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of America Jefferson Davis, Varina Anne ‘Winnie’ Davis appeared with her father at numerous Confederate veterans’ events after the American Civil War and became known as ‘Daughter of the Confederacy.’ She also authored two novels and wrote for Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World newspaper. Ear...
Maps of the Civil War : Pivotal Battles and Campaigns Featuring 32 Removable Maps Black Southerners in Confederate Armies Official records, newspaper articles, and veterans' accounts to tell the stories of the Black Confederates. This well researched collection is a contribution to the discussion abo...
Civil War Documents Period Maps Naval Timeline Direct Access 1860 Census Army Organization Antietam Battle Field Shiloh Tennessee Appomattox Court House Battle of Brandy Station Confederate Constitution Causes of the War Lee's Drummer Boy Chickamauga ...
The book includes major historical documents, such as the Gettysburg Address, as well as more personalized accounts of the war and of the popular culture of the times found in diaries, advertisements, and magazine and newspaper articles. Throughout, the readings are supplemented by introductions, ...
On September 14th, “3,500 leaguers, mostly Civil War veterans, overwhelmed an equal number of black militiamen and Metropolitan Police under the command of Confederate Gen. James Longstreet, and occupied the city hall, statehouse, and arsenal.” The insurrection ended when President Grant sent ...
Interestingly enough the play casts Pulitzer as the villain he is but fails to mention that he was a lifelong Democrat from the South who fought in the Civil War. So, I guess somethings don’t change. The media, whether it is theater or the press or TV news, are great at focusing on...
God's Almost Chosen People: A Religious History of the American Civil War. By George C. Rabie. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010, Pp. 586. $35.00.) The Civil War has been called "the 'holiest' war in American history," but few histories of the war make much...
Mr. Stephens didn’t see President Grant as another Caesar, but, according toEmerging Civil War, he had a different opinion of Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln and Caesar were both kindhearted and esteemed for many good qualities, “But in public life the two men were alike in that they could be...
Approximately 180,000 African-Americans comprising 163 units served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and many more African-Americans served in the Union Navy. Both free Africans-Americans and runaway slaves joined the fight. On July 17, 1862, Congress passed two acts allowing the ...