Esther Hill Hawks

Doctor. Teacher. Abolitionist.

[Esther Hill Hawks @EstherHawks]

From the foreword of A Woman Doctor's Civil War, Esther Hill Hawks' Diary

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death---this is heroism.
Robert Green Ingersoll, Speech in New York, May 28, 1882

[EJ @e_joseph_murphy]

Units like the 3rd USCT became liberators as they moved through the south, as exemplified by this letter from a soldier in Co. D:

[EJ @e_joseph_murphy]

@TheConfederate_ He was a loser.

[VaTech Civil War @VaTechCivilWar]

Congratulations to all of the graduating History Hokies!!
We want to share a special thank you to graduating M.A. students Madison Smith and Sterling Bryant for their work on our Traveling Trunk program, bringing history to life for local students. Congratulations!

[Lincoln Belongs To The Ages @Mr_Lincoln]

Today in 1860, Lincoln poses for this image taken by William Marsh in Springfield, IL. It's the first known photo taken of the Republican candidate for President. Image courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.

[Esther Hill Hawks @EstherHawks]

@Mr_Lincoln They bug me all the time too.

[Edda Fields-Black (she/her/hers) @eddafieldsblack]

I have a big week ahead, full of COMBEE events!

Princeton University (April 27)
Founding Forward (April 28)
The University Club of New York (April 29)

Hope to see you there!

[EJ @e_joseph_murphy]

Got a tour group showing up in a bit. Thought I’d dive back into this while I wait.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant, as reported by Boston Herald today 1865:

[djjrobichaud @djjrobichaud]

Please share!

The Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame is hiring a Director of Undergraduate Studies. Candidates should have a strong background in the humanities and teaching in a great books/core texts. The deadline is 27 March.

https://t.co/0Mp8APrikJ

[Orange County Regional History Center @HistoryCenterFL]

This #WomensHistoryMonth, we honor Winter Park's Mary Lee DePugh. In 1937, she founded the Ideal Woman’s Club in Hannibal Square, helping raise funds for medical care for Black residents. She inspired the Mary Lee DePugh Nursing Home, which served families for nearly 70 years.

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Interactive Digital St. Augustine, or iDigStAug, is a new online database dedicated exclusively to the archaeology of colonial household sites in St. Augustine, including historical summaries and archaeological reports of each site.

Story + link: https://t.co/eHnAV5KbV1

[Edda Fields-Black (she/her/hers) @eddafieldsblack]

On Harriet Tubman Day, we honor not only her courage but her tactical genius. Her leadership during the Combahee River Raid changed the course of history.

[Jen. @JenGoellnitz]

Battlefield 365
Vicksburg, Mississippi

[Edda Fields-Black (she/her/hers) @eddafieldsblack]

This week I’m at the @IntlSpyMuseum discussing Harriet Tubman’s role as a Union spy and intelligence leader. Hope to see you there!

[Michael Lynch @mlynchhist]

Lincoln read from this copy of his second inaugural address #OnThisDay in 1865. It’s on exhibit at @librarycongress (or at least it was as of three weeks ago).

[Esther Hill Hawks @EstherHawks]

@baseball_cards @nut_history Same

[Jen. @JenGoellnitz]

Battlefield 365
Shiloh, Tennessee

[South Carolina Public Radio @SCPublicRadio]

"Too young and too attractive." That's what teacher and physician Esther Hill Hawks was told when she volunteered to be a nurse for the army. Learn about her life-saving work within South Carolina's Lowcountry on today's edition of "SC from A-Z." https://t.co/V1xRH0A9zd

[Rich Condon @RichardPCondon]

His story has only grown in familiarity and popularity since his death, and the community he loved so dearly has continued to love him back.

[Rich Condon @RichardPCondon]

On February 23, 1915, Congressman Robert Smalls passed away at his home on Prince Street in Beaufort - a house in which he was born enslaved, and died free after buying the property during Reconstruction. He now rests just a few blocks away in Tabernacle Baptist Church cemetery.