Illustrations, The Front Line Roanoke Island…150 Years Ago BY: Laura June DavisPosted: 2/8/12 Roanoke Island showing the position of Confederate Batteries Image Credit: Harper’s Weekly, March 1, 1862.
The Front Line Essential Reading on the Coming of the Civil War Library of Congress Fort Sumter under fire, April 1861 The literature on the coming of the Civil War is more than vast—it is overwhelming. Choosing just a handful of the…
Firsthand Accounts Voices from the Past – The Integrity of the Union “You will please constantly to bear in mind the precise issue for which we are fighting; that issue is the preservation of the Union and the restoration of the full…
The Front Line Then and Now: How Civil War-Era Doctors Responded to Their Own Opiate Epidemic USAHEC Nurse Annie Bell tends to wounded soldiers after the Battle of Nashville. Many injured troops, North and South, would become addicted to opiates. Hidden among the many headlines about…
The Front Line Tall Tales Tested off the Battlefield A science-based examination of claims that dead bodies carpeted the ground and bullets flew thick as hail on Civil War battlefields.
