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H-SHGAPE was originally developed and maintained by Dr. Patrick Reagan, who deserves credit for assembling its wealth of information. Thanks are also due to Dr. Katherine Osburn (Editor-in-Chief, 2000-2016) and to the numerous GAPE scholars whose contributions in the form of syllabi, bibliographies, essays, and reviews make H-SHGAPE an invaluable resource for students and teachers.

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Discussion published by Russell Johnson on Friday, February 1, 2019

Re: Query: Civil War veterans 19th century access to service records

Matthew,
I'm not 100 percent sure what you are after--for what purpose were the military records being sought? However, at some point in the late-19th century (I don't have "when" available off-hand), the federal government employed clerks to copy Union army service records (which had originally been created in the field, often in less than ideal circumstances) in order to improve the records which were key to adjudicating pension applications. Perhaps your person was one of the people so employed.

Discussion published by Matthew Gilmore on Thursday, January 31, 2019

Query: Civil War veterans 19th century access to service records

First question:

I'm researching someone who compiled, or claimed to compile, Civil War veterans's service records for them (perhaps). The question is, how would a veteran document his military service on his own? Would he have had access to records through the War Department or the Pension Office?

---followup-- does anyone know any legitimate services in the 19th C in Washington to help veterans document their military service?

Matthew Gilmore

 

 

This was a response received for the first question:

Discussion published by Nancy Unger on Saturday, November 10, 2018

Re: SHGAPE QOTW: Periodization

What an excellent question! Heather Cox Richardson provides a historiography of the variety of answers before positing her own thoughtful ideas in "Reconstructing the Gilded Age and Progressive Era," in A COMPANION TO THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA, eds. Christopher McKnight Nichols and Nancy C. Unger (Wiley Blackwell 2017).

Discussion published by Bruce Cohen on Saturday, November 10, 2018

Re: SHGAPE QOTW: Periodization

I still have a problem with the beginning date, but I now lean towards 1865 because of Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Amendments.The end date remains at 1920 with decline of Progressivism e.g.Red Scare, Race Riots, and Strikes. Thus I'll
settle for the period 1865-1920 , including the industrialization,urbanization, and immigration that took place as well as the role of the reform movements of Populism, Progressvism , and Socialism. Let's not forget the leavening of frontier and world expansion
that adds to the concoction called GAPE.

Discussion published by Elizabeth Garner Masarik on Wednesday, November 7, 2018

SHGAPE QOTW: Periodization

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