Week 4

Last week, I talked about changing passive voice to active voice. This process is still a work in progress. Starting week 4, we had one of our regular meetings. Doctor Giroux joined us this week to discuss moving forward with our planned website. She has worked on similar projects in the past, and I am excited to learn about presenting public history and web design from her. We discussed the information we currently have on the battle and the number of remains we still believe is there. Lieutenant Federick E. Grossman’s from the Union army reported back from his assessment of the battlefield conditions and whereabouts of Union graves. Grossman reported he had counted 125 skulls while he and his men reburied the remains left behind. His report gives us a clear picture of how the state of the remains after the battle. While it’s possible that there are more or less than 125 because of the disturbances he noted from wildlife, it is still an important number for us.

After we have a better idea of the soldiers left behind, we continued our meeting by looking at what actions we could take. Since we have a number, we are now looking for the morning report from after the battle to see the missing and killed in action. What actions end up being taken depends on many factors. Such as what the national park wants to do, the funding, and the question of moving remains if they are still there. It’s good to get a clearer picture of what can be done and what we want done. This way we can move towards those specific goals. From the start of this last semester, we have always had the goal of raising awareness of this battle, the men who fought, and the aftermath. Now we are taking steps to turn that into action.

This week, we have continued to check grammar and verifying sources. These two things are a part of preparing our materials for the website. Since that is what we are mainly engaged with at the moment, we have been prepping our primary sources for the website. This mainly comprises gathering all images and PDFs in one place for easy access and use. My teammates from last semester did a wonderful job of labeling and sorting the primary sources we found. Now that I am focusing on collecting these sources with the work I am reviewing, I am following the lead they set. Looking at the primary sources, some sites have shown up multiple times, but there are some sources from places me and my group didn’t find. It’s cool to see all the resources that we dug up. Now to double-check that where we found them and make sure it is a reliable resource.


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