The unlimited and easy procurement of opiates troubled 19th century pharmacists…. Opium was a must in the pharmacy of the nineteenth century, as a painkiller,…
At Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, I had the fortune to meet F. Lee Hart, III, of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Mr. Hart shared a…
The bare, sweeping vista from the crest of Malvern Hill, and the quiet, undecorated landscape evoke poignantly the presence of those who struggled and died…
A photo of Grant’s aide Rawlins and his family, posted on Sean McLachlan’s Civil War Horror blog, struck me as being remarkably similar to this,…
(See also the earlier post Nineteenth-century underwear (men’s). ) “I having lost my horse on the 4th, with all my clothes, and feeling rather lively from…
“Chewing” tobacco was the most common method of tobacco consumption in mid-19th century America. Chewing has been superceded by cigarettes, but several of my old…