https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog daily 0.75 2025-09-22 https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/civilwarcooking monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/b3cc51af-ead6-4664-a57b-e894b90a0344/Volume+8+full+magazine+20250730+army+cooking+cover.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The Art of Army Cooking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/3808e6ad-34eb-4215-844b-88aabec514a4/Army-of-the-Potomac-the-way-they-cook-dinner-in-camp.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The Art of Army Cooking A photograph of soldiers of the Army of the Potomac cooking dinner in camp. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/565a4219-7fde-4dcc-84d3-3f94c6f46f74/service-pnp-stereo-1s00000-1s01000-1s01700-1s01798v.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The Art of Army Cooking Stereograph showing the 5th New York Infantry Regiment (Duryee’s Zouaves) next to a cooking pit with four steaming pots hanging from the frame. (Library of Congress) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/charlesreed monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/cc7a0d2a-b973-46fd-880e-cf84bc32fb62/Volume+8+full+magazine+20250730+reed+drawings+cover.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469317154-KE19HFXN14RJSWFD1EGX/Reed+in+tent%2C+image+12+may-dec+1862.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “It’s with great difficulty one can get a chance to write, little small tents and someone continually running in and out.” -”Dear sister Helen,” August 20, 1862 Camp Sigel, Readville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469315449-4YG7REVAUYET59AQIZ6M/image+27+may-dec+1862.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “We arrived here day before yesterday, slept on the ground that night near our horses and being very tired slept soundly.” -”Dear Mother,” September 8, 1862 Camp Seymour, one mile from Washingtonn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469316625-NKKGPZ63RRGYXTRVXB6G/Writing+on+a+barrel+image+18+may-dec+1862.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “I have just had supper, and enjoyed a ciggarette, and am now writing you on a barrel head. Myself and the second bugler have a large wall tent all by ourselves in the rear of the captains, which is satisfactory to all of us making ourselves at home.” -”Ma Chere Sœur” (my dear sister) Helen, September 22, 1862 Camp Chase, Arlington Heights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469314317-GJ92SECJEI0235WZY3TM/tent+raining.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “It’s been raining since friday night. I rather like it, for it has settled the abominable heat, and is deliciously cool but is growing quite cold.” -” Dear Helen,” October 12, 1862 Camp Chase, Arlington Heights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469313997-Q1ORBQZFU2U2W3ZXA72I/bugler+in+rain.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “6:30 a.m.” -”Dear Mother,” January 30, 1863 Fort Ramsay, Upton Hill, Va https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469312459-J0LUU5KXK6ORIIEC9KOZ/digging+rocks+in+the+snow.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “Digging rocks out of the snow to make a fireplace.” -”Dear Mother,” December 9, 1862 Fort Ramsay, Upton Hill, Va https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469311465-LLV6AVWKB9KD5LDD9Q53/rear+of+fort+ramsay.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “Entrance in rear of fort.” -”Dear Mother,” January 12, 1863 Fort Ramsay, Upton Hill, Va https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469310717-J9RUAXT3Y3XS0J6SBU7U/my+tent.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “My tent.” -”Dear Mother,” January 9, 1863 Fort Ramsay, Upton Hill, Va https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469307002-I6PVM0HM9JRVFTNFFZR3/roll+call.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “Our new captain arrived here and is a regular aristocrat..he is worse than any regular that ever breathed, here it is in the worst part of the winter..but he ordered light roll calls every day. for the health of the men, it has already begun to tell on some of them.” -”Dear Sister Helen,” March 9, 1863 Fort Ramsay, Upton Hill, Va https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758469307636-4XY7STXBE2ZYZVK7GLHI/taking+battery+out.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed “Yesterday our new captain took us out for the first time, i think he understand his business, lately he has relaxed his strictures in regard to drills. i think if the men behave and show a good spirit, do what they say without grumbling they will be treated better.” -”Dear Mother,” March 13, 1863 Fort Ramsay, Upton Hill, Va https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/samwatkinsatperryville monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/08e3cf9a-aa5c-4186-8938-61576f8619aa/Volume+8+full+magazine+20250730+private+sam+watkins+cover.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Private Sam Watkins at Perryville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/2a8235e8-c4b7-4794-a89a-2a21a43f30f1/Sam_Watkins.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Private Sam Watkins at Perryville - Private Sam Watkins was a Confederate veteran who participated in nearly every battle in the Western Theater and was one of only seven men from his company to survive and write about his experiences. His memoir, published in 1882, offers a deeply personal, humorous, and often dark account of the challenges he faced during four years of war, capturing the silent voices of enlisted men. (Unknown Photographer, public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/ae4b3b43-f079-456b-900f-7c7ef04bdc6d/corinth+dead.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Private Sam Watkins at Perryville While there are only a few post-battle images of Civil War western battlefields, the image to the right depicts Confederate dead at Corinth, Mississippi. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/5ac19166-acc5-4abf-a443-09ed93e94e3d/brandons.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Private Sam Watkins at Perryville This photograph depicts the three Brandon brothers who served with Sam Watkins in Company H, 1st Tennessee Infantry. James Brandon, pictured to the left, was killed in action at Kennesaw Mountain. The other two brothers survived the war. (https://first-tennessee.co.uk/orig-origphotos) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/lifeintents monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/6cb5efb1-15a3-4d6c-9048-8e0dc4716e1a/Volume+8+full+magazine+20250730+life+in+tents+cover.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life In Tents: How Soldiers Passed the Time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/fc43aa34-c6ba-4bf4-815c-aa00a4f47803/sibley+tent.png The Hardtack Blog - Life In Tents: How Soldiers Passed the Time Stereograph showing group of Union soldiers of Company G., 71st New York volunteers in front of a “Sibley” tent. The larger, more comfortable Sibley tent was no longer in use after the spring of 1862, as each soldier had to then carry “his house on his back.” (LOC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/9c70fd65-d1a1-41fb-8610-6011aac96694/envelope+love+one+another.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life In Tents: How Soldiers Passed the Time Civil War envelope showing eagle atop shield with message “Love one another” and border of stars with state name. (LOC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1429ab76-5895-4ef4-9ae7-10dae67b0709/patriotic-envelopes-cwt-winter-2024-1200x714.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life In Tents: How Soldiers Passed the Time George Washington and the figure of Columbia were a common theme on Civil War-era envelopes. (National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institute) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f0170e9d-c259-47fc-acb1-70601552d7cc/Cards+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life In Tents: How Soldiers Passed the Time Drummer boys off duty playing cards in camp, Winter of 1862. (Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. 8) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/445f1594-7058-45e3-bb9d-589dc966265a/cardplayers.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life In Tents: How Soldiers Passed the Time With the first break of spring the soldiers would seize the opportunity to decorate their winter huts with green branches, as this photograph shows. Care has been cast aside for the moment, and with their arms stacked on the parade ground the men are lounging comfortably in the soft spring air, while the more enterprising indulge in a game of cards. From the intentness of their comrades who are looking over their shoulders, it my be imagined that there is a little money at stake, as was frequently the case. (Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. 8) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/ae09484c-586c-480f-95ba-cdf54c6847a4/smoking+pipes.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life In Tents: How Soldiers Passed the Time This photograph shows two men in civilian dress seated and smoking pipes at camp in Brandy Station, Virginia. (Library of Congress) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/historicus monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1758b81a-459a-423f-b905-e7e49bc3a5b0/Historicus+spread.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The ‘Historicus’ Account of the Battle of Gettysburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/e93f5c7f-40b9-4fbe-964e-827b4d3c44fe/GenJFRenyolds.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The ‘Historicus’ Account of the Battle of Gettysburg - Setting the Stage General Sickles's confusion on July 1 was entirely justified. During the chaotic first day of battle, he received conflicting orders from Meade, Hancock and Howard. However, he also had a clear directive from Reynolds (shown above) to move toward Gettysburg. Given that he heard the sounds of battle beginning there, it is understandable that he chose to “move toward the sound of the guns.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/044276e7-98c1-4aad-92af-0acedfbe7a89/Map2Color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The ‘Historicus’ Account of the Battle of Gettysburg - Pipe Line Circular The "Pipe Creek Circular" outlined a plan for another potential battlefield, created with the assistance of army engineers. This was merely a contingency plan that was considered before the advance on Gettysburg. By the afternoon of July 2nd, the idea of using the Pipe Creek defensive position was no longer relevant, despite Historicus suggesting that Meade wanted to withdraw from Gettysburg. An artistic rendition of the proposed Pipe Creek line. (Pwww.terrycpierce.com map by Aaron Matney) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1b7a06cf-80db-4830-b0b9-0d381b2b626f/paine+map.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The ‘Historicus’ Account of the Battle of Gettysburg - Meade’s Survey Arriving at Gettysburg shortly after midnight on July 2, Meade and his staff assessed the Union position south of the town. Accompanied by engineer Captain W.H. Paine, Meade rode along Cemetery Ridge at dawn, extending his examination as far south as Little Round Top. Captain Paine sketched the proposed positions for each corps as they arrived on the battlefield. The map shown here is one of the sketches created by Captain Paine. That morning, Sickles' Third Corps was ordered to occupy positions on the north slope of Little Round Top and extend northward to connect with the left flank of Hancock's Second Corps. Paine map from National Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/19e91a76-30a9-4a15-8a5d-36fd07c007db/George_Meade_-_Brady-Handy+%281%29.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The ‘Historicus’ Account of the Battle of Gettysburg - No Orders? Although General Meade (shown left) primarily focused on the federal right flank while neglecting his left, Sickles was ordered, verbally, it seems, to extend the federal line along Cemetery Ridge. This extension required the right of the Third Corps to connect with the left of the Second Corps. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/8fae90eb-ec2e-4a98-ab05-196d1bf3284d/Colorbutterfield1.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The ‘Historicus’ Account of the Battle of Gettysburg - Did Meade Want to Withdraw? Historicus mischaracterizes General Meade's disposition once again. In his quest to be fully informed and prepared for all contingencies, Meade instructed his chief of staff, Dan Butterfield (shown left) late in the morning on July 2 to familiarize himself with the positions and road systems both to the front and rear. However, Butterfield misunderstood this assignment as a request to prepare a formal retreat. (Creative Commons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/06500305-d0b2-4a10-bba1-e1788127293a/Little_Round_Top_1863.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The ‘Historicus’ Account of the Battle of Gettysburg - Occupying Little Round Top General Sickles' advance did not include Little Round Top, despite Historicus' claim that it did. Sickles' new left flank was anchored to protect Devil's Den. It wasn't until later, with the arrival of elements from the Fifth Corps, that Little Round Top was occupied, except for signal station officers. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/97d2cbcc-6b11-4dad-aa2f-5cd29c84a897/Leister+House+color+version.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The ‘Historicus’ Account of the Battle of Gettysburg - Meade-Sickles Meeting George Meade described this encounter with Sickles occurring during an inspection of his lines. Edwin Coddington, author of the definitive account of the battle, splits the difference and suggests they met halfway after Sickles was summoned to army headquarters. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/240d8a76-2e3f-4b2e-8fc7-87446c66183a/LRT.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The ‘Historicus’ Account of the Battle of Gettysburg - The 5th Corps to the Rescue Like most of Historicus' accusations, the claims against the Fifth Corps bear little to reality. deployed piecemeal on july 2, the fifth corps fought bravely shoring up the left flank in gaps left by sickles. The Second and Fifth Corps, along with parts of the Twelfth, took the place of the struggling Third Corps instead of supporting it. Following the publication of the letter in the Herald, at least three replies were issued to clarify the record regarding the Fifth Corps. (Library of Congress) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/sicklesgoestowashington monthly 0.5 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/fca40fa3-9b16-4077-9a4b-aaf4bffee5e5/capital.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Mr. Sickles Goes to Washington - Established in December 1861, the Joint Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War was created to monitor the progress of the Civil War. Over time, its responsibilities expanded to include investigations into corruption and military contracts. From the beginning, the committee took a partisan approach, serving as a platform for generals to defend their actions and shift blame onto others. In February 1864, the committee, investigating the dismissal of Joe Hooker and the operations of the Army of the Potomac, called upon Dan Sickles, who was eager to cooperate. During his testimony on February 25, the one-legged general presented his biased account of the events that occurred on July 2, 1863. This marked the first time he publicly shared his version of the story. His unvarnished testimony presented here reflects Sickles' views on Meade's leadership during the battle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/9504f2e0-aeb5-4418-9ef7-6c49dbb09672/Meade+HQ.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Mr. Sickles Goes to Washington - The Leister house, shown here in a modern image, served as General Meade’s headquarters at Gettysburg. (photograph by Jeffrey Biggs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/3d7dc03c-2160-46db-975f-8934250a11d1/pointing%2Bhand%2Bvintage%2Bimage%2Bgraphicsfairy2.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Mr. Sickles Goes to Washington - Make it stand out General Meade appeared before the committee on March 5. His testimony was less accusatory than Sickles', attributing Sickles' battlefield performance to poor judgment rather than incompetence. To the right are some quotes from Meade’s testimony on Sickles. https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/lincolnandsickles monthly 0.5 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/10006442-fe1e-492b-9130-f1fa888e0118/Dan+Sickles+Spread.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Sickles Seizes the Initiative, July 5, 1863 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/74f89649-13ff-45e9-add4-9be02ed4ee4d/Ebbitt_House_Washington_DC_1865+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Sickles Seizes the Initiative, July 5, 1863 - Make it stand out This is a photograph taken by Matthew Brady in 1865, showing the southeast corner of F Street and 14th Street in Washington, D.C. This viewpoint is located opposite the home where General Sickles convalesced and met Abraham Lincoln on July 5, 1863. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/ef1cd903-b7e3-487b-a4fa-33462f175988/Sickles+with+background+depth.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Sickles Seizes the Initiative, July 5, 1863 - Make it stand out Dan Sickles (center), a regular attendee of Gettysburg reunions, is shown here at the twenty-fifth reunion in 1886. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/2ba0b673-3dac-4bdc-8bd7-816a5b8e0a5e/Rusling+James+F_.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Sickles Seizes the Initiative, July 5, 1863 - General James Fowler Rusling, a confidant and officer of General Sickles' staff, wrote the only known account of the meeting of Dan Sickles and Abraham Lincoln, July 5, 1863. (Dickenson College Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/70f06298-7002-4f97-ba35-6e3a75440145/Gen._Daniel_E._Sickles_and_staff_of_four_-_NARA_-_528676+depth+blur.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Sickles Seizes the Initiative, July 5, 1863 - Make it stand out General Sickles, recovered from the loss of his leg, is seated in the center surrounded by his staff of four officers. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1b892eff-555a-4a34-92eb-c27a700d55ce/rusling+old+and+cropped.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Sickles Seizes the Initiative, July 5, 1863 - James Rusling frequently discussed his fateful meeting with Lincoln and Sickles, often elaborating on the event. Fifty years later, he was still recalling the event and added the following passage, suggesting that the Sickles meeting was more eventful than it was. “He (Sickles) certainly got his side of the story to Gettysubrg well into the President’s mind and heart that Saturday afternnon; and this doubtless stood him in good stead afterwar, when Meade proposed to court-martial him for fighting so magnificantly, if unskillfully (which remains to be proven), on that bloody and historic July 2nd.” - Lt. Colonel James Rusling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1750595309224-ZAZ0V1LFU412T13TTN92/71F4jOvLC0L._SY466_.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Sickles Seizes the Initiative, July 5, 1863 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1750595327803-2M28TAEEG5XV32SAZFMM/418eGy0VXXL._SY445_SX342_PQ88_.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Sickles Seizes the Initiative, July 5, 1863 https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/wilkeson-y5dx5-ck32x-ztHli monthly 0.5 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/dc790eea-1e59-49df-a0fe-48f0c79b1729/surrender+tree.png The Hardtack Blog - “The Confederates Were Now Our Prisoners”: Grant At Appomattox - A myth debunked: this postwar print shows Generals Grant and Lee, each with two officers nearby, standing at center beneath a large tree with a scarred trunk; Union and Confederate officers are on horseback in the middle distance, and the soldiers of each army are grouped in formations in the background. General Grant dismisses the "famous apple tree" as a pure fabrication. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1742431203775-DV4V0MAONTJV8DWAW9OG/grant.png The Hardtack Blog - “The Confederates Were Now Our Prisoners”: Grant At Appomattox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1742431284505-1MAFA9KLUBRC5XNNTOPO/Lee+in+richmond.png The Hardtack Blog - “The Confederates Were Now Our Prisoners”: Grant At Appomattox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/ef546edf-e684-4649-a67c-c956b702fe34/photographichist03inmill_0319.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “The Confederates Were Now Our Prisoners”: Grant At Appomattox - One of the most unusual coincidences in history involves Wilmer McLean and his unfortunate choice of homes. In 1861, he lived near Manassas, where General Beauregard used his house as headquarters during the First Battle of Bull Run. Seeking a quieter environment, McLean relocated to the village of Appomattox. Interestingly, four years later, his home would again be drawn into the conflict. (The Photographic History of the Civil War , V. 3 (1911) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/wholeconfederatearmy monthly 0.5 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/c830b124-bf8f-439e-8ebd-7154357a1ee6/Hunt+article+-+service-pnp-ppmsca-99000-99092v.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “The Whole Confederate Army Was Assembled” - A view of the Gettysburg battlefield from Little Round Top, which was desperately fought over on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/cc7278eb-517f-4635-8823-862c4525de4c/Trostle+farmhouse+septa.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “The Whole Confederate Army Was Assembled” A modern view of the Trostle Farm House. The farm served as General Sickles’ headquarters command. (photograph by Jeffrey Biggs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/af461ed3-9f2f-42d2-b4fb-623ec02a011d/Henry_Jackson_Hunt_-_Brady-Handy+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “The Whole Confederate Army Was Assembled” General Henry Jackson Hunt in the uniform of a Major General. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/cb7815c4-db67-49f3-bb6f-2eced9c48220/Leister+House+color+version.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “The Whole Confederate Army Was Assembled” - Make it stand out A wartime photograph by Alexander Gardner of the headquarters of General George G. Meade on Cemetery Ridge. " (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1316aaba-0740-47a2-bd2a-f77665a7374a/Trostle+barn.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “The Whole Confederate Army Was Assembled” - Make it stand out The origin of the controversy: The Trostle farm is the starting point of the longstanding dispute between General Sickles and Meade. (photograph by Jeffrey Biggs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/66e8f21f-33f0-491e-a3e2-6a363acf3eb6/61I02NO70vL._AC_UY218_.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “The Whole Confederate Army Was Assembled” Recommended reading: Gettysburg: The Second Day by Harry W. Pfanz (The University of North Carolina Press, 1987) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/lincolninrichmond monthly 0.5 2025-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/5a99afde-020d-4d0c-bf44-f4b1fe27d8e8/Untitled-16.jpg The Hardtack Blog - LINCOLN IN RICHMOND - On April 4, 1865, as Abraham Lincoln and Tad walked from the James River landing to downtown Richmond, the President received a warm and enthusiastic welcome from many black laborers. One of the most poignant images of this moment was Lincoln sitting at the former desk of Jefferson Davis and requesting a glass of water, highlighting the irony of the war's circumstances. ¶ Navy Captain John Sanford Barnes was assigned to protect the president's party during his visit to Richmond, and he provided a detailed account of the historic event. (Harper’s Weekly, February 24, 1866) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/d42c2e7b-9d24-403d-968f-39702322b627/ruins+of+richmond+no+background.png The Hardtack Blog - LINCOLN IN RICHMOND - A war correspondent for the New York World, George Alfred Townsend ("GATH"), penned the following epilogue to the fall of Richmond: "A few minutes' walk and we tread the pavements of the capital. there are no beseeching runners; there is no sound of life, but the stillness of a catacomb, only as our footsteps fall dull on the deserted sidewalk, and a funderal troop of echoes bump their elfin heads against the dead walls and close shutters in reply; and this is Richmond. Says a melancholy voice: ‘And this is Richmond.'" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f75460fc-9b94-4b7e-888d-fe5b2b56be90/rockett%27s+landing+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - LINCOLN IN RICHMOND - Make it stand out Rocketts Landing as it appeared when President Abraham Lincoln stepped ashore from the steamship Malvern, April 1865. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/b9d964f2-b7c8-4c57-913c-55d4c2fe3a75/confederate+white+house.png The Hardtack Blog - LINCOLN IN RICHMOND This marble-columned house, built in 1818, served as the executive residence of Jefferson Davis from August 1861 until April 1865. After federal forces occupied Richmond, the building became the headquarters for General Weitzel's XVIII Corps. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1763068b-cda5-4ff0-8f10-3661115d5064/U.S.S.+Malvern+color.png The Hardtack Blog - LINCOLN IN RICHMOND Built-in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1860 by Harland and Hollingsworth, the USS Malvern transported President Lincoln to Richmond in April 1865. (Wikimedia Commons) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/sickeningsightofthewar monthly 0.5 2025-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/6301dedd-df33-4706-b4ee-263920aa45b1/belle-plain.png The Hardtack Blog - “THE MOST SICKENING SIGHT OF THE WAR” - Belle Plain, Virginia, as it appeared to Dr. Morton at the beginning of Grant’s Overland Campaign of 1864. The former steamboat landing served as a main supply depot during the campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1742653317842-JDIDBZSQ1IRR6LZWQB2H/burying+dead+sepia.png The Hardtack Blog - “THE MOST SICKENING SIGHT OF THE WAR” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1742653344636-REE0C6K7Z67R0SB12XSD/burials+sepia.png The Hardtack Blog - “THE MOST SICKENING SIGHT OF THE WAR” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/8d4242d7-3187-40e5-9540-3b6df7ed7893/fredericksburg+baptist+church.png The Hardtack Blog - “THE MOST SICKENING SIGHT OF THE WAR” - Make it stand out The Fredericksburg Baptist Church as it appeared in the spring of 1864. It was used as a hospital during the 1864 campaign and sustained damage during the Union bombardment of December 11, 1862. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/b9d964f2-b7c8-4c57-913c-55d4c2fe3a75/confederate+white+house.png The Hardtack Blog - “THE MOST SICKENING SIGHT OF THE WAR” This marble-columned house, built in 1818, served as the executive residence of Jefferson Davis from August 1861 until April 1865. After federal forces occupied Richmond, the building became the headquarters for General Weitzel's XVIII Corps. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/719d30c2-133d-4f14-b87e-839bb3557088/toughest+fight.png The Hardtack Blog - “THE MOST SICKENING SIGHT OF THE WAR” "The Toughest Fight Yet": A sketch by the artist Alfred Waud of the fighting around the salient at the Battle of Spotsylvania. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1742656317041-1389O4QK4GW9AFQ59HCO/WTG_Morton.png The Hardtack Blog - “THE MOST SICKENING SIGHT OF THE WAR” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1742656331049-J9KK2V6G23T4ELZZ2HB8/demonstration.png The Hardtack Blog - “THE MOST SICKENING SIGHT OF THE WAR” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/888b18cf-10b2-47c4-913d-7c235d0281f9/Field+hospital+at+Spotsylvania.png The Hardtack Blog - “THE MOST SICKENING SIGHT OF THE WAR” - Make it stand out A field hospital during the Battle of Spotsylvania. (Library of Congress) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/grantatappomattox monthly 0.5 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/60db8127-7f7e-4d43-8faa-06f547b8d105/Hunt+article+-+service-pnp-ppmsca-99000-99092v.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “THE CONFEDERATES WERE NOW OUR PRISONERS”: GRANT AT APPOMATTOX - A view of Little Round Top showing the terrain which was so desperately fought on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/3a824369-50d1-4976-9e3f-03d04275b1cc/Trostle+farmhouse+septa.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “THE CONFEDERATES WERE NOW OUR PRISONERS”: GRANT AT APPOMATTOX - Make it stand out A modern view of the Trostle Farm House. The farm served as General Sickles’ headquarters command. (photograph by Jeffrey Biggs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/2612c1a4-6c92-415e-b709-821cd28e4652/Henry_Jackson_Hunt_-_Brady-Handy+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “THE CONFEDERATES WERE NOW OUR PRISONERS”: GRANT AT APPOMATTOX General Henry Jackson Hunt in the uniform of a major general. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/eefb711b-570e-4db7-bed9-298315f54953/Leister+House+color+version.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “THE CONFEDERATES WERE NOW OUR PRISONERS”: GRANT AT APPOMATTOX - Make it stand out A wartime photograph by Alexander Gardner of the headquarters of General George G. Meade on Cemetery Ridge. (Library of Congress) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/leeatappomattox monthly 0.5 2025-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f4e56211-65c5-4b60-92e7-6f6f23b59f25/lee+and+grant.png The Hardtack Blog - “I ACCEPT THESE TERMS”: LEE AT APPOMATTOX - This painting, commissioned by National Geographic to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox, appeared in the April 8, 1965 edition and is considered the best representation of the historic event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1742258305977-1KP692G4F1918XCPJD3I/marshall%2C+charles.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I ACCEPT THESE TERMS”: LEE AT APPOMATTOX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1742258328307-9J4A875QTOZO9JL49DIQ/Lee+uniform+no+background.png The Hardtack Blog - “I ACCEPT THESE TERMS”: LEE AT APPOMATTOX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f79128d0-58e0-4607-bfae-f572f702f624/Appomattox_furniture.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I ACCEPT THESE TERMS”: LEE AT APPOMATTOX - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/ef546edf-e684-4649-a67c-c956b702fe34/photographichist03inmill_0319.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I ACCEPT THESE TERMS”: LEE AT APPOMATTOX - One of the most unusual coincidences in history involves Wilmer McLean and his unfortunate choice of homes. In 1861, he lived near Manassas, where General Beauregard used his house as headquarters during the First Battle of Bull Run. Seeking a quieter environment, McLean relocated to the village of Appomattox. Interestingly, four years later, his home would again be drawn into the conflict. (The Photographic History of the Civil War , V. 3 (1911) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/wilkeson monthly 0.5 2025-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/8fc71d32-d251-4c70-8033-3565f8f27f68/wilkinson+gets+schooled.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A PRIVATE GETS SCHOOLED FROM A VETERAN - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/3a1c64c4-dcd4-4396-80e9-30343f269cfc/wilkinson.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A PRIVATE GETS SCHOOLED FROM A VETERAN - Make it stand out Frank Wilkeson, 4th U.S. Artillery (Library of Congress) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/chatham monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/32592ba9-944f-4dfb-9eff-7bad859d0b36/2048px-US_VA_Falmouth_Chatham_Manor.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A Visit to Chatham - Make it stand out Two weeks after the Battle of Fredericksburg, a correspondent from the New York Tribune visited the former antebellum estate known as the "Lacy House." He provided a sobering account of the devastation inflicted on the manor, which was being used as a hospital for the wounded. (Wikipedia Commons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/fc19d491-7016-48e9-a4b6-dba9737d6378/whitman.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A Visit to Chatham https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/execution monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/26ba9b03-21bf-4254-8635-3afef6301ffb/execution+scene+from+LOC.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The Execution of Private John Lanahan, 46th Pennsylvania - Make it stand out It is estimated that as many as five hundred military executions occurred during the American Civil War. The following account of the execution of Private John Lanaham from the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry is not unusual and may even be considered one of the most deserving of cases. Private Lanaham admitted that, following an alcohol-fueled altercation with another soldier, he directed his anger towards Major Arnold Lewis. The major had ordered him to be bound to a wheeled cart until tempers cooled. Lanaham managed to free himself, seized a musket, and shot the major once in the chest, killing him instantly. What makes Lanaham’s execution unique is that it was conducted as a public spectacle, with newspaper correspondents present to witness the event. Several accounts of the execution were published, including one by a correspondent from the New York Times, who noted Lanaham's stoic demeanor as he faced the hangman's noose. Here, we present two accounts of the execution of Private John Lanaham: one from the unidentified New York Times correspondent and a second account from Corporal Samuel S. Beach of the 2nd Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/b8767234-493e-4b14-a527-ff8001d7f3e6/engraving+of+hanging+from+HW%2C+2-15-65+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The Execution of Private John Lanahan, 46th Pennsylvania - Make it stand out A Harper's Weekly woodcut of a 1865 military execution near City Point, Vrginia. the drawing up of troops in the hollow square is consistent with S.S. Beach's description of the martial appearance of John Lanahan's 1861 execution. (Harper’s Weekly, February 18, 1865) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f90aa498-9cb2-432a-9bd7-7d1eb825aed3/Lanaghan+stone.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The Execution of Private John Lanahan, 46th Pennsylvania Lt. Colonel D. Watson Rowe, 126th Pennsylvania https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/christmas1862 monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/77fdd8bc-681d-44cb-b2ad-11aff601a19e/Santa+claus+Harpers+weekly+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Christmas, 1862 - Make it stand out The Winter of 1862 was an incredibly challenging time for the Army of the Potomac. This period marked the replacement of their favored leader, George B. McClellan, and included the humiliating defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Additionally, many officers left the army, facing the prospect of enduring a harsh winter in quarters along the Rappahannock River. The Christmas holiday of 1862 was the first one spent under difficult field conditions. Several war correspondents were present to remind the Northern public of the deprivations and hardships experienced by soldiers who, for the first time, faced the holidays away from home and and loved ones (Harper’s Weekly, January 3, 1863) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/55584bad-d4d7-41f1-81b5-98d86998d88f/Colonel+Byrnes.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Christmas, 1862 Lt. Colonel D. Watson Rowe, 126th Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1734199523553-E3FNE8SIJMP6IJTLM256/Santa+claus+Harpers+weekly+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Christmas, 1862 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1734199554177-FLMKMVWXI4YRALP2169T/Christmas+eve+harpers.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Christmas, 1862 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/ad41f629-3093-4a8c-9a91-4e92b2c2661b/Christmas+day+on+the+rappahannock+in+1862+from+Harpers+Weekly+1882.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Christmas, 1862 - Make it stand out This wood engraving was shared in the December 11, 1886 edtion of Harper's Weekly, some fourteen years after the battle. It's entitled "On the Reppahannock, Christmas Day, 1862," and was accompanied by the piece by a private of the 140th Pennsylvania recalling the incident of a short holiday truce among pickets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/53f7e608-ff12-4687-9ba0-ec758b738e51/burnside+loc.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Christmas, 1862 Christmas of 1862 would be the final celebration with General Ambrose Burnside in command of the Army of the Potomac. The Rhode Islander was relieved of his duties on January 26, 1863. (Library of Congress) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/personalhints monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/65c7cf69-8cde-4068-8733-068a46face69/handbook+cover.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Personal Hints to Volunteers” - Make it stand out IN THE EARLY DATS OF TEH CIVIL WAR, RECRUITS WERE OFFERED PLENTY OF ADVICE. IN 1861, NUMEROUS HANDBOOKS WERE PUBLISHED AT A LOW PRICE - SOME ADVICE WAS WELL MEANING, OTHER WERE NAIVE AND SENTIMENTAL IN PREPARING YOUNG RECRUITS FOR NINETEENTH-CENTURY COMBAT (The Military Hanbook & Soldiers Manual) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/lincolnplot monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/359027bb-f628-47a1-8244-8beab2934102/lincoln+arrives+in+dc+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Abe Lincoln’s Midnight Ride: How Lincoln Outfoxed a Plot to Kill Him in Baltimore - Make it stand out WARD HILL LAMON WAS ASSIGNED TO PERSONALLY PROTECT PRESIDENT-ELECT LINCOLN DURING THE PERILOUS PERIOD LEADING UP TO THE INAUGURATION. IN A REVEALING ACCOUNT OF THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES EFFORTS TO ENSURE LINCOLN’S SAFE PASSAGE TO THE CAPITAL, LAMON DESCRIBES HOW AN ECLETIC GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSPORTED LINCOLN THROUGH BALTIMORE WITHOUT BEING DETECTED. (The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/728ceeff-2929-4123-9be1-b1337872a416/Ward_Hill_Lamon_-_Brady-Handy.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Abe Lincoln’s Midnight Ride: How Lincoln Outfoxed a Plot to Kill Him in Baltimore Lt. Colonel D. Watson Rowe, 126th Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1734190402456-8K2FUELG903CUTDKTDPJ/Judd_norman_ihl_large.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Abe Lincoln’s Midnight Ride: How Lincoln Outfoxed a Plot to Kill Him in Baltimore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1734190421650-46JUYLP0WQLQHUCJ9MG6/David_Davis_Supreme_Court_justice_-_Brady-Handy.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Abe Lincoln’s Midnight Ride: How Lincoln Outfoxed a Plot to Kill Him in Baltimore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1734190440815-QOQC8VP27WKCUPXKDWEN/Edwin_Vose_Sumner_1.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Abe Lincoln’s Midnight Ride: How Lincoln Outfoxed a Plot to Kill Him in Baltimore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1734191689364-C5Z8KG79HADZKJVZ5FOB/lincoln+arrives+in+dc+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Abe Lincoln’s Midnight Ride: How Lincoln Outfoxed a Plot to Kill Him in Baltimore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1734191767633-F15A96YBSTGZ5QGMJDDS/lincold+arrives+in+dc+sepia+with+scottish+cap+close+up.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Abe Lincoln’s Midnight Ride: How Lincoln Outfoxed a Plot to Kill Him in Baltimore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1734191842145-68EXFX2E2NA7ATBNWI1P/lincoln+in+disguise+no+background.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Abe Lincoln’s Midnight Ride: How Lincoln Outfoxed a Plot to Kill Him in Baltimore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1734191873103-S2BLE7QZD2OYHHLMW9XW/Lincoln_in_a_cattle_car.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Abe Lincoln’s Midnight Ride: How Lincoln Outfoxed a Plot to Kill Him in Baltimore https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/welcometothesemadmen monthly 0.5 2024-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/d4e43c0b-a450-4ae3-9107-ee3f2d840ce7/fredericksburg+painting.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Welcome to These Madmen About to Die” - Make it stand out IN A STIRRING ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, LT. COLONEL DAVID WATSON ROWE OF THE 126TH PENNSYLVANIA DESCRIBES THE SHEER TERROR EXPERIENCED BY A NINE-MONTH REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEERS DURING THEIR FIRST BATTLE TEST. (The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862," by Carl Röchling - Philadelphia Museum of Art) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/c39c116b-bece-4549-9b0f-8282f7acd8de/D.+watson%2C+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Welcome to These Madmen About to Die” Lt. Colonel D. Watson Rowe, 126th Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/5f42b484-1129-4d57-aa70-421abd7327dc/burnside+giving+orders+to+frankline+to+evacuate+FB.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Welcome to These Madmen About to Die” - Make it stand out An Alfred Waud drawing of General Burnside visiting General Granklin giving him order to evacuate his position on the right. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/4f4e7a70-4f62-4cad-b722-ebd07fa867ce/Phillips+house%2C+photographic+history+of+civil+war.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Welcome to These Madmen About to Die” - Make it stand out The ruins of the Phillips House which served as army headquarters during the Battle of Fredericksburg. the building was set on fire in February 1863. (Photographic History of the Civil War, V. 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/422e07df-9bbb-422c-b0c2-f235f006cd19/Humphrey%27s+division+at+fredericksburg+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Welcome to These Madmen About to Die” - Make it stand out An idealistic drawing of General Humphrey’s attack at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. (Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/4e4668f7-3c6b-4f60-82d2-33b5693e606d/fredericksurg+Harpers+weekly+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Welcome to These Madmen About to Die” - Make it stand out An early depiction of the Battle of Fredericksburg appeared in the December 27th edition of Harper's Weekly. it is meant to represent a general view of the field as seen by the reserve, the line of battle in the distancee, next to the artillery and second line of infantry. https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/sanitarycommission monthly 0.5 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/0dba670e-6289-4761-a2e4-37bd52f475b9/confederates+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A Sanitary Commissioner Meets the Rebs - Make it stand out In a telling narrative, James Gall of the United States Sanitary Commission had the unique opportunity to observe the Confederate army just days before the Battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Gall, advancing in whatever direction contact between the two armies was likely, happened upon units of General Ewell's corps stationed in York, Pennsylvania. He arrived at nine o'clock in the morning on Sunday, June 28, 1863, to discover the Confederate army at rest, breaking camp near the old Fair Grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/7d5ea1b4-9412-4b56-a510-121706644e20/rebel+solo+no+background.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A Sanitary Commissioner Meets the Rebs The Henry House withstood the battle and remained standing despite being in the crossfire of Federal cannons. The image here displays the remaining foundation after the house was disassembled for firewood and battle souvenirs. https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/jimredmond monthly 0.5 2024-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/9fda0293-eb27-4375-89f9-8c9233b632fc/Dogan+House+from+LOC+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Don’t Ever Want to See Any More War”: A Civilian Account of the First Battle of Bull Run - Make it stand out Jim Redmon, a civilian who lived near the Henry House hill, was interviewed by The Washington Post in 1911 about the events that engulfed his home in July 1861. In a poignant interview, the 87-year-old black man recalled watching the first battle of the Civil War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/0a9d0835-a0ec-4662-bd0f-a5a494a104ec/henry+house+from+photographic+history+of+civil+war.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Don’t Ever Want to See Any More War”: A Civilian Account of the First Battle of Bull Run The Henry House withstood the battle and remained standing despite being in the crossfire of Federal cannons. The image here displays the remaining foundation after the house was disassembled for firewood and battle souvenirs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1d412150-5e28-4b17-97c8-26b90f739777/Dogan%2C+lucinda+2.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Don’t Ever Want to See Any More War”: A Civilian Account of the First Battle of Bull Run - Make it stand out Lucinda Dogan, a 44-year-old widow with six children, lived in Groveton and owned the land where part of the railroad cut ran. She earned the nickname "Belle of the Battlefield" for her efforts alongside Jim Redmond, as they provided whatever assistance they could to this wounded from both sides. This image of the aged Lucinda Dogan was found in the Sunday Star, but unfortunately there is no reliable photograph of Jim Redmond (Sunday Star, January 24, 1915) https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/suggestionsfromanoldsoldier monthly 0.5 2024-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/ce95635e-21f7-49fa-bb08-d4aff3fc736e/mexican+war+vets+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Suggestions From and Old Soldier… - Make it stand out In the early days of the Civil War, recruits were offered plenty of advice. A Mexican War veteran wrote an anonymous letter to the New York Times, providing "suggestions from an old soldier." https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/lincolninthetelegraphroom monthly 0.5 2024-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/c818f7a5-4bfd-4e2a-8750-8c43dc51495e/lincoln_telegraph+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lincoln in the Telegraph Room - Make it stand out During the challenging days of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln found much-needed peace and solace among the telegraph operators as he managed the war from the telegraph room at the War Department (Century Magazine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/31c829fc-312b-4755-838b-99681dc310ec/Bates%2C+D.H..jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lincoln in the Telegraph Room “AND THE CORPORAL DID!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/04463eff-cd97-41f6-b418-1359fc2563c5/Telegraph.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lincoln in the Telegraph Room William Techumseh Sherman as he appeared in May 1865 with a black ribon of mourning noting the assasination of Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln promoted Sherman to brigadier general of volunteers after the First Battle of Bull Run and assigned him to duty in the West. (National Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/bdb4bb43-8c3a-4e6c-98f2-e5a5d232fe34/war+department.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lincoln in the Telegraph Room - This wartime image shows the War Department, situated one block from the White House at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The photograph is from Bate's Lincoln in the Telegraph Office and includes a Maltese cross marking the two windows where the telegraph operators worked, one on each side of the cross (Lincoln in the Telegraph Room) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/2d787b39-5f3d-4d5c-9616-bfe58e43411e/Thomas_T_Eckert_06182+no+background.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lincoln in the Telegraph Room Fascinated at a young age by the emerging technology of the telegraph, Thomas Eckert was an early operator with the Morse Telegraph Company. He was appointed a major to the staff of George McClellan during the Peninsular Campaign. In September 1862, he was assigned to the War Department, where he would personally get to know the president. During challenging days, Lincoln would spend hours monitoring the dispatches at Eckert's desk in the telegraph office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/5ea1224f-4c5c-4be4-86b7-d256f0233310/Volume+4+full+magazine+-+Emancipation+Proclimation.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lincoln in the Telegraph Room - Extra Feature of Hardtack Illustrated https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/abolitionistatbullrun monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/ed4f351e-f85a-459b-bd6e-4a4612983637/Beecham+from+find+a+grave.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Abolitionist at Bull Run - Make it stand out Robert Beecham, 2nd Wisconsin, a courageous twenty-three-year-old from the Midwest, driven by the anti-slavery movement, stands tall with a musket at Bull Run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/486de61a-3620-4ba7-b871-2a845723a4ba/as+if+it+were+glory+book+cover.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Abolitionist at Bull Run In 2007, Rowman and Littlefield published the serialized memoir in full in As if it Were Glory: Robert Beecham's Civil War from the Iron Brigade to the Black Regiments, edited by Michael E. Stevens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/c1cae73b-21da-49bb-ab4a-4d7fd92d450e/harpers+ferry+gun.png The Hardtack Blog - An Abolitionist at Bull Run “AND THE CORPORAL DID!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/7bf468e3-5f11-43e0-991f-25bad7d28720/Sherman_%284190887790%29_%28cropped%29.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Abolitionist at Bull Run William Techumseh Sherman as he appeared in May 1865 with a black ribon of mourning noting the assasination of Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln promoted Sherman to brigadier general of volunteers after the First Battle of Bull Run and assigned him to duty in the West. (National Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/74f4ff25-ad94-422a-8b1e-84bf334288aa/Beauregard%2C_C.S.A_-_NARA_-_528596.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Abolitionist at Bull Run - "The Little Creole," P.G.T. Beauregard, received a hero's welcome after the First Bull Run despite being demoted to corps command the day before the battle. He was promoted to full general after the battle and immediately dispatched to the West (National Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/96ef84cd-4773-43d9-ba2d-802912f2c85e/Stone+Bridge+from+LOC.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Abolitionist at Bull Run - Make it stand out The first shots of the battle were witnessed by Private Robert Beecham and the Second Wisconsin as they protected the stone bridge spanning Bull Run. In March 1862, the bridge was destroyed by the retreating Confederate army after evacuating their camps in Manassas. (LC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1ab579df-d58d-4489-ae4d-e91b9622bf34/2nd+wisconsin+band.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Abolitionist at Bull Run This photograph captures the brass band of the Second Wisconsin Infantry as they appeared in 1861. By the beginning of 1862, the band had been reduced to fewer than sixteen musicians, in line with the typical downsizing of regimental bands during that time (Wisconsin Historical Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/72e6065d-34b7-4056-9894-a35b48c09908/bull+run+screen+shot.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Abolitionist at Bull Run During the retreat from Bull Run, the sight of Charles Carleton Coffin, a well-known war correspondent, in a panic-stricken state, offered some much-needed comic relief to Robert Beecham. "I will never forget that sight without bursting into laughter," he recalled. The National Tribune published this illustration as it serialized Beecham's account in 1902. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/a8b09c26-1aa9-49a2-a1a0-6600cb8b8a5e/Volume+4+full+magazine+spread+-+Beecham+piece.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Abolitionist at Bull Run - Extra Feature of Hardtack Illustrated https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/russellatbullrun monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/6f2458a8-f6e6-47a9-b6bb-dfa90c732775/Russell+sitting.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run - Make it stand out William Howard Russell, a groundbreaking war correspondent, became well-known for his reporting on the Crimean War. In 1861, he arrived in the U.S. with the intention of covering the conflict and witnessed the retreat at Bull Run. His thorough report of the event ruffled some feathers in Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1819e7fd-acda-4131-b286-5d35b5375b2a/bull+run+retreat.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run “AND THE CORPORAL DID!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1e5d945b-8358-4971-aa5d-6bf457a97af5/presspass-563x377.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run - Make it stand out The press pass issued by General Scott to W.H. Russell would have appeared similar to the one shown here. It was issued to William Conant Church, a correspondent of the New York Times (Smithsonian Institute) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/9f037102-402a-4afc-b809-0ea4d00d4a15/Russell+from+Punch+Magazine%2C+8+october+1881.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run - A British cartoon image which appeared in Punch of William Howard Russell pursuing his literary craft in the field (Punch Magazine, October 8, 1881) A MOTHER’S PARTING GIFT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/6c0500d0-8b39-479b-87ea-0aa2e67a0d50/potomac-long-bridge_Picture1+from+5-18-61+Harpers+weekly.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run - In the first year of the war, the Long Bridge, over which the road to Alexandria passed, in the evening the Virginia side was guarded by a company of flying artillery with the draw raised in front of them. in the daylight hours travel was unobstructed with wagons passing freely. The bridge was one mile long with the width of three carriages with draws on both the District of Columbia side and Virginia side (Harper’s Weekly, May 18, 1861) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/9638362a-2b48-451e-a555-a049376cc9d9/centreville+refuges+from+LOC.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run - Make it stand out This image of a northern Virginia family with a laden wagon pulled by mules would have been similar to those encountered by W.H. Russell. This photograph was displayed in Matthew Brady's album gallery with the following encryption: "And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, far, far away, they children leave the land." (LC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1e189d7c-f602-4d4a-9c41-22f4c7a63cd4/Bull+run+armies+from+Frank+Leslie+The+Soldier+in+our+Civil+War.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run - Make it stand out The news of the approaching battle at Bull Run on July 21, 1861, attracted a diverse group of sightseers and onlookers from Washington D.C. They were eager to witness the defeat of the rebel army and the end of the crisis. However, the retreat of General McDowell's army and their hurried return to the capital became the subject of legend. Correspondent W.H. Russell's report provided the initial coverage of this disastrous event (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1726915568539-09VZAVXEAZ8IGYYHH5J9/mcdowell.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1726915589865-NGCAYFU49V33APV82V8R/map.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/efca92cc-4787-4c52-a780-f62d04cee1de/bull+run+cartridge+left+on+the+field+masked.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run - Make it stand out A unused paper wrapped charge found on the Bull Run battlefield and left in haste by a Rhode Island cavalryman with the hand-written ink inscription: "Carried onto the field at the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861" (American Civil War Museum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/01210f81-f39a-4b65-8632-f97c8f86c31c/MNBPRickettsBatteryPainting.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run - Make it stand out The painting Capture of Rickett's Battery, depicting action during the First Battle of Bull Run. the battery was overrun after being met with Confederate cannon, small arms fire and an infantry assault (Sidney E. King, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/3d5c5fa6-8e24-488b-8d72-76a3dce8f1e8/National_color_of_the_4th_Pennsylvania_Infantry_and_the_51st_Pennsylvania_Infantry.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run Recruited from Norristown, the 4th pennsylvania enlisted in April 1861 and saw its only combat casualties during picket duty on June 30. their three-month term expired on July 20; while some were willing to stay, most chose to muster out on the prescribed date. Many noted their departure before the battle, including the astute correspondent Russell. To their credit, many in the three-month regiment elected to reenlist and were organized in November 1861 under the banner of the 51st Pennsylvania which served with distinction for the rest of the war. The national colors of the 51st pennsylvania, worse for wear after four years of use, is shown to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/696c96c3-b094-42c8-b4ec-683e724186b3/The_3rd+Ct.+from+photographic_history_of_the_Civil_War_-_thousands_of_scenes_photographed_1861-65%2C_with_text_by_many_special_authorities_%281911%29_%2814782615863%29.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run - Make it stand out The three-months men of the Third Connecticut were attached to Tyler's division of McDowell's army but saw little action in the battle of Bull Run. Their total losses, including sickness, amounted to five. Many of these men re-enlisted, however, so their fates are unknown (The Photographic History of the Civil War, V. 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/2f358ccc-32de-4113-83ed-75733fcf2337/Volume+4+full+magazine+-+Mr.+Russell+goes+to+Washington.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of First Bull Run https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/goss monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/cb23443e-64d1-463c-83bd-140001368bfb/Goss%2C+Warren+Lee%2C+no+background.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Going to the Front: Recollections of a Private - Make it stand out In his Recollections of a Private, Warrem Lee Goss provides a unique perspective, taking us on a journey from the life of a law student to that of a private. His engaging and humorous account of the early days of 1861 is a testament to his storytelling prowess. This account, which also appeared in serial form in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, offers a glimpse into the wit and charm that Goss brought to his writings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f76abf1f-5789-435c-b855-24210220a215/and+the+corporal+did.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Going to the Front: Recollections of a Private “AND THE CORPORAL DID!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/a0b89b13-116a-4446-9934-fb5e16bce92f/new+york+7th+marching+down+broadway.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Going to the Front: Recollections of a Private The New York Seventh marching down Broadway, April 19, 1861 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/90bd396d-2088-47cb-8163-b1e2368681e9/a+mothers+parting+gift.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Going to the Front: Recollections of a Private - A MOTHER’S PARTING GIFT A MOTHER’S PARTING GIFT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/8ed212b1-49e5-4cab-a5ad-60a2e6b4881f/pennsylvania+avenue.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Going to the Front: Recollections of a Private - PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE FROM A SKETCH MADE IN 1861 https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/haskell monthly 0.5 2024-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/e8a1c7a9-3d96-4f19-ad7d-ffe79d6252a0/hancock.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle - Make it stand out Frank Haskell, an aide on the staff of General John Gibbon, was positioned on the Third of July at perhaps the most salient point on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg. Days later, In what Bruce Catton would recall as "one of the genuine classics of Civil War Literature," Haskell - in a letter to his brother - would pen one of the most poignant memoirs of the dramatic events of the Battle of Gettysburg. This excerpt from his memoir is a vivid description of the repulse of Pickett's Charge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/4f92047e-3b0f-4cb3-b651-5356af493c3e/caisson+exploding.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle - Make it stand out THE GUARDIAN LIONS OF THE CREST Detail of the artist Paul Philippoteaux's famed cyclorama of an exploding limber box of a Union gun during the cannonade that preceded the Confederate assault on Cemetery Ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/d7702839-4050-46d7-b49c-4df56ae7c2c1/Haskell+photo.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle Born in Vermont in 1828, Frank Aretas Haskell graduated with distinguished honors from Dartmouth in the class of 1854. He immediately entered into practicing law, which would have likely been his lifetime's vocation had not the fate of war intervened. Commissioned a first lieutenant, Company I, 6th Wisconsin in June 1861, he served as adjutant until April 1862 when he was called to serve as aide-de-camp to General John Gibbons. Haskell's experience as Gibbon's aide placed him in a unique position to recall the events of Gettysburg. In February 1864, Haskell was promoted to colonel of the 36th Wisconsin until he was struck in the head with a bullet at Cold Harbor dying instantly on June 3, 1864. Haskell's historical account of the Battle of Gettysburg is not just a memoir but a testament to the human spirit in the face of adversity. Penned in a long, 72-page letter to his brother, it provides a detailed and vivid account of the horrors and heroism he witnessed. Originally not intended for public consumption, this personal narrative was published as a pamphlet fifteen years after the battle. Its significance was further recognized when Dartmouth College reprinted it in 1898 as part of the history of the class of 1854. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/6566bb2d-cc56-498b-be4c-c565fad7061a/view+of+the+field+2.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle A VIEW OF THE FIELD A panoramic view of the battlefield looking east with taneytown road in the foreground and cemetery hill in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/44a5e255-0623-49cc-a91b-4c5ebb4870e9/Philippoteaux_painting_Gettysburg_Cyclorama.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle - A BATTLE TURNED INTO ART Fremantle was positioned in the most suitable place to observe General Robert E. Lee's composure following the defeat of Pickett's Charge. Much of the post-battle accolades given to Lee began with Fremantle's description of Lee's words as he met his defeated troops: "This has been MY fault—it is I that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1d5b808b-fd7e-4261-9956-0795550bcb4c/hancock+the+superb.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle - Make it stand out HANCOCK THE SUPERB A panoramic view of the battlefield looking east with taneytown road in the foreground and cemetery hill in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/b28dacfd-ddd8-4095-b6a4-3daa132fea27/the+angle.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle - Make it stand out THE ANGLE Here is the depiction of Lt. Alonzo Cushing's death in front of Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/88318ae3-c25e-4c18-9716-db45648e9a6b/Gettysburg+Day3+Pickett%27s+Charge+detail+%281%29.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle - Make it stand out PICKETT’S CHARGE Some consider the High-Water mark of the Confederacy as the final assault of July 3, 1863 as a combined force of 15,000 attacked the Union defenses on Cemetery Ridge (map by Hal Jesperson, www.cwmaps.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/30834a50-8d03-4007-bd8e-239766334a2f/The+face+of+battle.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle - Make it stand out THE FATE OF THE BATTLE The pivotal moment of the battle as the Confederate advance breaches the Union line. General Webb is seen here to the left ordering men into the breach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/cbf15248-8d98-44ab-9dc9-1559f74fd514/prisoners+2.jpg The Hardtack Blog - An Awful Universe of Battle - Make it stand out THE STONE WALL Detail of the artist Paul Philippoteaux's famed cyclorama of the fighting by the stone wall on July 3, 1863. The original massive painting measures over 300 feet in circumference and based on interviews with veterans and tours of the battlefield. https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/fremantle monthly 0.5 2024-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/446f5adf-eed8-49a1-9cbc-b180b24a2549/Sir-Arthur-James-Lyon-Fremantle+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” - Make it stand out AN ACCOUNT OF THE JULY 3 ASSAULT ON CEMETERY RIDGE BY A BRITISH OBSERVER WHO WITNESSED THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/38a86cee-52ee-49e0-91c7-87a44798cbc8/Fremantle+final.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” - Make it stand out TO GAIN A VIEW Arthur Fremantle, a British officer of the Coldstream Guards, spent three months in America during the Civil War traveling with the Union and Confederate armies. His memoir published as Three Months in the Southern States gives readers an unvarnished view of the war from a foreigner's perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/a8b95f27-e898-4790-9a50-753a8a6f36d7/pickets+charge+painting.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” - Make it stand out Based on a painting by Thure de Thulstrup, it shows Major General Winfield S. Hancock riding along the Union Lines during the Confederate bombardment - which Fremantle barely avoided - prior to Pickett's Charge of July 3, 1863. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/cae8830b-52fe-4b5f-9e56-a76410126d59/Longstreet+carte+vista.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” - THE BULLDOG More impressed with Southern leaders and officers over their Yankee counterparts, the Englishman Arthur Fremantle seemed to favor James Longstreet particularly, who he wrote is "never far from General Lee, who relies very much on his judgement." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/c292ada1-dc1d-4239-ab52-bc01e79c8ee0/Pickett%27s+charge+from+nypl.digitalcollections.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” FINAL CHARGE A wildly exaggerated depiction of General Armistead's assault of July 3rd; the reality is that few, if any without being captured, breached the Union works on Cemetery Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/e457c2ad-35b9-4a55-990e-20cef104a672/Lee.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” - UNCLE ROBERT Fremantle was positioned in the most suitable place to observe General Robert E. Lee's composure following the defeat of Pickett's Charge. Much of the post-battle accolades given to Lee began with Fremantle's description of Lee's words as he met his defeated troops: "This has been MY fault—it is I that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1718548197801-1O0EDR0JU3JSPZQCHT3F/Kemper.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1718548237513-G5YPKRR7J7UGIX6S2QNO/Franklin_Gardner_or_Richard_B_Garnett.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1718548261222-CO2MRIDM8QML2EUDKYJX/Lewis_A._Armistead.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/a3b70752-cb63-4e26-a775-379f5638582c/Fremantle+sidebar+only.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I Would Have not Missed this for Anything” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/perryville monthly 0.5 2024-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/59465902-09f5-4ece-b8f7-fe95470a391c/mule+from+Frank+Leslie%27s+Illustrated+March+14%2C+1863.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A Visit to Perryville - Make it stand out Located on the northern bank of the Susquehanna River, two hotels, two little stores, a shoemaker's shop and post office constituted the town of Perryville, Maryland. With the outbreak of the Civil War, the town turned into a major depot and mule school for the Federal army. A reporter from The Cecil Whig visited the bustling depot in the fall of 1861 and wrote the following account. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/e275719e-b17e-4ac2-abdf-b858c4a08d4b/Sawtelle%2C+Charles+from+National+Archives.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A Visit to Perryville - Make it stand out THE QUARTERMASTER Charles Sawtelle, an 1854 West Point graduate, organized the supply depot at Perryville under General McClellan's direction. He later took an active role in the Peninsular Campaign, disembarking and transporting troops and supplies to the Army of the Potomac.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/4f84395b-1d32-407c-9bed-443d9915cf42/Stump+mansion+first+view_Page_1.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A Visit to Perryville - Make it stand out HEADQUARTERS MANSION The Stump mansion, pictured here in the 1890's, was requisitioned by the federal army, sharing it for a time with the Stump family.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/5266c659-2be9-448f-80db-573f77accdd0/Volume+3+cover_Page_11.jpg The Hardtack Blog - A Visit to Perryville INTERESTED IN TAKING A BREAK FROM I-95? The VA Maryland Health Care System operates a museum on the former grounds of the Stump Mansion. The old Stump grist mill located on the campus of the Perry Point VA Medical Center is open seasonably from March to November on Thursday and the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. The mansion is an easy walk from the museum and worth a visit. For directions: Take I-95 to exit 93 for Route 222 east toward Perryville. At the end of the ramp, turn left onto Route 222 and proceed for about two miles to the end of the road and turn left onto Broad Street. Continue for half a mile and turn right onto Ikea Way. In a quarter mile, turn right onto Marion Tapp Parkway. Follow the road until you come to the gated entrance of the medical center. After passing the medical center’s entrance gate, continue onto 5th Street. After a quarter mile the road splits and you will bear left to continue on 5th Street to Avenue D. Turn left onto Avenue D, then turn right onto 6th Street. Follow Sixth Street to the end and turn left onto Avenue A. The museum will be on your right shortly after turning onto Avenue A. The Stump Mansion 500 feet north along Avenue A https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/lifeinloghuts monthly 0.5 2024-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/05c6210c-ac80-4562-a650-7a2b5a810760/iiif-service_mss_mss37457_02_02_036-full-pct_100-0-default.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts - Make it stand out 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/fecda94b-d704-4547-b2f6-d7cdae7ee938/p+75+-+inside+view+of+a+log+hut+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts - Make it stand out Inside View of a Log Hut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711203978689-SBW2K7ANXRQ9Y1JDJTWA/p+77+-+army+candle+sticks+1+mask.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711203988570-KJVPO5YYZXKAU4RM1WUW/p+77+-+army+candle+stick+2+mask.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711203997923-8KWXRAWVT7YU3LG671GH/p+77+-+army+candle+stick+3+mask.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/071081dc-058c-4295-8e06-d7c00e0e2e95/p+81+-+knitting+work+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts - Make it stand out (K)nitting Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/b687e8bd-f257-45ea-a418-ee08b2840798/p+82+-+Turning+him+over.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts - “Turning Him Over” . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/d2cf3cbe-8b57-45c2-9ffb-c5a457008e30/p+83+-+Boiling+Them+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts - Make it stand out Boiling Them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/7c49b4e4-4323-4f90-aa4d-9c5dad6004f4/p+84+-+cleaning+up+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts - Make it stand out Cleaning Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711206189299-C5V8JJJ4R1CHCR7QV0CY/p+86+-+housewife+1+masked.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711206197900-BDQ2KEU2Y2657PD8Z45H/p+86+-+housewife+2+mask.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/09cc9acb-4a4f-4724-8c4c-f618e2024667/p+88+-+camp+barber+colorize.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Life in Log Huts - Make it stand out The Camp Barber https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/belongstotheages monthly 0.5 2024-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/2daddac3-180b-4dfd-976f-00bec6237c59/Stanton+color.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Now He Belongs to the Ages” - Make it stand out Edwin Stanton (above), the Secretary of War known for his acidic tongue and stoic disposition, had a moment of eloquence at the president's passing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/4810ad92-003a-4f66-bf95-17dbe8ef9b5b/lincoln+last+photograph+bw.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Now He Belongs to the Ages” - The last know photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken February 5, 1865 The last know photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken February 5, 1865 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/9efa657a-92ca-47a5-9f82-3e0e57706ae0/Lincoln+death+scene.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Now He Belongs to the Ages” - One of two drawings by Hermann Faber made at Lincoln's death bed. A self confident army officer from the West, John Pope ruffeled many Eastern army officer's feathers with his boastfulnes of quick victories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/aadf841b-bbda-498e-9afc-fc9b88d4cc1a/Hay%2C+John.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “Now He Belongs to the Ages” - Make it stand out John Hay https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/photographingthecivilwar monthly 0.5 2024-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/3c461ede-58c3-480f-9935-64b19b33da8a/The+Field+Dark+Room+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out “With the Thousands of Photographs of Scenes of 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 An excerpt from The Photographic History of the Civil War (1911) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/a7ac63a7-3ae1-4cac-b0a7-58ec8a1fbe1b/Brady+after+bull+run%2C+v1%2C+p+31.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - The indomitable war photographer in the very costume that made him a familiar figure at the first battle of Bull Run, from which he returned precipitately to New York after his initial attempt to put into practice his scheme for picturing the war. Brady was a Cork Irishman by birth and possessed of all the active temperament which such an origin implies. At Bull Run he was in the thick of things. Later in the day. Brady himself was compelled to flee, and at nightfall of that fatal Sunday, alone and unarmed. he lost his way in the woods near the stream from which the battle takes its name. Here he was found by some of the famous company of New York Fire Department Zouaves, who gave him a sword for his defense. Buckling it on beneath his linen duster, Brady made his way to Washington and then to New Y'ork. In the picture we see him still proudly wearing the weapon which he was prepared to use for the protection of himself and his precious negatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/594cfa00-5446-427c-a7ca-d8e777d66004/Confederate+photographerm+v1%2C+p+31.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1710380972020-NW042BYKLOAHPIAWNXWP/flanking+gun%2C+v1%2C+p+22+sepia.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1710380987814-30R5EHOFCF42QDDO7F1N/photographichist01inmill_0027.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711188818672-CVGUP1LQZ2TMXTXG8IWO/Getting+the+Range.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711188947307-2OT7C2GTU81U30ZRF18W/Ready+to+open+fire.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/2f2f0fda-3500-46f6-a9be-1321ba4240ef/The+Photographer+with+the+Army.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/5abf1459-5a37-4084-86a3-3afa9a391c81/Ruins+of+state+armory%2C+columbia+1865.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/169d2da6-5f11-4028-a406-a5b84e762d2d/The+Field+Dark+Room.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/11ce8e70-0425-4efc-9cc6-a220194eb419/Civil+War+Photographers+impedmenta.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711194318576-CS538O29VPXHBAFELA6Z/Signal+station.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711194326564-9MBBLQ3UGQ3VSGRRZCSX/Photographers+at+bull+run.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1711194340045-LNLN1T7ICRXTODRIRULM/brady+with+burnside.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/dcdf053c-513e-434b-8ec4-a1231b464c0e/Establishing+communication.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/0230d04d-18fb-440b-b036-220c199f1a96/Before+second+bull+run.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Brady's headquarters with his "What Is It?" preparing for the strenuous work involved in the oncoming battle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/d96952ec-92c7-4d34-9b0b-41b0f062a711/Brady%27s+what+is+it.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1d6078d0-72e9-4ec0-8dcb-3583c512f182/Triumph+of+the+wet+plate.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/abd80d0a-eb53-412d-b3dd-d19524b3e558/snapshot+in+the+war+region.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/45adebf8-f59e-49a5-9b8f-f327a30123d6/Amenities+of+the+camp+in+1864.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/192b21ad-6cd0-451b-8b16-1e1d224270e1/Useless+Canal.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/d8d13afb-3885-4f5b-a1eb-14f6eed0746d/camp+life+in+the+invading+army.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f27bb259-cd9a-41f9-9ec8-5159a8e26e44/camp+life+in+the+invading+army.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Photographing the Civil War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/kilpatrick monthly 0.5 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1710289598400-3OFD0A5P8UCM3WDG3EPD/kilpatrick.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Civil War Ancestors: Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/1710289611827-361MB4CPAZTS93LDFF60/Anderson_Cooper_crop.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Civil War Ancestors: Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/6cb58aa7-d7f2-4e1f-a42b-b00ddb2ef0e2/Kilpatrick+harpers+weekly+may+30+colorized.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Civil War Ancestors: Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick - Make it stand out A Harper's Weekly depiction of Judson Kilpatrick's raid through Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/3a43dfe6-3a6e-47e0-8c8d-befcc2573740/andersen+family+tree.png The Hardtack Blog - Civil War Ancestors: Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick - The Anderson Cooper Family Tree The Springsteen Family Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/af686af6-32fb-45cc-a5d5-86f70699c18b/Anderson_Cooper_crop.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Civil War Ancestors: Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/gath monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/99e7504d-0f62-4686-9643-8eeda01d87f0/Campaigns+of+a+non-combatant+front+cover.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “This is no Place for a Civilian”: The Adventures of “GATH” During the Civil War - Make it stand out George Alfred Townsend was a special war correspondent for the Philadelphia Press and New York Herald during the Civil War. He followed McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and Pope’s Army of Virginia in the spring and summer of 1862, filing dozens of dispatches to his editors. Finally, after suffering from the effects of ‘swamp fever,’ he took a two-year break in Europe, where he lectured about his experiences. Townsend returned to the war front in 1865 and - after taking the pen name of “GATH” - was the first correspondent to describe the war’s climax at Five Forks. He released his memoir in 1866, detailing his personal experiences and recollections of the Civil War and those dramatic days. We provide the following sketch of some fascinating scenes described in Campaigns of a Non-Combatant. Townsend chronicles extraordinary events during extraordinary times - the revised issue and additional images and annotations bring new life to the narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/2feda7a9-5bb4-497b-b0d6-bffdb00409f4/gath+and+twain.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “This is no Place for a Civilian”: The Adventures of “GATH” During the Civil War - Make it stand out G.A. Townsend (l), Mark Twain (c) and Buffalo newsman David Gray (r) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/45dc6a4f-f2e0-45f8-9a4a-3b1af37dfc81/White+House+landing.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “This is no Place for a Civilian”: The Adventures of “GATH” During the Civil War - Make it stand out A view of White House Landing on the Pamunkey River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/3c440550-3dd7-4bb1-8a45-a6ff736d70da/GATH+as+young+man.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “This is no Place for a Civilian”: The Adventures of “GATH” During the Civil War - Make it stand out A self-confident pose of Townsend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/dba4c189-1ad7-4417-84f6-6ba5076d6a3a/Gaines_Mill.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “This is no Place for a Civilian”: The Adventures of “GATH” During the Civil War - Make it stand out A Harper’s Weekly engraving of the Battle of Gaine’s Mill, June 27, 1862 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/8485e795-c6d7-4fcb-ad1c-a81dddec4c6d/Savage%27s_Station.png The Hardtack Blog - “This is no Place for a Civilian”: The Adventures of “GATH” During the Civil War - Make it stand out The temporary field hospital at Savage Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/204fbd7b-5875-4da3-b812-5c88d4f6a37d/Hancock%2C+Winfield.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “This is no Place for a Civilian”: The Adventures of “GATH” During the Civil War - Make it stand out “Hancock was one of the handsomest officers in the army” https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/pinchofowldung monthly 0.5 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f2f56913-bff6-40de-8f18-69cd34d37f51/sturgis%2C+samuel+LOC.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I don’t care for John Pope one pinch of owl dung!” - Make it stand out In a profanity-filled army, General Samuel Sturgis (above) unleashed one of the strangest sounding combinations of insults to the railroad superintendent Herman Haupt (below). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/62f13eca-500a-47a0-b3dc-5f294d258b3d/Herman_Haupt+colorized.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I don’t care for John Pope one pinch of owl dung!” - Make it stand out The Superintendent of Railroads Herman Haupt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/9739cc9d-da6f-4d4b-a8c5-916c18430476/GenJohnPope.jpg The Hardtack Blog - “I don’t care for John Pope one pinch of owl dung!” - A self confident army officer from the West, John Pope ruffeled many Eastern army officer's feathers with his boastfulnes of quick victories. A self confident army officer from the West, John Pope ruffeled many Eastern army officer's feathers with his boastfulnes of quick victories. https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/lincolnvisit monthly 0.5 2023-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/2bdc1d74-e5ed-4182-bf7d-d49d2e972676/abraham-lincoln-horseback+Harpers+weekly+colorized.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Reviewing Hooker’s Army - Make it stand out IN THE SPRING OF 1863, THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC WAS RECOVERING FROM ITS RECENT DEFEAT AT THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. THEY WERE HEALTHY AND EAGER TO LEAVE THEIR MUD-WALLED HUTS, AND THEY WELCOMED THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR A SPRING REVIEW. ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENTOURAGE, INCLUDING HIS FRIEND AND CORRESPONDENT NOAH BROOKS, LINCOLN WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. 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After being recommissioned as a tourist vessel, it sank following a fire in 1884. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/9a5acbd1-b51a-4e54-b67c-d1eb6615d6a4/Ingall%2C+Rufus+LOC.jpg The Hardtack Blog - The Hospital Transport Colonel Rufus Ingalls allowed passage to Townsend aboard a hospital transport. Later in the war, Grant would place him in charge of operations at City Point, Virginia. https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/longstreetinterview monthly 0.5 2023-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/e0cd3bdd-565d-408f-8c24-617df3b89e9c/Volume+1+full+magazine+%28spread%29+Longstreet+cover+art.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lee’s Old War Horse Strikes Back - Make it stand out ‘I WAS CALLED A FIGHTING GENERAL’ The James Longstreet interview THE OLD WARHORSE OPENS UP ON THE WAR, ROBERT E. 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James CSA, not in uniform, seated in Lincoln chair.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f06c6565-b8da-4537-8e56-3c3ec50abcaf/Hope+painting+of+antietam.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lee’s Old War Horse Strikes Back - Make it stand out ARTILLERY HELL A rendering by James Hope of the Battle of Antietam where James Longstreet offered his own post-war commentary thirty years later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/633ca1ad-1abb-4b7b-a5cf-f73065c48255/George_B_McClellan_-_retouched.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lee’s Old War Horse Strikes Back - Make it stand out A PATRONAGE RELATIONSHIP Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan would lead the eastern war effort in two campaigns against Robert E. Lee in 1862. 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Lee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/f3bd2a1c-8fd4-4989-81cd-5377831e93a1/Longstreet+at+reunion.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lee’s Old War Horse Strikes Back - Make it stand out A GATHERING OF GENERALS Image of James Longstreet at the 1888 reunion at Gettysburg. 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At one time and another he had exasperated and alienated most of the Generals in the service.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/d3d7ed87-eb8f-4165-bc39-b16b47f4cd64/Volume+1+full+magazine+longstreet+essay.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Lee’s Old War Horse Strikes Back - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hardtackbooks.com/hardtackblog/blog-post-title-one-ht4a7-tp2y9-9ym33-ct3zm monthly 0.5 2023-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6514ca06c30fe168a8b0cac5/21bad956-88cd-4103-ac7b-966f4720f599/alexander+springstyeen.jpg The Hardtack Blog - Civil War Ancestors: Alexander Springsteen, 14th New Jersey - Make it stand out Private Alexander Springsteen, Company A, 14th New Jersey, and great-great-grandfather to New Jersey’s Favorite Son, Bruce Springsteen By Jeffrey R. 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