Showing posts with label Civil War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civil War. Show all posts
Sunday, May 6, 2012

Shiloh photo

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The Battle of Shiloh during the American Civil War was fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. Confederate troops advanced on ...
Sunday, April 8, 2012

Angel’s Glow

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In response to Wednesday's post about Civil War casualties , reader Chase sent along the link to Thursday's post on Mental Floss th...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Revisionism

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It is well known among Civil War buffs and photo historians that Alexander Gardner ( 1821-1882 ) and others repositioned some of the bodies ...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Tomb of the known soldier

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Last summer, I mentioned the collection of daguerreotypes donated to the Library of Congress by the Liljenquist Family ( on-line catalog ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Amputation kits

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Surgeon's kits for the amputation of limbs - which received plenty of use during the American Civil War - do not seem to have changed m...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Zouaves

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These exotically dressed soldiers fought in the French conquest of Algeria (1836), the Crimean War (1853-1856), the American Civil War (1861...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Submerged steamers

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The remains of a Civil War steamship like the one pictured ( top ) have just been found in Florida's Jonesboro River ( bottom ). This is...
Friday, February 13, 2009

Friday the 13th

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This day is an occasion to highlight the best on-line calendar I have found: Wilson's Almanac . If you navigate to February 13th or clic...
Sunday, February 8, 2009

Edward C. Johnson

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"Christine? This is Mr. Johnson." That's how our telephone conversations would start, and I miss them. I'm not sure who pu...
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

A Morning's Work

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Bear with me as I blog about amputations again... You may be aware of the Burns Archive , a collection of vintage photographs - most of them...