(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 Chewing has been superceded by cigarettes, but several of my old…
If he had lived, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw would certainly have been the most handsome Civil War general, for his beautiful face and his gallant…
Une belle laide, literally “a beautiful ugly,” is not a phrase you would think to apply to a Civil War general…. Une belle laide, literally…
Far down below I hear the river rush, / And standing in this city of the dead, / The voice of waters seems a human cry…. The…
Being judge & jury has its advantages: I choose the winner. But these other gentlemen, from comments here and on CW Sesquicentennial Network, offer Gen.…