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On February 1, 2013, Humanities Texas held a one-day teacher workshop at the Byrne-Reed House for secondary language arts teachers on American writing on the Civil War.

Teachers studied not only the multiple perspectives that Americans had, and continue to have, on the Civil War, but also the rhetorical strategies and devices that authors have used to communicate effectively. Featured authors included Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, Henry David Thoreau, Stephen Crane, and Robert Lowell.

Randall Fuller (University of Tulsa) and Evan Carton, Daina Ramey Berry, and Coleman Hutchison, all of The University of Texas at Austin, served on the workshop faculty.

"American Writing on the Civil War" Workshop Photos : Slideshow
  1. Teachers gather at the Byrne-Reed House for the "American Writing on the Civil War" workshop.
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  1. Thumbnail of: Teachers gather at the Byrne-Reed House for the "American Writing on the Civil War" workshop.
  2. Thumbnail of: Randall Fuller, Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, speaks about how the Civil War transformed American literature.
  3. Thumbnail of: Randall Fuller leads a discussion of two Walt Whitman poems dealing with the Civil War.
  4. Thumbnail of: Coleman Hutchison, associate professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, shares insights on literature about the Civil War written in the twentieth century, such as poetry by Robert Lowell and Natasha Trethewey.
  5. Thumbnail of: Coleman Hutchison and teachers analyze Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Late Encounter with the Enemy," about a 104-year-old Civil War veteran.
  6. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, gives a presentation on the life and achievements of Frederick Douglass.
Teachers gather at the Byrne-Reed House for the "American Writing on the Civil War" workshop.
"American Writing on the Civil War" Workshop Photos : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: Teachers gather at the Byrne-Reed House for the "American Writing on the Civil War" workshop.
  2. Thumbnail of: Randall Fuller, Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, speaks about how the Civil War transformed American literature.
  3. Thumbnail of: Randall Fuller leads a discussion of two Walt Whitman poems dealing with the Civil War.
  4. Thumbnail of: Coleman Hutchison, associate professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, shares insights on literature about the Civil War written in the twentieth century, such as poetry by Robert Lowell and Natasha Trethewey.
  5. Thumbnail of: Coleman Hutchison and teachers analyze Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Late Encounter with the Enemy," about a 104-year-old Civil War veteran.
  6. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, gives a presentation on the life and achievements of Frederick Douglass.
  7. Thumbnail of: Daina Ramey Berry leads a discussion of Frederick Douglass's writing, including an open letter to his former master written on the tenth anniversary of his escape from slavery.
  8. Thumbnail of: Evan Carton, the Joan Negley Kelleher Centennial Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at The University of Texas at Austin, gives a talk entitled "Nature, God, and Mankind's Opinions: Henry David Thoreau, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln with Respect to the Law."
  9. Thumbnail of: Evan Carton examines the writings of Henry David Thoreau, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln with a small group of teachers.
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