Creating a Digital Exhibit

 or A Slow Decent into Madness

I am truly impressed by the vitality of my five year old mac because I was certain between the buzzing fan, occasional flickering screen, and overall opposition to me finishing this project, that I am able to write this page as part of designing a 3-D, interactive museum exhibit on Civil War music.

To say the least, I am very tired.


ArtSteps was a fantastic website to work with, (as you will see in a future post) albeit with a few hiccups. Overall though, the possibilities are endless for what you can do with application and thinking ahead to possible uses, I have some interesting ideas (again, future post).


This page is mainly to give credit where credit is due: because without awesome online depositories that this gal can access Civil War primary sources on, I would be curled up under my desk humming "Dixie"


"Battle Hymns"


First and foremost, The book "Battle Hymns" by Christian McWhirter. It was fantastic - well written, informational, and a great book to read on my 20 minute bus commutes. A majority of the exhibit is information from this book that I've condensed down into a (I think) solid exhibit.

   
McWhirter, Christian. Battle Hymns: the Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War. Chapel
     Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012

Primary Source Central
     
     All images in the exhibit are cited in the title (unless included in an article already cited or from a forum). Nearly all images, as you will note, were taken from the Library and Congress Civil War collection. According to the Library of Congress:
     
     "The Library of Congress does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not license or charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute the material"

Secondary Sources


Blackburn, Marion. “Free Before Emancipation.” Archaeology Magazine, 2015. https://www.archaeology.org/issues/184-1507/letter-from/3339-letter-from-virginia-contraband-camp#art_page2.

“Civil War Music: The Bonnie Blue Flag.” American Battlefield Trust, April 18, 2017. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/civil-war-music-bonnie-blue-flag.

Finkelman, Paul. “The Revolutionary Summer of 1862.” National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, 2017. https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2017/winter/summer-of-1862.

“Glory, Glory Leeds United.” The songs of Leeds United. Accessed November 2019. http://www.leedssongs.com/track2.html.

Guion, David. “Civil War Field Music: Fifes and Drums.” Musicology for Everyone. Musicology for Everyone, July 1, 2019. https://music.allpurposeguru.com/2012/05/civil-war-field-music-fifes-and-drums/.

“John Clem.” American Battlefield Trust, September 19, 2018. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-clem.

Johnstone, Malcolm. “Downtown West Chester.” WC History: The youngest soldier to die in battle | Downtown West Chester PA - West Chester BID, May 20, 2015. https://www.downtownwestchester.com/view_program.php?id=446.

Mandadakis, Andréa. “Glory Glory to South Sydney.” South Sydney Rabbitohs. Rabbitohs, November 27, 2018. https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2018/11/27/glory-glory-to-south-sydney/.

Marek. “Home, Sweet Home: ‘Had We Not Had the River between Us.’” The Hardtacks, April 27, 2016. https://civilwarfolkmusic.com/2013/12/15/1862-home-sweet-home/.

McWhirter, Christian. Battle Hymns: the Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012.

“Music in Camp.” American Battlefield Trust, April 3, 2017. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/music-camp.

Nicholas, John. “‘I Don't Think We Can Have an Army without Music’ – Music of the 1860's.” The Blog of Gettysburg National Military Park. Gettysburg National Military Park, July 29, 2016. https://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/i-dont-think-we-can-have-an-army-without-music-music-of-the-1860s/#_edn1.

Reeder, — Carolyn. “Drummer Boys Played Important Roles in the Civil War, and Some Became Soldiers.” The Washington Post. WP Company, February 21, 2012. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/drummer-boys-played-important-roles-in-the-civil-war-and-some-became-soldiers/2012/01/31/gIQA3cKzRR_story.html.

“Response to a Serenade.” Abraham Lincoln's Response to a Serenade on July 7, 1863. Abraham Lincoln Online. Accessed November 2019. http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/serenade.htm.

“The Civil War Bands  :  The American Brass Band Movement  :  Articles and Essays  :  Band Music from the Civil War Era  :  Digital Collections  :  Library of Congress.” The Library of Congress. Accessed October 2019. https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-band-music/articles-and-essays/the-american-brass-band-movement/the-civil-war-bands/.

Weidman, Budge. “Black Soldiers in the Civil War.” National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration. Accessed November 2019. https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/blacks-civil-war/article.html.

Yarbrough, Paul H. “The Dixie Curse.” Abbeville Institute, January 20, 2017. https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/the-dixie-curse/.

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