2013 – Civil War Profiles

Thomas Nast and Santa Claus in the Civil War

December 22, 2013 Mathew W. Lively 2

Thomas Nast is considered by many to be the father of the American political cartoon. He is credited with creating the elephant as the political symbol of the Republican Party and popularizing the use of […]

Robert E. Lee in War and Peace

December 1, 2013 Civil War Profiles 0

Robert E. Lee in War and Peace: The Photographic History of a Confederate and American Icon Donald A. Hopkins Hardcover; 216 pages Savas Beatie (2013) Donald A. Hopkins has written what is destined to be […]

Abraham Lincoln, Smallpox, and the Gettysburg Address

November 15, 2013 Mathew W. Lively 5

As Abraham Lincoln rose to give the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, his face had a “sad, mournful, almost haggard” expression according to Clark E. Carr, a member of National Cemetery Commission. Reciting the […]

Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation

November 10, 2013 Civil War Profiles 0

Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation Robert Wilson Hardcover; 288 Pages Bloomsbury (2013) Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation by Robert Wilson is not a compilation of Brady photographs; it is a biography of the […]

The Civil War in 50 Objects

November 6, 2013 Civil War Profiles 0

The Civil War in 50 Objects Harold Holzer Hardcover; 408 Pages Viking (2013) The Civil War in 50 Objects is a neat collection of essays on selected artifacts from the New-York Historical Society. Author Harold […]

Surgeon in Blue

November 3, 2013 Civil War Profiles 0

Surgeon in Blue: Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War Doctor Who Pioneered Battlefield Care Scott McGaugh Hardcover; 368 Pages Arcade Publishing (2013) Dr. Jonathan Letterman was a trendsetter in battlefield medicine and many of his innovations […]

Stonewall Goes West

November 3, 2013 Civil War Profiles 0

Stonewall Goes West R. E. Thomas Paperback; 256 Pages Black Gold Media (2013) From the alternate history genre, this book has Stonewall Jackson surviving his wounding at the battle of Chancellorsville and returning to action […]

Is this Stonewall Jackson in Camp?

October 15, 2013 Mathew W. Lively 43

Stonewall Jackson had two portrait photographs taken during the Civil War – one in Winchester, Virginia, in November 1862 and the other near Fredericksburg, Virginia, in April 1863. No other period photographs of Jackson […]

Robert E. Lee Death Mask

October 12, 2013 Civil War Profiles 0

The original death mask of Robert E. Lee was taken by American sculptor Clark Mills upon Lee’s death in Lexington, VA on October 12, 1870. This copy of the mask is on display at the […]

18th NC Regiment Flag

September 22, 2013 Civil War Profiles 0

Obverse and reverse of the flag carried by the 18th North Carolina Regiment at the battle of Chancellorsville on the night of May 2, 1863 when members of the unit accidentally wounded Lt. Gen. Thomas […]