More on Google Earth and the Civil War

For those of you who use Google Earth, some members of the Keyhole BBS have painstakingly created a very densely populated placemark collection detailing the locations of every U.S. Civil War Battle! But that is not all, most of these have links to a site with details about each of the battles.

Download the file here: Battles of the U.S. Civil War

This is a great way to show your students the relationships between various locations related to a specific campaign. For example, under the Gettysburg Campaign, there are placemarks for Hanover, Pa where J.E.B. Stuart rode through on June 30, 1863 on his way north. You can then have your students use the ruler tool to see that he was only about 13 miles from Gettysburg. You can then have your students consider questions about how long it would have taken him to get to Gettysburg or how far did the soldiers march on their way to Gettysburg.


BTW: Hanover Junction is also where President Lincoln's train stopped on it's way to Gettysburg in November 1863.

Hanover Junction photographed by Mathew Brady showing what is thought to be Lincoln. From the Library of Congress.

Until next time...