BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: \;\nContact: Ryan Hyman\, Curator / rhyman@maccullochhal l.org / (973) 538-2404 ext 12\n \;\nThe Other Side of War: The Civil War on the Home Front\nMacculloch Hall Historical Museum presents a dif ferent side of the Civil War in The Other Side of War: The Civil War on the Home Front. The exhibit is featured in the museum&rsquo\;s upstairs gallery through November 11th.\nLife on the home front was not easy for loved ones whom the soldiers left behind. Women played an important rol e in the Union war effort\; starting the U.S. Sanitary Commission\, serv ing as nurses\, gathering goods and raising money for the soldiers\, whi ch all contributed to the Union victory. The exhibit includes letters fr om soldiers writing home asking for supplies that they needed in camp\, Civil War poetry by Walt Whitman and others\, and describes Whitman&rsqu o\;s lesser known job as a Civil War nurse. \; A nurse&rsquo\;s lamp is featured in the section that illustrates the importance of nurses an d the Sanitary Commission during the war. Photographs of the women and c hildren left at home are featured\, as are the stories of the Macculloch grandsons who served while their families remained in Morristown doing their part for the war effort. \; Engravings by Thomas Nast and Wins low Homer help to illustrate the importance of the home front and the ro les women played to help the soldiers at the war front.\n \;\nThe st ories of the men and women on both fronts are heroic and moving. Local Morris County men wrote home asking for various supplies unavailable thr ough traditional army supply channels. One of these men\, Lindley Hoffm an Miller who lived at Macculloch Hall\, wrote letters and poems home de scribing his experiences as a white officer of a regiment of black troop s. Robert Gould Shaw\, who led one of the first black regiments (upon wh om the movie Glory was based)\, his sister Josephine Shaw Lowell and her husband Charles Russell Lowell shared intriguing stories of heroism on the battlefield and taking place at home with one another. The exhibit features a letterbook written by Josephine talking about her newborn dau ghter&rsquo\;s life after her husband Charles was killed in the war. Ro bert Gould Shaw served in the 7th NY State Militia along with the Maccul loch&rsquo\;s grandson Lindley Hoffman Miller. \;\n \;\nWinslow Homer and Thomas Nast created drawings for Harper&rsquo\;s Weekly during the early 1860s\; their illustrations of the hardships felt by the sold iers and those they left behind help document the home front during the war. A common theme in both letters and images of the home front is the importance of letters between families and friends\, which told whether loved ones were alive or dead. One soldier signed every letter home\, &l dquo\;please write soon.&rdquo\;\n \;\nJames Russell Lowell (Charles &rsquo\; uncle)\, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson wrote poetry during a nd after the war that inspired loyalty\, captured some of its pathos\, a nd celebrated acts of heroism. In addition to his work as a poet\, Whit man served as a nurse during the war. Although not medically trained as they are today\, nurses performed an important and necessary service du ring the war. Many women became nurses and helped to win better conditio ns and secure supplies for the soldiers. Without their efforts the war m ay have turned out differently.\n \;\nThe President of the United St ates\, Abraham Lincoln\, led the North through the war and was assassina ted just before the conflict ended. The death of the President was felt throughout the Union. Mourning and memorial badges were worn and memor ial images were created to celebrate the President. The exhibit feature s Lincoln memorabilia from the Museum&rsquo\;s collection including a pl ate from his White House china\, and a document signed by Lincoln as Pre sident and by the Secretary of War.\n \;\nMacculloch Hall Historical Museum preserves the history of the Macculloch-Miller families\, the Mo rris area community\, and the legacy of its founder W. Parsons Todd thro ugh its historic site\, collections\, exhibits\, and educational and cul tural programs. The Museum is open to tour the house and view exhibits o n Wednesdays\, Thursdays &\; Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Adults $8\; Sen iors &\; Students $6\; Children 6 &ndash\; 12 $4. Members and childre n under 5 are free. The last tickets for admission are sold at 3 p.m. Sc hool tours\, adult/senior tours and rentals may be scheduled by appointm ent. Call (973) 538-2404 ext. 10\, visit our website www.maccullochhall. org or find us on Facebook. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum\, 45 Macc ulloch Ave.\, Morristown\, NJ 07960. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is a nonprofit educational affiliate of the W. Parsons Todd Foundation.\ n \;\nImage attached: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum_The Other Si de of War_Josephine and Charles Russell Lowell 1863 URL:http://mahwah.patch.com/events/the-other-side-of-war-the-civil-war-on -the-home-front-exhibit-561f8a64 SUMMARY:The Other Side of War: The Civil War on the Home Front Exhibit LOCATION:45 Macculloch Ave\, Morristown\, NJ 07960: 45 Macculloch Ave\, M orristown\, NJ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR