Published: 3/6/12The Girl Soldiers of Nancy Harts MilitiaBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Good morning! Today’s Women’s History Month themed post honors Nancy Harts militia—an oft-ignored group of brave women from LaGrange, Georgia. Formed early in the war, Nancy Harts militia was actually...
Published: 3/5/12A Poetic Tribute to Civil War WomenBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Good Morning! Our Women’s History Month celebration continues with Mary E. Nealy’s 1864 poem written for the Indiana State Sanitary Fair: And our noble women, the soldier cries, As he...
Published: 3/2/12“One Side of the War is Theirs” – The U.S. Sanitary CommissionBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Founded on June 18, 1861 via federal legislation, the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a private relief agency that supported sick and wounded soldiers of the U.S. Army during...
Published: 3/1/12Honoring Civil War Women for Women’s History MonthBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Today marks the first day of Women’s History Month. To celebrate, The Front Line will have a month-long series of women’s history posts including images, quotes, writings, and biographies. We...
Published: 2/29/12WITTENBERG: Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry ActionsBy: A. Wilson GreeneCategory: Book Reviews Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions: Farnsworth’s Charge, South Cavalry Field, and the Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863 by Eric J. Wittenberg. Savas Beatie, 2011. Paper, ISBN: 1611210704. $17.95. This is the...
Published: 2/28/12Weird Essay WinnerBy: Frank GrzybCategory: Book Reviews This winning entry was submitted by Mr. Frank Grzyb of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to The Civil War Monitor’s “Weirding the War Essay Contest”—an event held in honor of Weirding the War:...
Published: 2/28/12Mustered Out…The U.S. Colored TroopsBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line “Mustered Out,” Little Rock, Arkansas, April 20, 1865 by Alfred R. Waud. Image Credit: Harper’s Weekly, May 19, 1866 courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Published: 2/28/12Mustering Out Continued…General Orders No. 1By: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line COMRADES: The hour is at hand when we must separate forever, and nothing can take from us the pride we feel, when we look upon the history of the ‘First...
Published: 2/27/12Recruiting Black Soldiers – The Fight for Equal RightsBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line After President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army began recruiting African American soldiers. The first authorized black regiments came from Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Tennessee. While initially...
Published: 2/24/12A Request from the 36 U.S. Colored RegimentBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Our Black History Month celebration contines with this letter written by the 36th U.S. Colored Regiment to the commissioner of the Freedman’s Bureau. Stationed near Petersburg, VA at the time,...