This is the grave of Sullivan Ballou. Born in 1829 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Ballou grew up pretty wealthy, despite his father dying when he was young. He went to Phillips Academy and then was off to Brown and then the Ballston Law School. He...
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This is the grave of James Longstreet. Born in 1821 in Edgefield, South Carolina, a center of the southern planter elite, Longstreet grew up in those traditions. His father, like.
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.
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 to fancy schools in the South and even went to a finishing school in Pennsylvania....
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.
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 and so he spent his teenage years on the new plantations outside of Monroe, Louisiana....
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.
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