Photos & Perspectives of the Civil War: People in the News
Assignment
The features editor for the People in the News section has given you an assignment to write a feature article on one or two important individuals. Select one or two people from the list below and write a 250-300-word article that has a "slant" based on the perspective of your hometown newspaper. Before you write your feature article, you will need to do some research (the Resources section will help get you started).
Ulysses S. Grant
General Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army to victory
- Ulysses S. Grant, biography (from the White House)
- Heroes of the Civil War (from Duke University's The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920)
- Historical Information on Ulysses S. Grant (from the Ulysses S. Grant Association)
Robert E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee led the Confederate forces
- Robert E. Lee, beloved General of the South (from Revolution to Recontruction)
- Heroes of the Civil War (from Duke University's The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920)
- Robert Edward Lee, biography (from Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War)
- Biographical information (from the Oracle ThinkQuest Library)
Rose O'Neal Greenhow
Rose O'Neal Greenhow was a female spy for the Confederate Army
- Rose O'Neal Greenhow, photograph (from the Library of Congress)
- Women's Activities During the Civil War: A Select List of Photographs (from the Library of Congress)
Mathew Brady
Mathew Brady was one of the first men to photograph the Civil War
- Mathew Brady's National Portrait Gallery (from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery)
- Mathew B. Brady Biographical Note (from the Library of Congress)
Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw led the first African American Union regiment
- Robert Gould Shaw, biography (from the United States Civil War website)
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth regiment (from the National Gallery of Art)
- Robert Gould Shaw, biography (from Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War)
Clara Barton
Clara Barton was a nurse who later founded the American Red Cross
- Clara Barton, photograph (from the Library of Congress)
- Senate resolution authorizing Clara Barton to continue searching for missing soldiers (from the Library of Congress)
- Clara Barton, war lecture (from the Library of Congress)
- Women's Activities during the Civil War: A Select List of Photographs (from the Library of Congress)
- Clara Barton, 1821-1912 (from AmericanCivilWar.com)
William Tecumseh Sherman
General William Tecumseh Sherman was one of the best known Northern commanders
- William Tecumseh Sherman, biography (from the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco)
- William Tecumseh Sherman, biography (from the Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War)
- William Tecumseh Sherman, timeline (from Our Georgia History)
- Sherman's March to the Sea (from the Library of Congress)
George McClellan
General George McClellan led Union soldiers to a defeat at Bull Run and a draw at Antietam
- The Militia and the Army, by Major-General George McClellan (from Harper's New Monthly Weekly)
- Article: church destroyed by McClellan's troops (from the Library of Congress)
- Letter: charges against George B. McClellan William Hughes to Abraham Lincoln (from the Library of Congress)
- Song: Antietam by Col. Max Langenschwartz (from the Library of Congress)
- Song: The Rebel's Retort (from the Library of Congress)