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Published: 12/1/21
The Boys of Summer
A Civil war-era photo helps tells the story of the game of baseball's burgeoning popularity before, during, and after the conflict.
Published: 12/1/21
Aftermath of a Hanging
Examination of an Alexander Gardner photograph of the site where those convicted of conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln were executed.
Published: 12/1/21
Photo of Major John Pelham
A prewar photograph of Confederate officer John Pelham did well at auction. Learn about this Civil War artifact and how much it earned.
Published: 12/1/21
Civil War Amputations
View facts and figures about the most common medical procedure performed during the Civil War: amputation.
Published: 12/1/21
Footsore and Fighting at Antietam
A look at the photo—and wartime story—of Confederate sergeant John C. Lowe of the 13th Mississippi Infantry.
Published: 12/1/21
Building Momentum Near Richmond
Latest news on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to protect battlefield land at Gaines’ Mill and Cold Harbor.
Published: 12/1/21
War’s Grisly Toll
Firsthand Union and Confederate soldier quotes on the carnage resulting from Civil War combat.
Published: 12/1/21
“Seeing the Elephant”
How Civil War soldiers came to embrace the phrase "seeing the elephant," a popular idiom with prewar origins in circus show business.
Published: 11/30/21
Prison Tales
Library of Congress Andersonville Prison in 1864 Looking to learn more about Civil War prisons and prisoners of war? We asked historian Brian Matthew Jordan to suggest a handful of...
Published: 11/4/21
Gettysburg Photo Mystery Solved?
A look at how 3D technology may have helped solved a longtime mystery surrounding an old Gettysburg photograph.
Published: 10/25/21
The Best Civil War Novels
Library of Congress No event in American history has inspired more imaginative writing than the Civil War. Authors have made the struggle the subject of thousands of rhymes, songs, poems,...
Published: 10/18/21
Suits of Shoddy
Founded in 1818, Brooks Brothers of New York is the oldest clothing retailer in America. Even today, the name alone conjures images of fine silk neckties and Italian wool sportscoats—quality,...
Published: 9/27/21
The Five Best Books on Civil War Guerrillas
Library of Congress Two guerrillas stop a civilian rider to rob him in this sketch from a December 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly. “This Mr. Wales is a cold-blooded killer....
Published: 9/24/21
Mr. Gridley and His Sack of Flour
The story of R.C. Gridley, of Austin, Nevada, who made—and lost—an interesting wager on a local election in 1865.
Published: 9/20/21
Unceasing Fury at Chickamauga
Read Confederate soldier W.W. Heartsills' firsthand account of his participation in the Battle of Chickamauga.
Published: 9/13/21
Extra Voices: Nicknames
Read firsthand Union and Confederate soldiers' quotes about the nicknames they gave to comrades during the Civil War.
Published: 8/27/21
Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 2
IN CAMP AND BATTLE WITH THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY OF NEW ORLEANS (1885) Confederate gunners fire at the enemy in a postwar illustration titled “The Artillery Duel.” Artillerists created an invaluable...
Published: 7/20/21
After Fort Wagner
Read 54th Massachusetts soldier Lewis Douglass' letter about the Battle of Fort Wagner which he wrote days after the the famed fight.