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Chicago and the Civil War
This illustrated lecture presents a textured picture of the Windy City at a critical time in its development, when its population doubled and its industries grew even faster. Told through the lives of individual men and women, some ordinary, some extraordinary, some patriots, some scoundrels, all of them struggling to measure up to the terrible challenge of Civil War. Among the topics touched on will be the Camp Douglas Prisoner of War facility, press censorship, women’s war work,the draft, and race relations.
Theodore J. Karamanski is Professor and Public History Graduate Director at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of Rally ‘Round the Flag: Chicago and the Civil War (2004), Schooner Passage: Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier (2002), and four other books about Midwestern or public history. He has worked as a historical advisor for museum exhibits, television, and historic preservation, including with the National Park Service, US Forest Service, State of Michigan, National Geographic Society, and many other private and public agencies.
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