially the Mississippi River.
PaulZe to JT Hatter
But the reason for secession was slavery....pure and simple. No slavery no secession
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You’re joking. Right?
Gotta be.
You ignore the full battle history for your convenient revisionism
Your last comment is ridiculous
You have left out mych history in your commentary
And the south never invaded the north
Your history is pure lost cause
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