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Published: 5/23/19
The American Civil War Museum: A Photo Tour
The new American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, had its grand opening May 4, 2019, and we were there to see it. The new facility, which boasts 6,000 square feet of...
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Published: 2/19/19
Feeding the Troops
“An army marches on its stomach.” Variations of this statement have been attributed to great historical leaders, including Frederick the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte, over the last 150 years. The...
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Published: 10/19/18
Currier and Ives on Lincoln
During the Civil War, the prominent lithography firm Currier and Ives produced inexpensive prints of the conflict and its participants based on original drawings by some of the country’s leading...
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Published: 5/2/18
Chancellorsville
My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on General Lee, for I will have none.” So said Major General Joseph Hooker...
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Published: 12/15/17
Winter is Coming
With winter nearly upon us, we thought it the perfect time to compile Civil War scenes—in photos and sketches—that invoke the chilly temperatures and inclement weather that accompany the season....
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Published: 7/3/17
Gettysburg in Art
Americans have long been fascinated by the Battle of Gettysburg, the epic struggle fought between the forces of generals Robert E. Lee and George G. Meade over three days in...
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Published: 3/7/17
Battle of the Ironclads
“For hours the conflict lasted. Sometimes so near were the vessels they appeared in contact, and again three miles apart; but all the while vomiting forth seeming destruction with frightful...
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Published: 6/10/16
Sketches of War
“One of the first things that strikes you about his sketches is their wonderful clearness of idea. You feel that they are drawn by a ready and skillful hand; one...
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Published: 9/15/15
The Dead of Antietam
“Mr. Brady has done something to bring home to us the terrible reality and earnestness of war. If he has not brought bodies and laid them in our dooryards and...
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Published: 6/17/15
Civil War Quarters
While army regulations set strict guidelines for the layout of army camps—prescribing, for instance, that tents be arranged in neat rows by company—in many cases “there was much of the...
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Published: 10/9/13
Wounded Warriors: Civil War Amputation
In the heat of battle, Civil War doctors often had to make quick diagnoses of soldiers’ injuries. According to The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion,...
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Published: 6/30/13
Gettysburg in Color
Edwin Forbes is best known today for his work during the Civil War as a special correspondent for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, to which he supplied a multitude of illustrations...
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Published: 3/12/13
Civil War Envelopes
For many Civil War soldiers, mail call was the highlight of the day. Handwritten letters from home served as a valuable lifeline to loved ones, maintaining morale and alleviating boredom....
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Published: 4/5/12
“Life Studies of the Great Army”
At the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibit of 1876, Edwin Forbes, renowned for his work during the Civil War as a “special artist” for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, displayed a collection of...
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