Description
Located just outside Lynchburg, Virginia, the Sandusky house served as Union headquarters during the battle of Lynchburg. Director Greg Starbuck revealed how the house got its name and its role in the battle.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Clip 1: Who was Charles Johnston?
- Clip 1: Why did he travel to Kentucky and describe his experience along the journey.
- Clip 1: How did he make his way back to Virginia?
- Clip 1: Describe his life in Virginia as Greg Starbuck discussed.
- Clip 1: What does the name "Sandusky" mean, and why did Jonston give that name to his house?
- Clip 1: How did Charles Johnston make his fortune?
- Clip 1: Why did he ultimately have to sell his home?
- Clip 2: According to Greg Starbuck, why was the city of Lynchburg, VA important to the Confederacy?
- Clip 2: Why did the Union army commandeer Sandusky house?
- Clip 2: Describe the living situation in the Hutter home.
- Clip 2: Describe young Ada's views on what was occurring at the time.
Additional Resource
Participants
Vocabulary
- Confederacy
- Decoy
- Frontier
- Hostile
- Merchant
- Opulent
- Poverty
- Prosperity
- Retreat
- Shawnee
- Thomas Jefferson
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Union