On October 15, 1863, David Wills posted advertisements across Gettysburg for contractors to remove the dead from the battlefield. He asked for a sealed proposal and a price for those interested in two job opportunities. The first was to identify and disinter the Union...
Check out the following famous Thomas Nast illustration of Thanksgiving during the Civil War. Titled “United We Stand,” this cartoon from Harper’s Weekly in 1864 shows President Abraham Lincoln, US Army soldiers, and a host of others gathered...
A Wedding in Camp… On March 12, 1863, in a rare celebratory event against the backdrop of war, Captain Daniel Hart of the 7th New Jersey Volunteers wed Ellen “Nellie” Lammond in camp. Captain Hart was unable to secure a furlough from camp, prompting Miss Lammond to...
A Call to Arms! – President Lincoln’s Call for 75,000 Volunteers On April 15, 1861, President Lincoln issued the following proclamation: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been, for some time...
On July 14th, 1861, Major Sullivan Ballou wrote a letter to his wife Sarah at home in Rhode Island one week before he fought and died in the First Battle of Bull Run. Sullivan Ballou was born to Hiram and Emeline Ballou, a distinguished Huguenot family in...
