Top right to bottom: G.A.R. Medal - John G. Shawbell, 9th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company C 1864-1865 - John's Muster Card
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The American Civil War is now celebrating its sesquicentennial. Each posting will present the news as it happened 150 years ago to the day. Check back often for the latest news from the front! Chime in, comments are very encouraged. -Eric |
©The United States Library of Congress Source: Virtual Civil War. com These are outstanding photographs, most have never been published. This is the war your ancestor experienced ! |
by Errol Morris The soldier’s body was found near the center of Gettysburg with no identification — no regimental numbers on his cap, no corps badge on his jacket, no letters, no diary. Nothing save for an ambrotype (an early type of photograph popular in the late 1850s and 1860s) of three small children clutched in his hand....... |
On April 12, 1861, Julia P. Cutler was living in Constitution, Ohio, six miles from Marietta. An avid reader, Julia Cutler was also an avid letter writer--and she kept journals. When news of the fall of Fort Sumter reached the Old Stone House in Ohio on April 13, 1861, Julia Cutler began a journal. She wrote in it every day throughout the duration of the Civil War. |