Published: 10/16/20John Brown’s RaidBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays In October 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of obtaining the necessary weapons to arm a successful slave insurrection throughout...
Published: 8/7/20Road Trip: Petersburg to AppomattoxBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays Few regions offer a denser concentration of Civil War history than Central Virginia. The historical significance of the region is reason enough to visit, but the fact that you can retrace...
Published: 7/16/20U.S. Army Surgical KitBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays In 1918, physician William Keen, who had served as a Union army surgeon during the Civil War, reflected on the surgical conditions he and his fellow military doctors faced in the...
Published: 12/20/19The March to the SeaBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays [F]ollowing his successful campaign to capture Atlanta in September 1864, William T. Sherman set his sights on Savannah. On November 15, Sherman’s force of approximately 62,000 men cut free from...
Published: 10/7/19The Overland CampaignBy: Garry AdelmanCategory: Photo Essays [I]n May and June 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac pushed doggedly toward the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, in the Civil War’s bloodiest military...
Published: 5/23/19The American Civil War Museum: A Photo TourBy: Zethyn McKinleyCategory: Photo Essays [T]he 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 permanent...
Published: 2/19/19Feeding the TroopsBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays “[A]n 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...
Published: 10/19/18Currier and Ives on LincolnBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays [D]uring 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...
Published: 5/2/18ChancellorsvilleBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays [M]y 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...
Published: 12/15/17Winter is ComingBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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....