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.
Firsthand Accounts Voice from the Past: “To Be Your Valentine” Happy Valentine’s Day from The Civil War Monitor. We hope you enjoy this letter from Valentine’s Day, 1862. Good morrow, ‘t is St. Valentine’s day All in the morning betime….
Firsthand Accounts Extra Voices: Narrow Escapes Read first-hand quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers about the close calls they and their comrades had in combat during the Civil War.
Firsthand Accounts Voices from the Past: “The Glorious News from Port Royal” After the Union victory at Port Royal, Major General George Brinton McClellan wrote the following letter to his wife, Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan. “Nov. 1861. — You will have heard…
Gettysburg Word-clouding the Gettysburg Address View a world cloud of Abraham Lincoln’s famed Gettysburg Address, delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in 1863.
