We are finally starting topic 4 which is the Civil War. In all of America's history this era would have to be my favorite. I am looking forward to hear our professor's little unknown tidbits on in. This will be a fun and exciting lesson to learn about.
I am not sure why it is my favorite in all of American history. I liked that this generation women were still women and not trying to be like men like in WWII. I like that gentlemen had a suaveness about them. I like hearing about the stories of those who have fought in the war. Camera's were first coming to use and they were being used on the battle scenes so this was the first war where America got to see what really was going on in the battlefield. I can't place exactly what appeals to me about the Civil War. It just does. In doing research for my family tree I do have a past relative that served for the Union Army but died fighting under Grant at the Battle of Vicksburg. Perhaps having a past family member serving and dying in the Civil War is enough personal reason to find interest in it.
In the class I will sit like a sponge and soak up all the information I can. Michigan has it's own ties in it too, like the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was by General Pritchard's troops and he was from Allegan, Mi., a town I used to live in.
When I was a young girl I remember reading an article in the Saginaw News about an older gentlemen was still trying to clear his grandfather's name - Dr. Samuel Mudd - the doctor who tended to John W. Booth broken leg after he shot Lincoln. I was impressed that someone with that close to that time era was still alive and was living in Saginaw right along with me.
Perhaps it is a little bit of everything as to why I love this time era. Trivia I learned along the way of life implanted itself into my brain and turned it into something I enjoy learning about.
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