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Category Archives: Civilian
Easter “Outside My Window”
LeRoy Wiley Gresham’s diary offers remarkable insight to an invalid’s life, the reporting of news on the homefront, culture and literature, and medical practices. The Georgian teenager found himself suffering from a cruel disease that racked his body and worsened … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Holidays, Primary Sources
Tagged diary, Easter, LeRoy Wiley Gresham, Primary Sources
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Huzzah! …And The War Came to the Yankees, Part 1
Despite the messages, threats, and concerns, brave little Fort Sumter held on. The waters were cold, the food was minimal, and information even more scarce than the food. Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, had moved his group of Army regulars … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Civilian, Common Soldier
Tagged 11th NY Fire Zouaves, 1861, Elmer Ellsworth, Fort Sumter, Northern recruiting, the-war-came-series, Walt Whitman
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Eliza Griffin Johnston: To Bravely Meet Danger and Tragedy
News traveled slowly, likely a frustrating fact for Eliza Griffin Johnston. However, one spring day in 1862 news arrived in California that changed her life. A battle thousands of miles away and weeks in the past had altered her plans, … Continue reading
Sally Louisa Tompkins: Nurse, Philanthropist, Captain
Throughout history, women have been pushed into extraordinary situations, rising to the challenge and earning their place in the history. Women’s History Month is dedicated to celebrating the perseverance of women throughout history and today as we strive to overcome … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Medical, Memory
Tagged Civil War medicine, Civilian, confederate hospitals, medicine, nursing, Richmond, Women's History Month 2019
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Laure “Doucette” Larendon: Beauregard’s Daughter
Among P.G.T. Beauregard his closest friends was Charles Villeré, son of Jules Villeré, a sugar cane planter in Plaquemines Parish and a member of one of the most prominent Creole families in south Louisiana. Beauregard became smitten with Marie Laure … Continue reading
“Do You Remember, When We Last Did Meet?”
We like to spotlight the courageous “women who went to the field,” advocated for equality, influenced politics, marched to the battlefields, or did other unique and trailblazing things. While those exceptional women certainly deserve to be remembered and memorialized, I’ve … Continue reading
Brown’s Island Victims
The worst war-time disaster to strike the Confederate home front occurred on March 13, 1863. An explosion rocked the Confederate Laboratory on Brown’s Island in the James River, in the heart of Richmond, Virginia. My research indicates that ten were … Continue reading
Women’s History Month—Every Year!
It may have been 1965 or 66 . . . it was almost summer, and Joyce and I were looking for employment. We had a couple more years in high school and needed to keep our cars on the road, … Continue reading
“The Lively Old Lady” – A Poem About Civil War Knitting
Yesterday, I sat in an archive basement, looking through material about women’s efforts to support the Union during the Civil War. Yesterday was also my Grandma Barbara’s birthday. She is no longer with us, so it was a bittersweet moment … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian
Tagged 19th Century Women, Civil War poetry, homefront, Union women, Women's History Month 2019
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