The Working Questions

Well, I found time this week to develop a skeleton list of questions. This project may not be a simple task. Between teaching at AMU, working for JANUS Research Group I am not sure how much time I can devote to the project each week.

The basic questions are below. I am sure they will lead to more questions. This is an ambitious list.

What's next? To develop a bibliography of known sources.

What does Loyalty mean in antebellum America?
Loyalty in the ACW
The nature of Northern Loyalty
The nature of Southern Loyalty
Borders states and their relationship to both the North and South.
Loyalty to State/Region?National
To DMA
To Family
Was faith a factor in loyalty?

Motivations of soldiers for joining the war effort both North and South

What kind of institution was DMA?
History of school
How did HCR & JRL meet?
Other friendships?
How many cadets to each side?
Reaction to cadets dividing?
Confrontations?
Faculty loyalties?
Did the coming of the ACW lead to the removal of DMA in Wilmington, DE to West Chester, PA and the creation of PMA?

What was the Robinette family like?
Father
Mother
Family background
Siblings
Income-occupation
Social Status
Others in ACR
Side?
Role
Reaction to HCR joining USA
Biden?

What was the Lincoln Family like?
Father
Mother
Family background
Siblings
Income-occupation
Social Status
Others in ACR
Which Side?
Roles in war?
Reaction to JRL joining CSA
Connect to Abraham Lincoln?

Questions about HCR
Born
Where
When
Married/family?
Education before DMA
Why DMA?
How did he meet JRL?
Life before DMA
Why enlisted with CSA
Role during ACW
After the war
Where did he go, what was he doing?
Any contact with JRL?
Why suicide
Reactions of classmates etc
Buried?

Questions about JRL
Born
Where
When
Married/Family?
Education before DMA
Why DMA?
How did he meet HCR?
Life before DMA
Why enlisted with USA
Role during HCR
After the war
Where did he go, what was he doing?
Any contact with HCR?
Did he learn of HCR’s suicide?
Reaction?
Life in Iowa
Occupation
Family?
Spanish American War
WWI
After WWI
Buried?

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