Category: digital history
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The Liljenquist photographs and Sharpsburg
I’ve explored this treasure that is the Liljenquist collection of ambrotypes and tintypes at the Library of Congress, and found some intriguing images with a connection to our favorite battlefield.
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New blog: the Maryland Campaign of 1862
Tom Clemens makes his debut in the blogosphere on The Maryland Campaign of 1862. That’s also the title of his two-volume series coming soon from Savas-Beatie: a carefully annotated edition of General Ezra Carman’s life’s work.
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Frank Schell’s battle
Frank Schell accompanied the Army of the Potomac on the Maryland Campaign of 1862, and was on the field for the battle on 17 September. He was a civilian there from New York – a sketch artist for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Fortunately for those who study the battle, a number of his original battlefield…
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A hyperTOC for Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions
An excellent companion to Moore’s Roster for researching North Carolina troops is the 5 Volume Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War, 1861-1865, published by the State of North Carolina in 1901. Editor Walter Clark was Adjutant of the 35th Regiment at Sharpsburg, and later Lieutenant Colonel of…
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A hyperTOC for Moore’s Roster of North Carolina Troops
I’ve been on a fruitful run over the last couple of weeks looking into North Carolina soldiers who were at the battle of Sharpsburg. It began with the following haunting photograph from the Time-Life Voices volume on the battle of Fredericksburg … W.B. Whitaker (Time-Life’s Voices: Fredericksburg, courtesy Frances Honeycutt) He’s First Sergeant – later…
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CWArtillery gets new home
Bad news and good news. The bad news is that the famed website cwartillery.org is no more. The good news is that the core information – if not the lively, efficient design – is still available online. header, The Civil War Artillery Page, 1999 (C. Ten Brink) Unfortunately, original author Chuck Ten Brink can no…
