The projects undertaken or supported by the Digital History Center generally fall into three broad categories:
Cadets and DHC faculty are using quantitative methods to analyze sieges of the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) and the Anglo-Norman period (1066-1141).
In collaboration with the West Point Band, the DHC presents songs that illustrate and evoke America’s wars, from the French and Indian War through the Civil War.
Another collaboration between faculty and cadets to create and analyze a historical data-set, this one based on records of the numerous courts martial conducted by the Continental Army.
The West Point History of Warfare incorporates dozens of contemporary cartoons to help readers understand and connect with military history. An upcoming DHC project will create a stand-alone digital interactive book explaining the history of and in some of the most interesting and revealing cartoons created during the wars of the past.
Monuments have always provided a source of discussion and intrigue. Cadets explore examples ranging from the traditional to the controversial.
MAJ Thomas McShea leads cadets, in conjunction with Department Cartographer Mr. Jeffrey Goldberg, exploring various conflict zones, roads, and fortifications located in the Hudson Valley of New York during the Revolutionary War. This project will unite cadets majoring in GIS and History, and will also pioneer the Department's use of a UAS (drone) platform for data collection.
Department faculty transcribe original muster rolls, charting how individual Black Soldiers found their way into the ranks of the US Army. While some came as Northern freemen, many came as recently liberated slaves. The DHC hopes to examine the many individual stories for each soldier, from where they came from to how they joined the Union forces.
West Point's Latin Reading Club (Turma ad Latinam) explores the 1356 campaign of the Black Prince in southern France, based on the texts from the Eulogium Historiarum. The club will work in conjunction with Mr. Jeff Goldberg, the Department's Cartographer, to create an interactive story map, chronicling the timeline of the action.