General Orders No. 11 gave Jewish people just 24 hours to leave their homes and lives behind.
Ulysses S. Grant was one of the greatest generals in American history. Under his leadership, the Union armies marched to victory through the bloody
If you ever saw Ken Burns’ “The Civil War” documentary, you might recall it mentioned during the final episode how many photos, daguerreotypes and tintypes were destroyed after the war. Some were used as glass for greenhouses. Among those that survive, though, are some pretty startling ones. (At least for nerdy historians like me.) This
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 shocking story of when General Grant expelled Jews during the Civil War based on their religion—and how he made up for it.
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We need to learn its lessons.
Pauline Cushman, now featured in a Smithsonian photography exhibition, unexpectedly found herself spying for the Union after accepting a dare
If you ever saw Ken Burns’ “The Civil War” documentary, you might recall it mentioned during the final episode how many photos, daguerreotypes and tintypes were destroyed after the war. Some were used as glass for greenhouses. Among those that survive, though, are some pretty startling ones. (At least for nerdy historians like me.) This
Great repro of a late-19th-century scrap quilt by Lissa Alexander We're Blog Hopping this week about the new book Oh Scrap! A few more scraps of history from the book. Same idea---smaller pieces. From about 1900 I found many references to scrap quilts in periodicals of the 1870s and '80s. They were quite popular in those years with subcategories like quilts of thousands of small pieces and charm quilts (one shape and no two pieces the same.) About 1885 Magazine editors and writers often had opinions as to what their readers should be doing with their time--- Annie Curd in Good Housekeeping in 1888 invoked nostalgia to defend the "Old fashioned scrap quilt, of which our mothers and grandmothers were so proud..." A Four-Patch "Friendship Blues" from Oh, Scrap! Annie liked the "modest quilts" - nine patches, Irish chains. Plus Marks the Spot by Lissa Alexander Apparently not all grandmother's quilts were desirable: "I do not mean the gay red, green and yellow abominations known as the 'Rising Star' and 'Setting Sun' that we see year after exhibited at the annual county fair." This "abomination" belongs to the Westmoreland Museum of American Art and was photographed by the Western Pennsylvania project and the Quilt Index. Readers weighed in on the topic: "Nothing...is neater in my opinion than a neat scrap quilt to say nothing of economy...I save every scrap left over from my dresses & aprons..." "Quilt-making has many enemies and many firm supporters...." A fan of scrap quilts in 1874 wrote she could not defend buying "costly material just to cut up and sew together." Charm quilt from about 1880 from Moda's collection Julia Dent Grant in 1854 On the other hand the fan wanted to know: "Who has not calico scraps? Even Mrs. Grant [the President's wife], I presume, has calico dresses.... What could be nicer than a neatly made, pretty, calico patchwork quilt, although she need not use it at the 'White House' unless she wishes." Julia Grant did not comment. This may have been a sore subject for the First Lady. Isabel Ross in her book The General's Wife: The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant refers to a long-unfinished quilt. When Julia Dent and Ulysses Grant were engaged between 1844 and 1848 and waiting for her father's approval in the midst of a fad for quiltmaking... "she started a quilt that Ulysses would always tease her about, for it went with them everywhere and never was finished. Shortly before his death [in 1885] he jested about this in a letter to [daughter] Nellie." Well, we'd all like to see that quilt top. This scrappy star quilt is attributed to Grant's cousin Epsi Addaline Grant, according to the owner Kathy at the blog RubyLemons. A Texas neighbor gave it to her family with the Grant story. I have no idea of the accuracy of that tale but it is certainly a scrap quilt. http://rubylemons.blogspot.com/2010/04/granted-these-quilts-are-old-2-of-2.html And let's hope Epsi Addaline didn't bring it by the White House to show it to cousin Julia. An awkward moment perhaps. From Lissa Alexander's Oh, Scrap: Fabulous Quilts That Make the Most of Your Stash Here's the schedule for the blog hop this week. Every day we're giving away a free e-copy of the book. March 20 Mellissa Corey http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/ March 21 Carrie Nelson http://blog.modafabrics.com/ March 22 Sherri McConnell http://www.aquiltinglife.com/ March 23 Fat Quarter Shop https://blog.fatquartershop.com/ March 24 Teresa Silva http://quiltingismybliss.com/index.html/ March 25 Jane Davidson https://quiltjane.com/blog/ March 26 Martingale Publishing & Winners Announced http://blog.shopmartingale.com/
An article about the death of President Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War hero, who died a painful and impoverished death at the age of 63 on 23 July 1885.
More than 80 years before Photoshop was introduced, a clever photographer doctored this picture — and tampered with history.
As a civilian, the beloved American Civil War general and two-term president failed at every attempt to make money. Except for one.
Ely S. Parker was a Seneca leader who had a hand in ending the American Civil War. In fact, Parker drafted the Confederate surrender documents with his own hand
ca. 1865, signed carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant via Heritage Auction Galleries
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A number of Reddit users have taken it upon themselves to convert a slew of Civil War photos into beautiful color.
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Lee’s Surrender. With the Battle of Petersburg lost, Confederate General Robert E. Lee abandoned Richmond on April 2nd, 1865, and began a slow...
James Colf 7 Aug. 1844 - 4 Feb 1912 Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 17th Michigan Infantry in August, 1862. He was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of the Wilderness, and twice in the head at Antietam. He came to Exeter Township, Michigan in 1855, locating on section 11. Enlisted as a Private on 11 August 1862 at the age of 18 Enlisted in Company C, 17th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 18 August 1862. Wounded on 17 September 1862 at Antietam, MD Wounded on 20 January 1864 at Knoxville, TN Mustered out Company C, 17th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 03 June 1865 in Delaney House, Washington, DC After returning to Michigan, James married Martha Ellen Richards on 12 Feb. 1869 in Van Buren Township; Wayne County, Michigan. From their photo collection, courtesy of descendants Art & Betty Goodhall. Uploaded by Janice Pfluge Cain
