Life in Log Huts
From the mundane to the morose, John Billings’ day to day account of what life was like for the Civil War soldier is still a fascinating read.
By John D. Billing (1888)
Photographing the Civil War
With the thousands of photographs of scenes on land and water during the momentous years of 1861 to 1865, the Civil War is on a basis different from all others.
By Henry Wysham Lanier, The Photographic History of the Civil War (1911)
“This is no Place for a Civilian”: The Adventures of “GATH” During the Civil War
“This is no Place for a Civilian”: The Adventures of “GATH” During the Civil War
By Jeffrey R. Biggs
Reviewing Hooker’s Army
Abraham Lincoln's visit to the Army of the Potomac, April 1863
By Noah Brooks (1896)
The Hospital Transport
George Alfred Townsend, a war correspondent from the New York Herald, witnesses the final days of the Peninsula Campaign, hazards a trip on a hospital transport, and arrives at Fortress Monroe with a tale of the ages.
By George Alfred Townsend “GATH” (1866)
Lee’s Old War Horse Strikes Back
The Old War Horse opens up on the War, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Confederate Failures
By unknown interviewer, Washington Post (1893)