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Distinguished Veteran
LIEUT. MOSES A. SHACKELY, JR.,
(1844 - 1864) - Follow his life growing up in Peabody and during the war years.
- Read his letters from:
* Astor House, N.Y., April 19, 1861
* U.S. Frigate Constitution, April 22, 1861
* Washington D.C., May 8, 1861
* Camp Benton near Edward's Ferry, Md.,
Sept. 22, 1861
* Camp Benton near Pooleville, Oct. 10, 1861
* Camp Near Harrison's Landing,Va., July 26, 1862
* Near Gettysburg, Pa., July 5, 1863
- Learn more about his house

Fig. 19. Shackley's birthplace, Washington St.- Read an on-line account of the Massachusetts 19th Regiment written by Shackley's comrade, Capt. John G. B. "Jack" Adams

South Danvers Wizard - Jan.-July, 1864
A weekly newspaper published in Peabody.

Reminiscences of the 19th
Massachsuetts Regiment

The Harvard Regiment: 20th regiment of Massachsuetts Volunteer

The 15th Massachusetts
Volumnteer Infantry

Great Websites about the Civil War

The United States Civil War Center

The American Civil War Homepage
For standard Civil War information this a comprehensive, easy to use, well-linked site with many links.

The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
Divided into three parts: "The Eve of the War" sets the stage, "The War Years" illustrates its effect on community life based on "Primary Sources" such as Letters and Diaries, Church records, etc.

Coming to Higgins on May 30, 2003
CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT in the Library Courtyard
ALL 8th GRADE CLUSTERS WILL VISIT
Civil War Re-enactors
Stanley & Linda Tremblay
funded by the
Peabody Education Council

The Tremblays have participated in several Civil War encampments. Stan portrays a soldier in the Massachusetts 19th Regiment. In particular, he focuses on Peabody soldier Moses Shackley, Jr. Linda represents the women volunteers that supported the troops, such as the women in Peabody's Ladies Soldiers' Aid Society.

Suggested Activities
- Shackley missed the town's first war meeting but he was a source of inspiration. Describe the mood, decorations and events happening in South Danvers the week Moses left?

- Speculate as to why he left the Massachusetts 19th and came home in 1863 before re-enlisting in the 59th corps?

- Write Shackley's obituary for the local newspaper. Write an epitaph for his grave.

- Should there be a plaque on Shackley's boyhood home? Why and what would it say?

- Map Shackley's travels, including his likely mode of transportation.

Abolition and Slavery

The Civil War Center - Links to many sites about abolition and slavery

Art, Music and Entertainment during the Civil War

Poetry and Music of the War Between the States A wealth of information all in one spot on the poetry and music of both Union and Confederacy.	The Civil War Music Music played an important part in the Civil War.
The Civil War Center: Images and Art

Civil War Poems

Poems inspired by the Massachusetts 20th Regiment

Civil War Weaponry

Small Arms

Illustrations of Civil War weapons

Medicine during the Civil War

Civil War Battlefield Medicine

Photographs from the Civil War
Library of Congress: Selected Civil War Photographs
Technological Examples, Communication and Inventions during the Civil War

Balloons with the US Army

Civil War Inventions

Women during the Civil War

Civil War Women - Online Archival Collection	Women's Role in the Civil War
Women in the American Civil War	Clara Barton