This is the grave of Franz Sigel. Born in 1824 in Sinsheim, Baden, in modern Germany, Sigel grew up in the militaristic culture of that place and time, though at least he wasn't Prussian. He went to military schools and became a lieutenant in the...
Civil War
This is the grave of Lucy Pickens. Born in 1832 on her family's plantation near LaGrange, Tennessee, Lucy Holcomb grew up at the peak of the southern elite. She went.
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..
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 in 1839. This was during the Aroostook War, when crazy American frontier people in northern...
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.
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 Blue: Disability in the Civil War North. I can't say I've ever read anything quite...
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"