http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "McClellan Saddle"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1021http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1021<p>From 1861-1865, Americans battled over preserving their Union and ending slavery.&nbsp; The Civil War is the focus of this section of <em>The Price of Freedom: Americans at War</em>, an online exhibition. This pivotal and complicated period of American history is divided into sections that allow students to focus either on a specific aspect of the war, or the conflict as a whole. The sections included are: John Brown, Fort Sumter, the Battle of Bull Run, major turning points, the war at sea, Wilderness to Appomattox, political leaders, military leaders, soldiers in blue and gray; battles and casualties and Reconstruction and the legacies of the war. A non-flash version of this site is available: <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=5">The Civil War</a>.</p>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:22:31 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=831http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=831<p>This website looks at the lives of selected West Point graduates who attended the Academy between 1802 and 1918. Students will also learn about the U.S. Army's major functions in 19th and early 20th century America: building the nation's infrastructure of roads, bridges, canals, and railroads; exploring its territories from the Mississippi to the Pacific; and fighting its wars-the role of the West Pointers in engineering, exploration, and war.</p>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:29:15 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2093http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2093<p>Using objects, images and short biographical sketches, this website&nbsp;teaches students how West Point Graduates played a major role in westward expansion and the development of the nation's transportation network and advances in technology between 1802 and 1860.&nbsp;West Pointers helped lay the groundwork for America's economic development, intellectual growth and territorial expansion in the years before the Civil War.&nbsp;<em>The Antebellum Army</em> is part of the online exhibition, <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/index.html">West Point in the Making of America</a>.</p>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:56:00 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2089http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2089<p>Through the use of an interactive timeline, brief biographical sketches, objects and quotes, students will learn about 51 selected West Point graduates, their achievements, and their families, both in peace and in war. <em>West Point Graduates</em> is part of the online exhibition <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/index.html">West Point in the Making of America</a>.</p>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:12:32 GMT