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Tag Archives: Walt Whitman
A photo taken 150 years ago of a runaway slave changed the way Americans saw the Civil War
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal It isn’t possible to tell the story of the Civil War without recourse to the million photographic images that were created, some of the best of which are part of a new museum exhibition. … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Original Photos
Tagged Civil War, Crimean War, Gordon, Harpers Weekly, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Mathew Brady, McPherson and Oliver, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mexican War, Mississippi, New England, New York, New York Times, propaganda, Ted Widmer, The Scourged Back, Times of London, Vicksburg, Walt Whitman, whipping
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Quotes regarding the 14th Brooklyn N.Y.S.M. during the Civil War
The following is a list of quotes about the 14th Brooklyn, New York State Militia, compiled by Bob Duffy in the mid-1980s. The 14th Brooklyn is an oft-overlooked regiment that fought in 22 major engagements during their three years with … Continue reading
Posted in Regiments
Tagged 149th New York Infantry, 14th Brooklyn, 14th N.Y.S.M., 27th New York Infantry, 6th Wisconsin, Abner Doubleday, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Porter, Bob Duffy, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Zouaves, Culp's Hill, Culpeper, Falmouth, First Bull Run, Fitzhugh Lee, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Griffin's Battery, Henry Ward Beecher, Irvin McDowell, Joseph Hooker, Mississippi, Natchez, New York Post, New York Times, Plymouth Church, Rappahannock River, Red Legged Devils, Rickett's Battery, Rufus Dawes, Second Bull Run, Virginia, W.C. Connor, W.W. Averell, Walt Whitman, William C. Everett, William C. Rae, zouaves
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Civil war lit
How the War between the States changed American literature By Craig Fehrman, Boston Globe April 10, 2011 One April night in 1861, almost exactly 150 years ago, Walt Whitman decided to go to the opera. After watching a performance of Verdi, … Continue reading