Tracking Booth
By Richard A. Wolfe Towards sunset on Wednesday, April 26, 1865, a detective rode into Washington, D.C, carrying the personal effects of the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. John Wilkes
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Case Number 16
By Patrick Naughton During heavy fighting along one sector of the Petersburg front on a February day in 1865, a Union lieutenant aided a wounded brother officer. The lieutenant later
The Cambrian Oratress
By Richard L. Leisenring, Jr. At the height of the Civil War, a young lady arrived in the United States on a crusade. Miss Susannah Evans traveled from Aberdare, Wales,
Not a Forty-Eighter
By Daniel Carroll Toomey Following the French revolution and the age of Napoleon, a desire for political reform spread throughout Central Europe. In early 1848, a rebellion led by a
From Vivid Eggplant to Unpleasant Cheesy Hues: A brief history of yellowing and fading of albumen prints
By Ronald S. Coddington On May 3, 1855, the council of the Photographic Society of London voted unanimously to investigate a burning question that preoccupied its membership. Why do paper
They Knew Gettysburg Before the Battle
Included among the millions of artifacts in the collections of the Adams County Historical Society are these hard plate portraits of individuals connected to Gettysburg, Pa. Most were residents whose
Connected by a Carte de Visite: Profiles of a clergyman and the photographer who captured his likeness
Chaplain John H. Frazee By Joseph G. Bilby When the troopers of the 3rd New Jersey Cavalry formed in early 1864, they were issued one of the Union army’s most
Lytle’s Baton Rouge Backdrop
By Adam Ochs Fleischer White neoclassical buildings boasting large columns at their entrance typify antebellum architecture, from government buildings to plantation homes. As such, it is unsurprising that this imagery
Early Uniforms of Duryée’s Zouaves, 1861
By Ron Field These stereoviews produced by photographer George Stacy at the camp of the 5th New York Infantry near Fortress Monroe in May 1861 picture the Zouaves on parade
A Florida Chaplain and One of Mosby’s Men
Among the men of faith who tended to the spiritual needs of the Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee was Robert Lemuel Wiggins. Born in Baldwin, Ga., Wiggins lived