12 Published: 12/20/19The March to the SeaBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays Following 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...
14 Published: 10/7/19The Overland CampaignBy: Garry AdelmanCategory: Photo Essays In 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...
12 Published: 6/29/19The Seven Days BattlesBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays Between June 25 and July 1, 1862, George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia battled on the outskirts of Richmond. The fate...
9 Published: 5/23/19The American Civil War Museum: A Photo TourBy: Zethyn McKinleyCategory: Photo Essays 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...
9 Published: 2/19/19Feeding the TroopsBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays “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...
9 Published: 10/19/18Currier and Ives on LincolnBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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...
10 Published: 5/2/18ChancellorsvilleBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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...
10 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....
14 Published: 7/3/17Gettysburg in ArtBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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...
9 Published: 3/7/17Battle of the IroncladsBy: Civil War Monitor Category: Photo Essays “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...
8 Published: 6/10/16Sketches of WarBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays “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...
9 Published: 9/15/15The Dead of AntietamBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays “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...
11 Published: 6/17/15Civil War QuartersBy: Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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...
13 Published: 10/9/13Wounded Warriors: Civil War AmputationBy: Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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,...
12 Published: 6/30/13Gettysburg in ColorBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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...
18 Published: 3/12/13Civil War EnvelopesBy: Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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....
30 Published: 4/5/12“Life Studies of the Great Army”By: Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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...
19 Published: 8/3/11The War BeginsBy: Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays In a 19th-century world free from blogs, social networking sites, television, and cell phones, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper thrived. Part picture, part story, Leslie’s publications combined visually stimulating engravings with journalistic articles to...