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Tag Archives: Illinois
1860’s Politics: Ellsworth on the Stump
As the tumult and the shouting of the Republicans in the Wigwam dimmed, the election of 1860 began in earnest for Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln himself was stuck in Springfield, Illinois because it was not common for the actual candidate to … Continue reading
“An Especial Prize to the Boys:” Union Soldiers and the Illustrated News (Part 2)
This is the second of two posts regarding the relationship between Union soldiers and the emerging illustrated press during the Civil War. Part 1 may be found here. Soldiers were evidently grateful to receive the illustrated weeklies. Albert O. Marshall of the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Newspapers, Politics
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Civil War Women, Daily Papers, edwin forbes, Engraving, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Harper's Weekly, Hospitals, Illinois, Illustrated News, Illustrations, Lithographs, New York Herald, New York Illustrated News, Newspapers, Pennsylvania, Propaganda, Regimental Newspapers, South Carolina, Spotsylvania, Thomas Nast, Weekly Papers
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Prelude to Antietam
Antietam, Sharpsburg—whichever name you prefer, it characterizes the bloodiest single-day in American history. On the fields surrounding this bucolic western Maryland town, 23,000 men became casualties. Even before that bloody late summer day, the campaign had born casualties. Although definitely … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Monuments, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Alfred Pleasonton, Antietam, Antietam Campaign, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee, Illinois, Indiana, JEB Stuart, Maryland, New York, Richard Beale, Sesquicentennial, Thomas Munford, Union Cavalry, Virginia, Wade Hampton
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