Antebellum Album 1840-1860 We tend to picture all 19th-century Americans facing off across the Mason-Dixon line in a deeply divided North and South. But before the Civil War the border line was not so sharply defined. Yankees and Southrons shared many connections. Families moved from one culture to another, vacationed to escape the heat or the cold, sent children to far-away boarding schools and sought economic opportunities in different markets as teachers, merchants or entrepreneurs. Inevitably immigrants married new neighbors, producing offspring who could boast of cousins from Maine to Saint Augustine. Album quilts were tangible links between Northerners and Southerners who maintained bonds in patchwork blocks inked with names and sentimental inscriptions. Mary Ellen Barnes, New York, 1845 The 2018 Block of the Month here at Civil War Quilts will look at North/South connections primarily through shared schooling. Each month we'll piece an album block popular with quilters in the antebellum (before the War) years as we read stories of schoolgirls who forged and broke links. Wincy Wadsworth, Cheraw S.C., 1851 Inscriptions from the same quilt in the collection of the North Carolina Museum of History. We'll follow that generation of women through the Civil War that changed their lives for better or worse. I'll post patterns on the last Wednesday of each month in 2018. You don't have to sign up, the patterns are free here. If you prefer you can buy a PDF download of four patterns three times during 2018 from my Etsy store. I'll mail you the paper patterns or you can print them yourself. I'll keep you posted as to how to do that during the year. I have signed up four model makers: Becky Brown promises her usual focus on reproduction prints; Denniele Bohannon is going to do a contemporary color take; Mark Lauer and Pat Styring will add new perspectives to remaking history. Mark's doing a red, green & yellow palette. You can start thinking about fabric and colors. Towards the end of 2017 I'll let you know more about what we model makers are planning.
During the English Heritage weekend there was so much on offer for people to see. So much so that I was a little unsure of where to go. I wanted to experience something new so when a Civil War Re-enactment was advertised at Bradgate Park, I jumped at the opportunity. Bradgate Estate holds the ruins of the Greys family home and where Lady Jane Grey lived in her younger years. I love my history as many of you will know. War re-enactments are new to me but living history is not. The only other re-enactment I had been to was that of the Romans at Waddesdon Manor a few weeks ago which I really enjoyed. I had never looked at the Civil War through Thomas Grey before but more so that of King Charles I , Charles II and Cromwell as that is how it is taught at school. I have my own interests in Charles II as I had been told by a great aunt that we are distantly related but how, I am still to find out. There have always been rumours within the family about Charles II and Nell Gwyn but so far I have not been able to confirm this. I must say however that our second son does look a little like Charles II. Don't you think so? I used Photoshop to put his face into this old painting a couple of years ago. :) I really enjoyed my time at Bradgate Park and it was made even more enjoyable having bumped into a friend who I had met through volunteering for the National Trust, Susan Guy who also is a volunteer photographer at other NT properties. Thinking I was going to be on my own for the day, it was a pleasant surprise and so lovely to have good company for the day. There were so many people in the park that day and if you have ever been, you will know how big it is. The chances of us bumping into each other wasn't very high at all! The re-enactment at Bradgate Park included a march through the park towards the battle field, the battle itself and a camp ground where even children were dressed up in costume. The camp ground gave you a little idea of what life was like between battles. The display was demonstrated by 'The Sealed Knot charity' whom performs re-enactments of the British Civil Wars to commemorate that time in history but also for educational events to bring history to life for so many people. I have realised through teaching our own children that history is remembered more, when they can experience part of it either through visits to historical places, or by people like The Sealed Knot charity putting on the display that they do. It is the same with the Victorian days and Tudor days children have in their school years. They won't forget them. Now back to the English Civil War and a little history. The Civil War and Lord Thomas Grey The English Civil War started in 1642 at Edge Hill which is not far from where I live under the rule of Charles I. At the time and for a few years before, there had been much trouble between religious groups, that of the Catholic, Protestants and Calvinists. When Charles I became King, he wanted to have more freedom and to rule his own way without Parliament telling him what to do all the time. He wanted to be more like the old type of Kings with more say in the ruling of his Country. This caused much unrest amongst his people and a divide in those who supported the King, The Royalists, also known as Cavaliers and those who supported Parliament, The Parliamentarians also known as the Roundheads. Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham formally declaring war. Both sides hoped that war could be averted and that disagreements could be sorted but it was not to be. While both armies marched towards London thinking they could take control of the country from there, they accidentally clashed in the Warwickshire countryside between the villages of Kineton and Radway in Little Kineton and Edge Hill. The first big battle was to be fought at Edge Hill on Sunday the 23rd of October 1642. If you have ever been there you will realise that anyone on top of Edge Hill looking down would have a great advantage of anything approaching from the Kineton direction. The Edge Hill battle records 13,500 royalist and 12,500 Parliamentarians taking part in this battle. with 3,500 Parliamentarians making their way towards the battle. It is thought that around 3000 men died either during the battle or shortly after due to injuries. It was felt that no one really won this battle though each side has it's own stories to tell. In this battle was Lord Thomas Grey of Groby who was the son and heir of the Earl of Stamford who was elected MP of Leicester during the 'Long Parliament' at the young age of nineteen and commander of the Midland Counties. Thomas Grey commanded a troop of horses during this battle at Edge Hill under Sir William Balfour's regiment. In 1648 Thomas Grey was made commissioner of the court which tried Charles I and was the only person of nobility to sign the death warrant for the Kings execution. By the end 1648 Oliver Cromwell's 'New Model Army' had gained control over England and on the 30th of January 1649 King Charles I was executed at Whitehall in London. After the Kings death, monarchy was abolished and the republic was born which was called 'The Commonwealth of England'. Lord Grey became a member of the new council and fought in the second and third English Civil war. The Second Civil War was against the Scots in 1648. Grey managed to raise an army to defend Leicestershire against their attack. During the Third Civil War and the one that was to end all English Civil Wars, Grey defended the Midlands against the son of Charles I and the Scots who were trying to put Charles II on the throne of England. Thomas Grey was thought of as one of the leading figures in the New Commonwealth. In the coming years Thomas Grey's beliefs were to alienate him from Cromwell and in 1655 he was arrested on suspicion of plotting against Cromwell and was imprisoned in Windsor Castle. After appealing to Cromwell on his own behalf, He was released and retired never to take up politics again. He died in 1657 at the age of 34. Some people believe Cromwell was a great man while others believe him to be a terrible tyrant who let power go to his head. People are often made into heroes through history but it always depends on the side telling the story. I took far too many photos as usual so I will try to get them uploaded to my new Facebook page ASAP https://www.facebook.com/groups/JanaRuzenaPhotography/?fref=ts For a little more on Bradgate Park itself, here is a previous blog I wrote. http://janaruzena.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/exploring-bradgate-park-and-red-deer.html A link to Susan Guy's blog which is a lovely blog and has been written very differently from mine and explains more about the soldiers and weapons which I did not do. http://susanguyphotography.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/civil-war-at-bradgate-park-with-sealed-knot/ Also a link to the Sealed Knots charity web page. http://www.thesealedknot.org.uk/ Link to Bradgate Park itself http://bradgatepark.org/ Copyright Jana Eastwood
Reaching for Rescue, Vietnam. 1968 "What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in c
Identifier: photographichist06inmill Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880- Subjects: War photography Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co. Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: JACK-TARS OF THE OLD NAVY A glance at these seasoned men ranged alongside the 9-incli pivot-gun of the sloop-of-war Wissahickon gives us an idea of the appear-ance of the men of the old navy. The face of the gun-captain standing near the breach of his gun shows that he is a sailor throughand through. There are very few landsmen pictured here. The old Jack-tar, standing fourth in the right row, who has turned his capinto a ditty bag, harks back to the fighting days when steam had hardly been thought of. He is a survivor of the War of 1812, andremembers the days of Bainbridge, of Decatur, Stewart, and Biddle. Even the younger men have no look of the volunteer aboutthem; they are deep-sea sailors, every one. The Wissahickon was one of the Federal cruisers that had put out in search of the142] J Text Appearing After Image: COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEW THE PIVOT-GUN OF THE WISSAHICKON AND ITS CREW Confederate commerce-destroyers. She was m the fleet of Admiral Farragut at New Orleans and ran the batteries at Vicksburg.Late in 1862 she was in Carolina waters and in January, 1863, participated in the first attacks on Fort McAllister. She was inAdmiral Dahlgrens fleet during the stirring operations in Charleston harbor and returned to South Carolina waters toward the closeof 1864, where she captured numerous prizes, enriching her officers and crew. The sailors on few of the Federal vessels had a morevaried and adventurous experience of the war than did those of the Wissahickon, and the faces in the picture, both old and young,are those of men ready at any and all times for a fight or a frolic on their beloved ship. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Offering a new Fine Art quality archival pigment reprint of this Mathew Brady vintage civil war photo. It is a high quality reprint, unframed, approximately 7.5x10" on 8.5x11" archival fine art paper, suitable for matting, framing and display. Mathew Brady was a great American photo historian who documented the Civil War. He is regarded as the father of photojournalism. From the Fine Art Los Angeles Early Masters Collection, a unique group of fine art photos from the pioneers of photography. Your print will not have a watermark and will be shipped safely in a rigid photo mailer for its protection. FREE SHIPPING in the U.S. Enjoy!
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