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Monday, November 5, 2012

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CIVIL WAR HISTORY & HERITAGE

of veterans 65 and older in 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Word of the Day

Ostracize\AHS-truh-syze (verb): To exclude from a group by common consent www.merriam-webster. com

This Day in History

Nov. 5, 2006: Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed alBandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shias in 1982.

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People experience death as never before due to war

November 5-11, 1862
Nov. 5 President Lincoln ordered that Major General McClellan be relieved of his command of the Army of the Potomac. General Ambrose Burnside replaced him. Nov. 6 In the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, James Longstreet and Thomas Jonathan Jackson were promoted to Lieutenant General and given command of the First and Second Corps. Nov. 7 General McClellan received the orders of his dismissal. Nov. 8 Major General Nathaniel P. Banks was named to command the Union Department of the Gulf, replacing the controversial Major General Ben Butler in New Orleans. Nov. 9 General McClellan took an emotional, spectacular farewell of his Army of the Potomac, who idolized little Mac.

Todays Featured Birthday

Musician Art Garfunkel (71)

Daily Quote
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? George Canning

SHERYL HINMAN AND GLENN BUSSE WILL BE WRITING A REGULAR COLUMN ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR.

Number to Know
9.2 million: The number

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Death and the Civil War

A quote from a PBS documentary Death and the Civil War: With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before permanently altering the character of the republic and the psyche of the American people. Contending with death on an unprecedented scale posed challenges for which there were no ready answers. Americans worked to improvise new solutions, new institutions, and new ways of coping with death on an unimaginable scale.

War, the United States was highly religious. The circumstances of a persons death were thought to indicate much about the nature of ones afterlife; a good death meant passing at home surrounded by the family and friends one hoped to reunite with in heaven. The Civil War changed views of the proper way to die. On the battleeld, most soldiers died alone, anonymous, and without comfort, their families unaware of their fate. As the documentary pointed out: Anguished at the prospect of dying far from home, and determined not to die alone, soldiers worked to provide themselves with surrogates for the good death making pacts with tent mates and fellow soldiers to convey to their families what had happened to them in their nal hours, writing letters, crafting last words and sending them home through friends and comrades.

Changes included establishing an ambulance corps, providing comprehensive care at federal hospitals, wearing military dog tags, and notifying the next of kin in a systematic way. Embalming technology bodies was perfected. After the war, the nations veterans assistance program expanded to include benets and pensions not only for veterans but also for their widows and dependents. After a battle, there were no provisions for burying the dead. Responsibility for clearing a battleeld of dead bodies fell to individual units, volunteer organizations, and even civilians. After the war, Congress passed legislation to establish and protect a system of national cemeteries that today numbers 138. Finally, in the spring of 1868, General John Logan officially designated May 30th for the purpose of strewing owers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in the defense of their country, and Memorial Day was established.

Freedmans Village on the land. In June 1862, Congress passed a law that allowed commissioners to assess and collect taxes on real estate in insurrectionary districts. Taxes on Arlington were levied at $92.07 and had to be paid by Mary Lee in person. Since she did not pay the taxes, an auction was held Jan. 11, 1864, in which the federal government, as the sole bidder, paid $26,800, under the assessed value of $34,100 for the estate. Brigadier General Montgomery Meigs, the armys quartermaster general, took control of Arlington. Union Private William Christman of the 67th PA Infantry was buried in a plot on Arlingtons northeast corner on May 13, 1864. On June 20, 1864, 200 acres near Lees home were established as a new graveyard. Arlington had begun to be a cemetery.

Tidbit
The Supreme Court ruled that the tax was unconstitutional and invalid on Dec. 4, 1882. Robert E. Lees son, Custis, now owned Arlington. However, on March 31, 1883, Lee signed papers conveying the land to the federal government for the price of $150,000. The man who accepted the title to the property for the government was Robert Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War and son of the president who waged war against Custis Lees father. Sheryl Hinman is a retired English teacher and Glenn Busse is retired from teaching social studies. They taught for a combined 77 years at Galesburg High School.

Arlington National Cemetery

One afternoon in May 1861, Union Lt. Orton Williams told Mary Custis Lee, wife of Robert E. Lee, that she must pack all she valued immediately and send it off in the morning. She had to leave Arlington, her home across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Union Army troops were going to capture it. On May 2, 1861, 14,000 troops set up camp on the 1,100-acre estate. After the Emancipation Proclamation, 1,500 freed slaves inhabited a sprawling

Changes brought about by the war

As a result of the deaths of 2.5 percent of the American population, the government recognized the responsibility it owed to its soldiers and citizens, transforming the relationship between the nation and its people.

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A good death
At the time of the Civil

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STUDENT LIFE

Hanging tough in Taiwan despite tears

Welcome to this months episode of Sophies Asian Adventure. Theres much in store as I bring to you homesickness, a few crazy stories, and true perspectives on the life of this Rotary exchange student. We will start on a warm, sunny Monday morning in Taiwan. Jocelyne, from Ecuador, and Sophie are wandering through a large city, playing hooky from school. They stare at each other as they step off a bus and giggle knowing they dont have plans for the day. They stroll arm-in-arm down a long stretch of sidewalk shaded by trees. Their destination is a science museum. They walk and walk and nally approach the museums front door. But wait. All the exhibits are closed. The museum is closed. Tough luck. The girls spend the rest of the day wandering through a shopping mall, stopping at a Starbucks for girl-talk, movies and play Never Have I Ever ... (I wont repeat what I heard in that room.) The French exchange students make crepes lled with Nutella, a chocolate spread. Even though things dont always go as expected, these students think on their toes and still have a fun, revealing night. Blessed are the exible. Well continue with our protagonist, Sophie. This black-haired, sparkly-eyed girl seems to be struggling with a case of homesickness. She misses the small things about Galesburg the smell of fall, walking the halls of GHS, eating dinner with her family, and hearing her fathers laughter. She wants to come to terms with homesickness. Tears stream down her cheeks as she asks her parents on Skype, What if I come home after six months instead of 10? Would you be mad and disappointed? Her questions hang in the air and then her parents reply, Sophie, stick with it. This is the hardest part. Trust us, things will get better. Sophie looks at her parents through tears and decides to push through and enjoy every moment of her exchange, even the difficult. Between playing hooky like Ferris Bueller, eating late-night crepes, and crying to her parents from 8,000 miles away, Sophie is exhausted. Yet, at the end of the day, she looks back at the two months shes already spent in Taiwan and knows that she wouldnt trade her experiences for anything. She turns off the light, takes a deep breath, closes her eyes, and dreams about the possibilities for tomorrow. Sophia Moreno is spending her senior year at Galesburg High School studying abroad.

SOPHIA MORENO

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nding a bookstore, and then heading home. Relaxing days like these are special for exchange students because they make the girls feel less like visitors. For a brief moment, they feel as if they might be home. Fast forward to Halloween weekend. A few exchange students have gotten together at Sophies house for a good time with scary movies. However, genius Sophie forgot the movies on the bus. Everyone glares at her as she wishes the couch would swallow her whole. After laughing it off, her fellow exchange students decide to watch random