In the midst of the war and in the immediate aftermath these cemeteries made profoundly political statements about Northern power, resources, and determination. After Congress approved the purchase of land by the government in 1862, twelve new cemeteries located on or near major battlefields, Union...
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Browse exhibitions, hike across Civil War battlefields and take part in cooking, blacksmithing and tin-making workshops at this historic park. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Bolivar Heights Scenic Overlook You can find out about the history of Harpers Ferry with a trip to Bolivar Height...
In a comment following a speech on the Boston Common–where he beseeched Americans not to be “a nation of onlookers”–he made diversionary anti-Vietnam War headlines by saying he had no objection to movement leaders speaking against war as well as against segregation. On April 30 he was...
Gatling was engaging in a bit of exaggeration, of course, but his weapon and others similar to it did lay the gory groundwork for “great consternation and slaughter” on future battlefields. For hundreds of years before the Civil War, the typical infantryman carried a cumbersome musket that ...
The regiment was sent to the seat of war near Washington to join up with the Army of the Potomac, where the men of the 4th saw extensive action during the Peninsula campaign in 1862, suffering 263 casualties. In the fall of 1862 the 4th was held in reserve during the battle of Antietam...
Below you will find a letter from O. Patrick “Pat” Scott, the youngest member of the Baltimore’s famed Goon Squad, still on his “j-o-b”, still arming the community with information explaining what we need to watch for tomorrow. It is obvious part of the letter is partisan but re...
“The balloons of the Civil War were a brief but truly forward-looking glimpse of what the future would bring.” By Charles M. Evans IT HAS OFTENbeen said that the American Civil War was one of the first conflict of the industrial revolution. ...
As the man in charge of the operation of the railroads in the field, he seemed to work magic in getting troops and supplies to the battlefields and rapidly reconstructing bridges and tracks. But he was hard to get along with. His uncompromising approach to his job enabled him to ...
interlude: “Along Bull Run near Sudley church” March 1862 [1]McPherson, James M. The Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. Print. pages 335-336. Posted in 150 Years Ago This Month, Aftermath, Battlefields, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction, Veterans...