ONCE A CIVIL WAR

The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

February 23, 1863---Walt Whitman on Union Military Hospitals

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FEBRUARY 23, 1863:            Walt Whitman writes to The New York Times about the deplorable conditions in the Union’s military ho...

February 22, 1863---Eighty Acres of Hell

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FEBRUARY 22, 1863:            Camp Douglas, Illinois, a Union POW Camp for Confederates is suffering a devastating smallpox epidemi...

February 21, 1863---A.J. Peeler's letter to his Yankee nurse

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FEBRUARY 21, 1863:            Anderson James Peeler, Esq., former Clerk of the Florida State Legislature, is appointed First Lieute...
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February 20, 1863---Grant bans booze

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FEBRUARY 20, 1863:          Belying his reputation as an indulger, General Grant issues an order requiring all bars in his departm...

February 19, 1863---The Chunky Creek Disaster

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FEBRUARY 19, 1863:            A massive train wreck occurs when the bridge over Chunky Creek, near Hickory, Mississippi, collapses ...
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