Civil War Quest

Lesson 14: Other Culminating Student Products

In addition to creating the Quest as a group culminating activity, you may wish to have students work individually or in small groups to create a culminating product that tells the story of their soldier.

Culminating products might include:

Note, all finished products are courtesy of Jennifer Boeri Boyce's 8th graders from Hartford, Vermont.

Timeline (For Samuel J Allen)
1861- Samuel J Allen was mustered in on September 15, he was 42 and in the 4 th Vermont.
1862- The Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia was fought. Samuel J Allen was in this battle.
1863-The Biggest battle in the war was fought and that was Gettysburg, Virginia, it was three days long.
1864-The battle of Wilderness, Virginia was six days long and was Samuel J Allen's last battle in the war.
1864- Samuel J was mustered out in October.

Biography of Thomas McHugh, Civil War Soldier from Hartford

Thomas McHugh was a brown haired, blued eyed, short man. He was 5' 4'' and 132 pounds. In the year of 1831, he was born in Ireland. Later on in his life, he moved to the United States. He found himself settled into a small village called Quechee in Hartford, Vermont around 1850. While settled in the cozy village of Quechee, he became an operative. In 1860, he had a spouse, Susan McHugh, who was twelve years older than himself. Beside him and his wife, he also had a 72 year old farmer named Edward Dearborn living in his house. Thomas enrolled in the military in June of 1861. A month later, he was mustered into the 3rd VVI of Company F at the age of 30. From there he left his wife, and his home, for the next four years to fight for the North in the Civil War.

During the four years, he was promoted from a private to a corporal, until 1864 when Thomas McHugh fought in the battle of Wilderness where he was shot in his left forearm. He was released January 19, 1865 for his injury. There was an incredibly small amount of soldiers who were lucky enough to have been shot and not have had a limb amputated, Thomas being one of them. The bullet that struck him went directly in between the radius and ulna bones in his forearm. After this injury, he went back to his home in Quechee with his wife.

He stayed with his wife for 15 years until 1880, when she passed away. Two years later in 1882, Thomas was now almost 50. After the death of his wife, he moved to Maine where he presumably passed away at the age of 68, in the year 1889. Although we do not know where he is buried, Thomas McHugh lays somewhere in New England. His home was sold in 1871 before he moved to Maine, but still stands. Thomas, along with all the other deceased soldiers, will be remembered forever as part of the great fight for the beautiful country we live in today.

Samuel Allen Bibliography
"Civil War Soldiers". Vermontcivilwar.org 5/19/07
Good info on soldier. It also gave good info on the regiments and Infantry's.
1860 Census. Vermonthistory.org 5/22/07
It helped find the family members and info on his family members.
"Samuel J. Allen". Google.com 5/17/07
Found pictures of Samuel J. Allen on Google.com

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