Illustrations, The Front Line The Drummer Boy of Our Regiment BY: The Civil War MonitorPosted: 12/19/19 The December 19, 1863, edition of Harper’s Weekly contained the following full-page illustration that highlighted a variety of scenes associated with the service of a Union drummer boy, some of whom were as young as 10 years old.
Firsthand Accounts Voice from the Past: A Christmas Bundle Good Morning! Today’s Voice from the Past is Julia Ellen LeGrand Waitz of New Orleans, Louisiana. The following excerpt is from a December 1861 diary entry. Just completed another bundle…
The Front Line The Best Civil War Novels Library of Congress No event in American history has inspired more imaginative writing than the Civil War. Authors have made the struggle the subject of thousands of rhymes, songs, poems,…
Firsthand Accounts Voice from the Past: “My Valentine to the Best Woman in the World” Union Mills, Va., February 14th, 1863. Dear Wife: It has this minute struck me that this is St. Valentine’s day and this will be my valentine to ‘the best woman…
Battles The Confederate Perspective: “Port Royal…has been taken by the enemy’s fleet” “Port Royal, on the coast of South Carolina, has been taken by the enemy’s fleet. We had no casemated batteries. Here the Yankees will intrench themselves, and cannot be dislodged….