Ohio in the Civil War

[ringfinder]

Hi all,

A friend of mine asked me to do a favor for him. His Son-in-Law is a teacher at a local school and he was wondering
if I could do a program about Ohio in the Civil War for him. Of course I said no problem, I would love to do it.

Looking through the Internet I found many interesting items to talk about. How many presidents from Ohio served in the CW, how many prisoner of war camps were in Ohio and where were they located, questions and answers like that.

My presentation was only supposed to be 25 minutes long, but it ended up being over an hour. I made a CD of the DIV XI finds and included it in my program. Boy I couldn't believe all the interest from those 5th & 6th graders. I had a total of 85 youngsters in the class. After the program I opened it up for questions. Lots and lots of questions. I am sure that in the future those students will be more interested in the Civil War. The teacher told me that there history book only had one page on the Civil War. He has already invited me back next year for another program. Many students told me of items they had found and many of them told me of bottle dumps.

Thanks for looking, hope you all had a great week, I know I did and I didn't even detect.

Best Regards,
Denny Morrison
Ringfinder

 

[ringfinder]

They did, only thing that would have made it better would have had some Tenn. boys helping me. LOL

I have several friends who are History teachers here in Tennessee. They are avid civil war collectors. They all teach the kids about the civil war in class because of all our battle sites. I am glad you took time to teach as well. We used to do field trips to Chickamauga and Missionary ridge. Of course in the south my parents were still upset about the way some battles were handled and it still causes heated discussions to this day. I am glad history lives on and people realise the sacrifices of all the men that took part. Oh yeah Braxton Bragg and Rosecran are way over rated!!!! LOL
Good job sir.

TnMountains

Thank You for your reply, I see your from Chattanooga, I'd sure love to live in that part of country.

Thanks Again,
Ringfinder

 

[ringfinder]

you are a very brave man... must be wise too.. I wish I could have been there to learn with the young n's

I'm sure in your neck of the woods, there are plenty of people who do the same thing as I do. I love going to my local museum's and listing to speakers who talk about the past. If we don't learn from the past, how can we manage the future.

This forum is another Great place to learn.

Thanks for your reply,
Denny Morrison

Great story and pics! I think its awesome that you took your valuable time and gave back to the young people the love of history that you have....Kudos!


HH
Slipperyjack47

Thanks for your reply, I hope those students, in the future have a love of history as much as I do.

HH, Ringfinder

I've done similar in schools over here, & lent lots of period stuff to teachers to show the kids.

A few weeks ago, I gave an interested young boy a 1860s period lead bullet, like your 3 ringers. I said you might like to show it at school. Anyway I saw him recently & he said he got in trouble for taking a bullet into the school. I had to laugh a bit, Health & Safety has gone bloody mad! They either don't understand its safe or think the kids are stupid enough to chew on the lead (which I did warn him not to do & wash his hands after handling, just to be careful).

I would love to come to one of your talks!! A good friend of mine and hunting partner goes to England every year to detect for a couple of weeks and he has asked me to join him someday. I think it would be an Awesome experience.

Thanks for your reply and Thank you for teaching others the History of your land.

Best Regards,
Denny Morrison

 

[dfxmatt]

Wow, that's awesome ringfinder good for you. The youth of today needs to be educated more on our history and how important it is. You did a good thing there.

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

It is very cool you had the opportunity to do that. You undoubtedly sparked some kids' interests in history and detecting. We had a "science and hobby fair" when I was in like 4th grade and had a guy who was a detectorist there, of course being this was the `70's he had jars and jars of Morgan dollars and stuff. I've never forgotten his demonstration, only wishing I'd taken an interest in detecting then. I'd have 30-some years under my belt. As for the lack of info on the Civil War in history books, it was the same when I was in school. I've learned more from the internet and reading magazine articles and especially from you and other CW Pros onTnet than I did in school. You all are a constant inspiration to me, and certainly to some of the kids and other folks you reach and teach. More kids should be introduced to history and detecting!

 

[ringfinder]

Wow, that's awesome ringfinder good for you. The youth of today needs to be educated more on our history and how important it is. You did a good thing there.

Thanks Matt, Sure wish I could show them how to find mushrooms. LOL, you sure made some Awesome finds. But it was fun and interesting talking to those youngsters. Thanks Again for your reply,

Denny Morrison

Mojo, don't we all wish we had a detector back in the 60's & 70's. But many coins are still to be found, just look at this forum everyday. I have been detecting for over 25 years and I'm just a youngster myself in this hobby.

But I do love to show and tell about my finds and the history behind them.

Best Regards,
Denny Morrison

 

[allen]

good job on teaching the kids about the cw !!!!