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.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

December 22, 1863---"What a kind and considerate conqueror is Abraham!"

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DECEMBER 22, 1863:           The Confederate Union of Milledgeville, Georgia, prints an editorial mocking Abraham Lincoln’s “Procla...
Friday, December 20, 2013

December 21, 1863---"God save me from such ignorant trash."

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DECEMBER 21, 1863:           A letter, purportedly written by Union soldier D.G. Griffin, is published in the fire-eating Charlesto...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

December 20, 1863---"If a Rebel's prayers are of any account . . ."

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DECEMBER 20, 1863:         A Union soldier, George Hovey Cadman, writes home about an incident involving a Rebel widow: . ....

December 19, 1863---A RESTLESS enemy

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DECEMBER 19, 1863:           Patrolling the Florida coast, the skipper of the U.S.S. RESTLESS, W.R. Browne, writes a report to his ...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

December 18, 1863---William Breedlove, "a free person of colour."

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DECEMBER 18, 1863:          William Breedlove, a blacksmith and a “free person of colour” was convicted in Virginia for aiding and ...
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