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Children’s Civil War. Children’s Literature Nature of Children’s Literature Confederate Schoolbooks Incorporating War Into Play Phip Flaxen Contributing to the War Effort United States Sanitary Commission Children as Victims Soldiers’ Orphans’ Homes
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Children’s Civil War • Children’s Literature Nature of Children’s Literature Confederate Schoolbooks • Incorporating War Into Play Phip Flaxen • Contributing to the War Effort United States Sanitary Commission • Children as Victims Soldiers’ Orphans’ Homes • Challenges and Opportunities for African American Children Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees, and Abandoned Lands
“A is America, land of the free, B is a Battle, our soldiers did see; C is a Captain, who led on his men, D is a Drummer Boy, called little Ben; E is the Eagle, that proudly did soar, F is our Flag, that shall wave evermore.”
“In the cause of independence our forefathers sacrificed their lives and fortunes. Let us aim to hand down to latest posterity the priceless heritage of the Union, cemented by their richest blood.”
Lilly Martin Spencer, “The War Spirit at Home—Celebrating the Victory at Gettysburg” (1866)
From Lydia Maria Child,”Nelly’s Hospital,” Our Young Folks (1865)
V) Challenges and Opportunities for African American Children