A blog chronicling the research and writing of my forthcoming book, "Notre Dame in the Civil War: Marching Onward to Victory" (The History Press, 2010)
Notre Dame School Year Holidays During the Civil War
Here's a quiz for you! Which of these was not a school holiday for University of Notre Dame students during the Civil War era (and for several years before and after)?
Washington's Birthday
St. Edward's Day
St. Patrick's Day
Easter Monday
The first person who leaves the right answer in the comments section wins a prize!I'll announce the winner later this week!Good luck!
I am a chemist by training and profession and currently work at a biotech company near Houston, TX.
I have always been interested in history, and have been especially interested in the Civil War for the past 15-plus years.
My interests are wide-ranging and include Civil War medicine, patent/quack medicines, 19th-century Spiritualism, slavery and abolitionists, and much more.
I have been writing historical pieces for magazines and newspapers for about 15 years. My work has been published in *North & South*, *The Artilleryman*, *Learning Through History*, *World War II*, *Chemical Heritage*, and *Today's Chemist* magazines. My column, "Medical Department," has appeared regularly in *Civil War News* since September 2000.
I am the author, editor, or contributor to five books on the Civil War, including "Lincoln's Labels" (2008), "Years of Change and Suffering:Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine" (2009), "Notre Dame and the Civil War (2010), "Galveston and the Civil War (2012), and a chapter in "Civil War America: A Social and Cultural History" (2012)
Jim,
ReplyDeleteMy guess is Washington's Birthday.
Curtis
I'll give it a try---St. Patrick's Day.
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