THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; HOW “WE” REMEMBERBy: Ian WittenWRD 110

WHAT ARE WE TAUGHT? North vs. South Slavery “Honest” Abe Lincoln= BEST THING EVER Possibly Jim Crow Laws

WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR Monuments Lincoln Re-enactments Museums Historic Sites The Gettysburg Address Dixie and Battle Hymn of the Republic

WHAT WE AREN’T TAUGHT Slavery wasn’t a big fighting issue during the war. White men weren’t the only ones fighting

Blacks Indians Women

WHAT WE DON’T SEE OR HEAR How truly devastating the war was The stories of Natives who gave their lives to both causes, and were

stabbed in the back by the U.S. Gruesomeness of the fighting The rest of the lives of the soldiers/civilians

“Bloody Lane” Antietam

RE-ENACTING’S ROLE“Reenacting is honoring those, of which many have their lives, who fought during our countries toughest ordeal up to that time.”

1st Sgt. Benjamin Gaona 24th Ky Company E

“Reenacting is supposed to be an immersive experience into a different era in which one is transported to a different place and can begin to learn and gain a respect of what and who came before them.”

1st Sgt. Benjamin Gaona 24th Ky Company E

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE Shedding light on less talked about issues Honoring all who were involved Understanding t hat sorrow and pain runs deep in everyone who was

involved in the war

RESOURCESFortney, J. (2012). Least we remember;civil war memory and commeration

among the five tribes. American Indian Quarterly, 36(04), 525-544. Wachtell, C. (2010). Memory, mourning, and malvern hill. At the Interface /

Probing the Boundaries, 71, 43-61. Gaona, B. (2014, March 24). Interview by I Witten []. Questions and answers;

civil war re-enacting.