This is the grave of Joshua Hill. Born in 1812 in Abbeville, South Carolina, Hill went to the common schools, then studied for the law, and then passed the bar. He ended up moving to Monticello, Georgia in 1833, where he started his own practice....
Civil War
This is the grave of James Carleton. Born in 1814 in Lubec, Maine, Carleton entered the military as soon as he could. He received a commission as a second lieutenant.
This is the grave of Edwin Jemison. Born in 1844 in Milledgeville, Georgia, Jemison grew up in the slaveholding class. Like many southern slavers, the family invested in new lands.
As I mentioned a couple of weeks back, I am preparing to teach the Civil War course this fall. So this summer, I am doing more reading than usual in the period's historiography. One book I read recently was Brian Luskey's Men is Cheap: Exposing...
I'm preparing for my Civil War course this fall and so engaging in some of the recent literature over the summer. I'm presently reading Sarah Handley-Cousins' 2019 book, Bodies in.
Private Joseph Harvey, Co. C, 149th New York Volunteers. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 3, 1863
Image of bread riot in Richmond, 1863. From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Grand reaping, indeed.
Treason in Defense of Slavery recruitment poster, Floyd County, Virginia, 1862
Ad from the Chicago Times, April 1865. This has long been my favorite ad in American history, but I didn't have any context until someone pointed me here. Too bad.
"Cumberland Landing, Va. Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house"
"Our Women and the War" Civil War nurses. Winslow Homer. From Harper’s Weekly, September 6, 1862.
Wounded soldiers after the Battle of the Wilderness, May 1864