“The Civil War: Race and Representation in New England”
Saturday, May 14, 2011 9 AM – 2 PM
Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St.
Elizabethada Wright Artist Daniel Minter David H. Watters
Rivier College, Nashua NH Portland, Maine University of NH
Is there a Civil War monument in your town?
Does it make a reference to slaves or abolition?
Liz Wright, Daniel Minter and David Watters will lead a discussion
of attitudes of white Yankees toward slavery and race after the war.
7th Annual Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail Symposium
Co-Sponsored by UNH Diversity Initiatives and Seacoast African American Cultural Center
Free admission. Pre-register for lunch $15 pbhtrail@aol.com 603-431-2768
http://nhcss.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/“the-civil-war-race-and-representation-in-new-england”/
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Revolutionary war patriot, Samuel Cutts meets Paul Revere @ S... on Twitpic
Revolutionary war patriot, Samuel Cutts meets Paul Revere @ S... on Twitpic
Samuel Cutts suit, c. 1775-1785.
Mannequin and styling, Schaeffer Arts
Strawbery Banke Museum Collections
Photograph, Astrida Schaeffer
More to come on this important surviving example of Portsmouth's Revolutionary War era men's wear.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Two Civil War exhibits open on one night!
Friday May 6th at Strawbery Banke Museum and the Portsmouth Athenaeum:
“Fire on the Water: Portsmouth’s Kearsarge Sinks the Deadly Confederate Raider Alabama”
6 May “Fire on the Water: Portsmouth’s Kearsarge Sinks th... on Twitpic
"Civil War General Fitz John Porter: Hero or Coward? You Decide" www.strawberybanke.org
Join Us!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Alexander McClure on FJP
"...[the first court martial panel] had been studiously organized to convict." (Alexander McClure)
"...[Porter] suffered a judgement of infamy for the single offense of having been one of the wisest, noblest, and bravest of our Army's commanders." (A. McClure)
Quotes provided courtesy Richard Adams, Historian
Gen. McClellan on FJP
Gift of General McClellan to General Fitz John Porter (of McCllellan on horsback) Courtesy, National Park Service, Manassas National Battlefield Park, #MANA1838.
“My God! If I can’t depend on Fitz John’s decision I don’t know what I can depend on.”
“Take him for all in all, he was probably the best general officer I had under me. He had excellent ability, sound judgement [sic], and all the instincts of a soldier. He was perfectly familiar with all the details of his duty, and excellent organizer and administrative officer, and one of the most conscientious and laborious men I ever knew. I never found it necessary to do more than give him general instructions, for it was certain that all details would be cared for and nothing neglected. I always knew that an order given to him would be fully carried out, were it morally and physically possible. He was one of the coolest and most imperturbable men in danger whom I ever knew, like all his race.”
Monday, April 11, 2011
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