A Selection of Civil War Terms From Letter A Through Letter M
The soldiers of the Civil War often had their own unique way of saying things. The words, slang, and phrases of Billy Yank (a Union soldier), a Johnny Reb (a Confederate soldier), and the civilians of...
8 Tammi 202421min
Civil War Speech and Jargon
Civil War Speech and Jargon The soldiers of the Civil War had their own way of saying things. The words, slang, and phrases of Billy Yank (a Union soldier), Johnny Reb (a Confederate soldier), and th...
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John Burns - The Old Hero of Gettysburg
John Burns - The Old Hero of Gettysburg Robert E. Lee and his invading Army of Northern Virginia brought the Civil War to the quiet and pastoral town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in early July 1863. A...
25 Heinä 202312min
The Story Of Antietam’s Dunker Church - Part Two
Immediately after the battle, the Dunker Church served as a makeshift hospital for the wounded. It was not used as a proper hospital because it was too small, and it had no supply of water or food. Th...
22 Touko 20238min
The Story of Antietam’s Dunker Church - Part One
The Battle of Antietam or the Battle of Sharpsburg as the South called it, was fought on September 17, 1862. This one-day battle left a terrible carnage on the beautiful and pastoral countryside of Sh...
18 Touko 202312min
Elizabeth Van Lew – A Union Spymaster in Richmond
Elizabeth Van Lew – A Union Spymaster in Richmond When the Southern states began seceding from the Union after Abraham Lincoln’s election as president in November 1860, young Elizabeth Van Lew thoug...
5 Touko 20239min
Belle Boyd, the “La Belle Rebelle” – A Confederate Spy
Isabella Maria Boyd ran her father’s hotel in Front Royal, Virginia. Front Royal is at the northern end of the Civil War-strategic Shenandoah Valley. Belle Boyd was a Confederate spy. Most often she w...
19 Huhti 202310min
