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Silver Gravy Bowl (1878)
The most splendid set evermade in the United States was that ordered by Mr. Mackey, one of the ownersof the Bonanza silver-mines, in 1877, which comprised several hundred piecesof elaborately made solid-silver ware, including an enormous punch-bowl…
Women's Suffrage Parade 1913
The first image is the colorful program of the procession in Wasshington D.C. on March 3, 1913. The second image is a lawyer Inez Milholland Boissevain on a horse, about to lead the procession. Looking at these two images side-by-side, it is possible…
Working Regulations for Philadelphia Shipbuilders
A proposal by the journeyman laborers associated with shipbuilding, directed towards the master shipbuilders, for a 10-hour workday. - Bradford Gladstone
Poster for Song at 4th of July Parade
This is a poster for "A National Song", a composition for parades being sold by a company in Philadelphia
Added by Ben Kaplow
Added by Ben Kaplow
Soldiers Monument, National Cemetety, Sharpsburg, MD
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Dedicated in 1867, Antietam National Cemetery, located within the boundaries of the Antietam National Battlefield, is the final resting place for more than 4,700 Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Antietam and on…
Topographical map of the Bull Run battle-field. [1861]
A map made for General Beauregard after the the first battle of Bull Run from actual surveys by Captain D. B. Harris. This is a reproduction by General Abbot from a photograph in his possession
--from the description under the map
This map is…
--from the description under the map
This map is…
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general…
The Press on the Field, Contraband News, In Action, Reliable Information, Newspapers at Home, The Sketchbook, and The Newspapers in Camp.
Nast cartoon shows the variety of ways the press obtained information and the full circle of the process from obtaining the news to reading it at camp and at home. Image includes receipt of information from soldier and from escaped slaves joining…
Young folk's history of the war for the union
There isn't one
- Calen McGee
- Calen McGee
Sketch by Drake, J. Madison (James Madison), 1837-1913 United States. Army. New Jersey Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865)
"On his left arm was suspended a large basket, which, on examination, we found contained an immense pone, as all Southerners denominate loaves of bread. The old man was naturally surprised whenwe relieved him of that bread, and tearing it in pieces,…