Requiescat in Pace: Memorial photographs of the Civil War
By Richard Leisenring Jr. After the death of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth in 1861, patriotic Northerners eager to remember his martyrdom purchased a huge number of cartes de visite featuring
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Sons of Virginia
An estimated 155,000 Virginia men served in the Confederate army, a remarkable 89 percent of eligible volunteers. Here are some of their portraits and personal narratives. Teenaged Trooper According to