Eyewitness Report of Civil War Attack – in Vermont!
By Tony Pettinato on October 19, 2016
An article about the Confederate raid on St. Albans, Vermont, during the Civil War, on 19 October 1864... (Read More)
Tag: American Civil War
Death of Confederate General Robert E. Lee
By Tony Pettinato on October 12, 2016
An article about the death of former Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Virginia on 12 October 1870... (Read More)
Civil War Recruitment Advertisements: What Induced Your Ancestor to Serve?
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on October 11, 2016
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find recruitment ads that induced men to enlist in the U.S. Civil War... (Read More)
U.S. Civil War Battle – in Brazil?
By Tony Pettinato on October 7, 2016
An article about the “Bahia Incident” – a battle during the U.S. Civil War that took place in Brazil on 7 October 1864... (Read More)
The Accidental Genealogist: Learning about the Civil War from Historical Markers & Old Newspapers
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on October 5, 2016
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn more about a Civil War site she discovered while traveling in Florida... (Read More)
Confederate Cherokees Starving as Civil War Ends
By Tony Pettinato on June 2, 2016
An article about Confederate Brigadier General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie pleading for Texans to help feed his warriors after the Civil War ended... (Read More)
Fiery Letter from a ‘Nashville She Rebel’
By Tony Pettinato on May 24, 2016
An article featuring a letter written during the Civil War by a Confederate woman in Tennessee to her prisoner-of-war cousin held in Indiana... (Read More)
Jokes of the Civil War Period (1861-1865)
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on May 23, 2016
In this blog article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak shares some jokes, puns and funny stories she found while searching through newspapers from the Civil War era... (Read More)
Union Soldier Describes Daily Life in Civil War Camp
By Tony Pettinato on May 17, 2016
An article featuring a Civil War letter written by a Connecticut soldier, Philip W. Hudson, to his father on 17 May 1861... (Read More)
