BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Contact: Ryan Hyman\, Curator / rhyman@maccullochhall.org / ( 973) 538-2404 ext 12\nThe Other Side of War: The Civil War on the Home F ront\nMacculloch Hall Historical Museum presents a different side of the Civil War in \;The Other Side of War: The Civil War on the Home Fro nt. The exhibit is featured in the museum&rsquo\;s upstairs gallery thro ugh November 11th.\nLife on the home front was not easy for loved ones w hom the soldiers left behind. Women played an important role in the Unio n war effort\; starting the U.S. Sanitary Commission\, serving as nurses \, gathering goods and raising money for the soldiers\, which all contri buted to the Union victory. The exhibit includes letters from soldiers w riting home asking for supplies that they needed in camp\, Civil War poe try by Walt Whitman and others\, and describes Whitman&rsquo\;s lesser k nown job as a Civil War nurse. \; A nurse&rsquo\;s lamp is featured in the section that illustrates the importance of nurses and the Sanitar y Commission during the war. Photographs of the women and children left at home are featured\, as are the stories of the Macculloch grandsons wh o served while their families remained in Morristown doing their part fo r the war effort. \; Engravings by Thomas Nast and Winslow Homer hel p to illustrate the importance of the home front and the roles women pla yed to help the soldiers at the war front.\n \;\nThe stories of the men and women on both fronts are heroic and moving. Local Morris County men wrote home asking for various supplies unavailable through tradition al army supply channels. One of these men\, Lindley Hoffman Miller who l ived at Macculloch Hall\, wrote letters and poems home describing his ex periences as a white officer of a regiment of black troops. Robert Gould Shaw\, who led one of the first black regiments (upon whom the movie&nb sp\;Glorywas based)\, his sister Josephine Shaw Lowell and her husband C harles Russell Lowell shared intriguing stories of heroism on the battle field and taking place at home with one another. The exhibit features a letterbook written by Josephine talking about her newborn daughter&rsquo \;s life after her husband Charles was killed in the war. Robert Gould S haw served in the 7th \;NY State Militia along with the Macculloch&r squo\;s grandson Lindley Hoffman Miller. \;\n \;\nWinslow Homer and Thomas Nast created drawings forHarper&rsquo\;s Weekly \;during the early 1860s\; their illustrations of the hardships felt by the soldi ers and those they left behind help document the home front during the w ar. A common theme in both letters and images of the home front is the i mportance of letters between families and friends\, which told whether l oved ones were alive or dead. One soldier signed every letter home\, &ld quo\;please write soon.&rdquo\;\n \;\nJames Russell Lowell (Charles& rsquo\; uncle)\, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson wrote poetry during an d after the war that inspired loyalty\, captured some of its pathos\, an d celebrated acts of heroism. In addition to his work as a poet\, Whitma n served as a nurse during the war. Although not medically trained as th ey are today\, nurses performed an important and necessary service durin g the war. Many women became nurses and helped to win better conditions and secure supplies for the soldiers. Without their efforts the war may have turned out differently.\n \;\nThe President of the United State s\, Abraham Lincoln\, led the North through the war and was assassinated just before the conflict ended. The death of the President was felt thr oughout the Union. Mourning and memorial badges were worn and memorial i mages were created to celebrate the President. The exhibit features Linc oln memorabilia from the Museum&rsquo\;s collection including a plate fr om his White House china\, and a document signed by Lincoln as President and by the Secretary of War.\n \;\nMacculloch Hall Historical Museu m preserves the history of the Macculloch-Miller families\, the Morris a rea community\, and the legacy of its founder W. Parsons Todd through it s historic site\, collections\, exhibits\, and educational and cultural programs. The Museum is open to tour the house and view exhibits on Wedn esdays\, Thursdays &\; Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Adults $8\; Seniors & amp\; Students $6\; Children 6 &ndash\; 12 $4. Members and children unde r 5 are free. The last tickets for admission are sold at 3 p.m. School t ours\, adult/senior tours and rentals may be scheduled by appointment. C all (973) 538-2404 ext. 10\, visit our website www.maccullochhall.org or find us on Facebook. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum\, 45 Macculloch Ave.\, Morristown\, NJ 07960. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is a non profit educational affiliate of the W. Parsons Todd Foundation.\n \; \nImage attached: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum_The Other Side of Wa r_Josephine and Charles Russell Lowell 1863 URL:http://teaneck.patch.com/events/the-other-side-of-war-the-civil-war-o n-the-home-front-exhibit-13c23ee5 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