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These Three Have Met Again

It gets almost painful to go to Father’s we differ so widely. He it is true says nothing personal or unhandsome, but he censures so sweepingly every thing that SC does. Mama & Susan do go on so about the “Flag. Who cares for the old striped rag…

After gaining Atlanta, Sherman took a risk greater than ever before, and for which he has been much criticized by military commentators. He was convinced that if he could march through, and ruin the rain the railway system of, Georgia-the 'granary…

Curiously, historians have tended to understate the importance of slavery within southern consciousness during the war. In part, this may be because in postbellum decades many southerners themselves disavowed slavery as a major cause of the…

It has become a commonplace that the war changed how Americans thought of their country. During the antebellum years, most people said “the United States are . . .” After the war, however, they said “The United States is . .…

Major Caleb Huse.
Major: I have the honor to enclose herewith copy of letter of instructions from Colonel J. Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, dated May 19th, 1863. Also copy of letter from Lieut. Colonel I.M. St. John, Chief of the Nitre and Mining…

Vance’s campaign and election matter because they highlight the role of racial fear in suppressing disaffection, in smoothing the tensions inherent in Confederate patriotism, and in keeping enlisted men committed to the war when the…

William Graham’s argument on the admissions of evidence regarding the Ku Klux Klan is a pivotal motion for the Board of Managers charges. Mr. Graham argues that before any evidence of the Ku Klux Klan is admitted into the trial, there must be some…

John White, Esq., London

Dear Sir, --I have the pleasure to inform you of the safe arrival this day of the str. "Advance" from Wilmington.
The cargo consists of Five Hundred Bales of Cotton which I would suggest you insure against fire while now…

Fraser, Trenholm & Co. Liverpool

Dear Sirs:--Capt Hora having succeeded after some delay in obtaining a Wilmington Pilot, the "Thistle" left here yesterday for Wilmington with about 100 Tons of Freight. He put on shore to be sent to England by the…