History Students Researching Forgotten Lives
In the winter of 1864-1865, more than 3,000 U.S. prisoners of war escaped their captivity in the Confederacy. More than 60 students who have taken Dr. Lorien Foote’s HIST 280 research seminar have published original biographies of these U.S. soldiers to uncover the story of their lives and their dramatic escape. Their projects can be found on the website “Fugitive Federals: A Digital Humanities Investigation of Escaped Union Prisoners,” which can be accessed at this Google site.