We visited Arlington National Cemetery January 1. My father told us where he would like to be planted if the authorities let us choose. Hopefully…
Well-worn sentimental phrases and verses make Civil War love letters by soldiers no less poignantly heartfelt. The letters of ordinary Civil War soldiers can be rough-cut:…
A late nineteenth century advertisement for condoms reveals that safe sex and contraception were considered as important then as they are now. A flyer advertising…
Atlantic Monthly has featured “50 most powerful images of the Civil War,” and while their images are indeed moving, they left out this one…. From…
“A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. Virginia Road, and a Black Driver”…. Dickens, 1842, on the way from DC to Richmond. Today Dickens’ description…
Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address Nov 19, 1863, at the dedication of the National Cemetery created to honor the Union dead of the Battle of…