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.
The Front Line Image of the Day: Hope That Thing Isn’t Loaded! A Union volunteer strikes a (potentially tragic?) pose with a group of comrades. We hope those guys were friends! Image Credit: Library of Congress
The Front Line Song of a Southern Prisoner to the Ladies of Baltimore Happy Friday! We close Women’s History Month with this song, entitled “Southern Prisoner. Gives His Thanks to the Baltimore Ladies.” I left Winchester Court-house, all in the month of May,…
The Front Line The Greatest Bards: Part 2 Library of Congress Bruce Catton When I was 12 I found a mass market paperback of Bruce Catton’s A Stillness at Appomattox, and it yanked me so deep into the…
The Front Line Discovering Munfordville Writer John Banks reflects on the Battle of Munfordville, Kentucky, during a visit to the site of the September 1862 fight.