Survey: How Photographers Cancelled Revenue Stamps
The federal government levied a tax on photographs to generate revenue to offset heavy expenses caused by the Civil War. Known by some as the “Sun Tax,” it was implemented
Category: Military Anthropologist
Zouave Mania Eclipses Hussars and Chasseurs
For much of the first half of the 19th century, Chasseurs, Hussars and Zouaves received scant mention in U.S. newspapers. In fact, Zouaves were not mentioned until 1836. Everything changed
Press Coverage of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, May-November 1863
The Siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg decided the fate of the Southern armies, and ultimately the Confederate nation. Gettysburg went down in history as the best remembered