The Bonds of War
The Bonds of War:A Story of Immigrants and Esprit de Corpsin Company C, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantryby Diana L. Dretske “Engaging the Civil War” SeriesSouthern Illinois University Press,2021 Click here for ordering information When curator Diana L. Dretske discovered that the five long-gone Union soldiers in a treasured photograph in the Bess Bower Dunn Museum were not […]
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by Constance Hall Jones Letter to the Richmond Whig attributed to William Jones * * * The “Engaging the Civil War” Series is published by Southern Illinois University Press in collaboration with Emerging Civil War.
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CHAPTER SIX: The Superintendent’s Lodge and Other Buildings Photos · Additional Resources Photos Like most national cemeteries in the country, Fredericksburg’s superintendent’s lodge closely follows a design put forward by architect Edward Clark. Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs approved Clark’s plans in 1871. * * * This photograph of the lodge was taken ca. 1883. […]
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CHAPTER SIX: “Vicksburg: The Victory That Unleashed Ulysses S. Grant” by Daniel T. Davis Commentary · Images · Additional Resources · Suggested Reading · About the Author Commentary By Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, “Engaging the Civil War” Series On June 24, 1863, The Middletown Constitution carried the news of “one of the most horrible combats […]
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Matchless Organization:The Confederate Army Medical Departmentby Guy R. Hasegawa “Engaging the Civil War” SeriesSouthern Illinois University Press,2021 Click here for ordering information Despite the many obstacles it had to overcome—including a naval blockade, lack of a strong industrial base, and personnel unaccustomed to military life—the Richmond-based Confederate Army Medical Department developed into a robust organization that […]
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by Constance Hall Jones Click here for the exclusive on-line chapter “The Descendants of William Ellis Jones (and what became of his legendary library).” * * * William Ellis Jones, Steam Book and Job Press The following is an incomplete list of the surviving books, periodicals, pamphlets, and other materials published […]
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CHAPTER SEVEN: Refinements Additional Photos The cemetery’s third flagstaff stood from 1878 to 1905. Although shorter and less attractive than its predecessors, it proved durable. * * * With construction of the Humphreys Monument in 1908, the flagstaff was moved to a new location at the brow of the hill adjacent to the carriageway. […]
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CHAPTER SEVEN: “’Oh, I Am Heartily Tired of Hearing about What Lee Is Going to Do’: Ulysses S. Grant in the Wilderness” by Ryan Longfellow Commentary · Images · Additional Resources · Suggested Reading Commentary By Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, “Engaging the Civil War” Series On Saturday, July 22, 2017, I stood at the intersection of […]
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by Diana Dretske * * * List of 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Soldiers from Lake County Imprisoned at Camp Sumter/Andersonville “Some of our men, taken prisoners, endured all that could be endured, and cannot be described, of the miseries and horrors of Libby and Andersonville. How many of the wounded, how many of […]
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