Free at Last
By Ross J. Kelbaugh In the 1860 U.S. Census, Louisiana enumerated 331,726 Black and mulatto enslaved persons and 18,647 free colored individuals. With the occupation of the state by the
By Ross J. Kelbaugh In the 1860 U.S. Census, Louisiana enumerated 331,726 Black and mulatto enslaved persons and 18,647 free colored individuals. With the occupation of the state by the
The Confederate States of America did not have an official anthem. However, several songs popularized during its four years in existence stirred the soul of the fledgling nation. The playlist
Policeman John Patterson Gulick sits in the infrastructure of the U.S. Capitol dome with an open book on his knee and an arm resting on a worktable. On and around
Mary Dines made her way to the front of a gathering at a Freedmen’s camp in Washington, D.C., her knees nervously shaking. She joined her fellow inhabitants, all dressed in
By Elizabeth A. Topping Among the preachers who served the Midwest in 1864 perhaps no one man touched the souls of more families than Rev. Allen H. Tilton. A traveling
An insatiable demand for memorials honoring the sacrifice of a generation swept the country for decades after the Civil War. Each memorial involved formal dedication ceremonies with all the pomp
Of the diminutive performers at Barnum’s American Museum in the Spring of 1864, only one had the potential to grow to an average height. Major Willie Bagley, nicknamed “The Wisconsin
A scissor-wielding seamstress prepares to cut a length of string attached to a pair of trousers. A second pair of scissors lay open on the base of her dress. A
The Haley brothers arrived in New Market in Rockingham County, N.H., on the eve of the Civil War. There, they built their tailoring establishment at the corner of Main and
Divin Glover sits with hands placed one atop the other, her furrowed brow and heavy eyelids bearing witness to her age. She is attired in a plaid dress with white