Holyland’s Military-Landscape Painting
By Ronald S. Coddington The painted backdrop visible in portraits taken by a young photographer honing his craft in Washington, D.C., is the focus of this installment. During the war,
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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
Assassination in Jackson County: A defender of Freedmen is murdered in Reconstruction Florida
By William Morgan-Palmer By 1865, the bullets had stopped flying and many of the soldiers in blue and gray marched home. But the residual effects of the war would continue