In remembrance of the soldiers who served in the Civil War, the Liljenquist Family donated their rare collection of over 700 photographs to the Library of Congress
The American Civil War, waged from 1861 to 1865, is remembered on this date. Before and during the Civil War, the North and South differed greatly on economic issues. The war was about slavery, but primarily about its economic consequences. The northern elite wanted economic expansion that would change the southern (slave-holding) way of life. The southern states saw Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans making enormous changes to their way of life using free slave labor. Southerners believed that Abraham Lincoln, if elected, would restrict their rights to own slaves.
Kady Brownell, pictured above, was one of 250 women who fought in the Civil War. Brownell was born Kady Southwell in Kaffraria, South Africa, to a French mother and Scottish father. Shortly after her...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Too easy, seeing these photos in LoC " Union Infantry and wife ". The thing is, these photographs were generally taken, a trip...
Discussing Marie/Mary Tepe it transpires her husband had wished her to stay home and run his business instead of worrying herself with men and armies...
Seeing a woman in the midst of a hotly contested Civil War battlefield surprised the veteran officer!
“One of the finest protectresses of the Helsinki White Guard. Miss E., a student at the University of Technology, bearing three bandoliers and a large pistol. Altogether Miss E. Is carrying some...
Author Gaito Gazdanov - Russian emigre, revolution and civil war survivor, fabulous author and drop-dead gorgeous...
A brief biography on the life and times of Civil War photographer Mathew B. Brady.
Two colorists have combined their skills with photographs and fascination for the American Civil War to create a remarkable series of color photographs from the era.
True story. Once, here on the forum there was a discussion on Civil War hair. Swear, first reaction was going to the thread, an image of a clump of...
An unrivalled account of the American Civil War from the Confederate perspective. One of the most compelling personal narratives of the Civil War, Mary Chesnut's Diary was written between 1861 and...
American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected president (1860), the Southern states seceded.
Two colorists have combined their skills with photographs and fascination for the American Civil War to create a remarkable series of color photographs from the era.
A list of some of the most captivating historical photographs that have been colorized and shared on the History in Color Instagram account!
Picture book biographies of brave girls and women who dared to be themselves and make the world better!
The Revolutionary War ended in 1783 and photography was invented in the 1820s and 1830s, so most of the veterans of the war didn't live long enough to
Viewer discretion advised, these last known photos of people before they died and the stories behind them will send chills down your spine. Each shot, no matter how normal it seems, carries an eerie weight of finality to it.
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to place some Civil War quotes into a fuller context.
The Revolutionary War ended in 1783 and photography was invented in the 1820s and 1830s, so most of the veterans of the war didn't live long enough to
It doesn't matter if you believe in the paranormal and ghosts or not. There are places that are just plain creepy. Here we explore 10 locations reported to be haunted. There is some spooky stuff here
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Michael D. Carroll A UNIQUE INSIGHT into the Civil War Confederates has been brought to light in the
Billy Lundy with the pretty white girls at Eglin AFB. I would like tofind a young picture of him.
There are many remarkable stories of the American Civil War. One of the most remarkable is the story of the soldiers who glowed in the dark. By the spring
Born into slavery in Florida in 1856, Timothy Thomas Fortune and his family were forced out of their home after the Civil War. During that time, reactionary and angry white mobs were killing blacks, Northerners, and Republicans to
Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis Just a touch here and a tweak there . . . . MacKinlay Kantor, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, master storyteller, shows us how the South could have won the Civil War, how two small shifts in history (as we know it) in the summer of 1863 could have turned the tide for the Confederacy. What would have happened: to the Union, to Abraham Lincoln, to the people of the North and South, to the world? If the South Had Won the Civil War originally appeared in Look Magazine nearly half a century ago. It immediately inspired a deluge of letters and telegrams from astonished readers and became an American classic overnight. Published in book form soon after, Kantor's masterpiece has been unavailable for a decade. Now, this much requested classic is once again available for a new generation of readers and features a stunning cover by acclaimed Civil War artist Don Troiani, a new introduction by award-winning alternate history author Harry Turtledove, and fifteen superb illustrations by the incomparable Dan Nance. It all begins on that fateful afternoon of Tuesday, May 12, 1863, when a deplorable equestrian accident claims the life of General Ulysses S. Grant . . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
For those researchers who can not travel to Tennessee to do family history on any ancestors from that state, there is now online a wonderful collection of Civil War artifacts gathered from most of the state's counties by the Tennessee State Library and Archives. You will view first a map with all the counties outlined.
19thC; Hawarden C, D 328, 5 Princes Gardens, Isabella Grace, c. 1861
John & Mary Champion 1647.
A rare glimpse at what a meeting between the Civil War Era, Pacific Islanders, and a Hot Dog On A Stick employee would have looked like. (submitted by
Frances Clalin Clayton was a woman who disguised herself as a man (called Jack Williams) in the Civil War. She was wounded at the battles of Shiloh and Stone River. While she was born in Illinois, she served in the Missouri cavalry and artillery for several months, along with her husband who was killed in battle. She later married Elmer L. Clayton and had three children. They had a farm in Minnesota. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Samuel Masury photographer
Though an estimated 4 million photographs of Union soldiers survive, the figures they capture have only been identified in 20 percent of all cases.
General Robert E. Lee Educated in Virginia he obtained appointment to West Point in 1825.
