How common was it for the u. S. And other military forces to use animals in world war i and world war ii . Chelsea it was really quite common up until right after world war ii going into the korean war. In world war i, you had all types of animals, such as horses, the largest group, followed by pigeons, war dogs, camels, elephants occasionally, depending on the terrain and location, oxen and bull. If you can think of any kind animal, it was probably at least in the war, whether it was a pet or mascot or working animal. Bill what were pigeons used for . Chelsea pigeons would be used for Carrier Pigeons and homing pigeons to convey messages across the lines. Bill messages attached to them . Chelsea yes. One of the more famous ones that the American Military used in world war i, its name was sharame. It is credited with saving the lost battalion in 1918. Bill is it because the message it was carrying . Chelsea it was shot numerous times and basically died as soon as it landed back at head
Allen guelzo welcome once again to civil war era studies 205, introduction to the American Civil War era. We are now in our third week in this course, and my, what ground we have covered thus far. We have more to cover because we are coming up to the 1850s now. We are talking about the crises of the 1850s that really begin with the compromise of 1850 that move into the kansasnebraska act of 1854, and we are going to see still more earthquakes occurring. But as we do this, we have a character that we have to meet who is going to play a central role in this entire course, and that is Abraham Lincoln. Now we touched very briefly in our last session by way of introduction of lincoln, and just to go through some of the details once again, Abraham Lincoln is born in 1809, born the 12th of february. His parents were thomas and nancy hanks lincoln, and lincoln himself is born in hodginville, kentucky in a log cabin, yes, quite literally. He doesnt stay in kentucky because in 1818, his parents
And most importantly, i would like to thank dr. Cheney for coming here and sharing your views on the president and mrs. Madison. Thank you. [applause] ok. We will revisit a couple of issues we discussed, but lets jump right into your writing style. Tell us a little bit about how you pick your topics and how you approached the research process. Well, during the writing of i was entranced with the ,otion, as gabe pointed out that for the first 36 years of the republic, the virginians were in charge for 32. And i was interested, not only in how this came about, a good story but in the interaction between them, the personal interaction. I wont give away too much, but there are surprises there. Oh, and how i write. Teacher of freshman english for quite a while, getting my phd. Torture these poor freshman. I made them take note cards. Every note card had to have a separate id on it. And then, you organized a note card, and you wrote. Well, i dont do any of that. I feel so bad for all those f
Bill what were pigeons used for . Chelsea pigeons would be used for Carrier Pigeons and homing pigeons to convey messages across the lines. Bill messages attached to them . Chelsea yes. One of the more famous ones that the American Military used in world war i, its name was sharame. It is credited with saving the lost battalion in 1918. Bill is it because the message it was carrying . Chelsea it was shot numerous times and basically died as soon as it landed back at headquarters. Bill is that pidgeon memorialized in any way . Chelsea it has its own memorial, and it has been stuffed in a museum. Bill you mentioned elephants. Obviously these are large animals for moving things. What sort of things would they have moved during wartime . Chelsea they could move anything largescale, mostly lumber and maybe wagons. They werent used too extensively. They mostly used horses and oxen. Bill the u. S. Coming into world war ii, the automobile has been invented. There are mechanized tanks, aircraft
A look at our recent visit to charlottesville, virginia. I call it a president ial cold case. There were always questions about this house. Architects look at the little house and say that does not really look like a wing of a president s house. Similarities to other dependency buildings from other plantations. The questions were lingering. When i got here, there were answers to questions i did not quite fully understand. Maybe it is just a willingness to say that i dont understand that. Because maybe it is perfectly clear but i just dont understand. Lets look further. We are standing now in the center of the spot where James Monroes original main house stood. This is where we discovered the well preserved foundations just below ground surface. We have covered cap while we are not excavating. That is how we preserve an archaeological site. We laid these down on the Ground Service to get a sense of the footprint of the house. It was laid specifically over the places that we have excavat