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Tag Archives: Civil War history
Civil War Medicine: Dr. Letterman’s System Evolves
Dr. Jonathan Letterman had devised, implemented and had gained success with a well-trained ambulance corps. Then he turned his attention to medical practices itself. Civil War Doctors and their Equipment By 1860s, medical practice in America had barely evolved since … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Civil War battlefield casualties, Civil War doctors, Civil War field hospitals, Civil War history, Civil War medical instruments, Civil War medical wagons, Civil War medicine, Civil War surgery, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Medical practices of the Civil War, Medical tools of the Civil War, The Civil War Ambulance Corps, The Father of Battlefield Medicine
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The Dying General: Grant’s Final Campaign
Ulysses S. Grant was unquestionably a great and able general, but he was no businessman. The General’s Last Hurrah When Ulysses S. Grant retired from two terms as President of the United States in early 1877, he was the … Continue reading
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Tagged "Around the World with General Grant", American history, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferdinand Ward, General Grant, General Grant's family, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant's trip around the world, history, Julia Grant, Mark Twain, Mark Twain publisher, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, the death of General Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Dr. Jonathan Letterman and Civil War Medicine
Evacuating the wounded from the battlefield could take days at the start of the American Civil War. The Letterman System Dr. Jonathan Letterman (1824-72) was an army surgeon who came from a distinguished medical family. During the 1850s, he was … Continue reading
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Tagged "Father of Battlefield Medicine", Ambulance Corps, American Civil War, American history, Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Second Manassas, Civil War, Civil War ambulances, Civil War history, Civil war medical advances, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George B. McClellan, history, Jonathan Letterman, Major Jonathan Letterman, medicine during the Civil War, The history of the Ambulance Corps, The Letterman System, US history
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“Prince” John Magruder: Confederate Showman
John B. Magruder was the Confederacy’s master showman whose tactics have gone down in history as the best flim-flam of the Civil War. John Bankhead Magruder: Virginia Soldier John Bankhead Magruder (1807-1871) was Virginia born and raised, University of Virginia … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Civil War, Civil War Battle of Yorktown, Civil War history, Civil War Siege of Yorktown, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George McClellan, General John B. Magruder, General Joseph E. Johnston, Geprge McClellan, history, John B. Magruder, John Magruder's maneuvers in Yorktown, Joseph E. Johnston, McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, Peninsula Campaign, US Civil War, US history
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The Sons of Varina Davis
One of the little-known tragedies of Varina Davis’ life was that she survived all four of her sons. Samuel Emery Davis (1852-54) Forty-four year old Jefferson Davis and his twenty-six year old wife Varina had been married for seven years. … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Civil War history, Confederacy, Confederate First Lady, Confederate history, Confederate President, Confederate States of America, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady of the Confederacy, history, Jane Pierce, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis Jr., Jefferson Davis' children, Joseph Evan Davis, Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, President Franklin Pierce, Samuel Emery Davis, The Civil War, U.S. Civil War, Varina Davis, William Howell Davis
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Jefferson Davis: The Petticoat Story
Jefferson Davis’ reputation will forever be tainted by foolish innuendo. Jefferson Davis: CSA’s Flawed Leader The Confederate president was a man of polarities. Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) had some excellent character traits. He was a courteous and surprisingly generous Southern gentleman. … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Lost Cause", American history, Capturing Jefferson Davis, Civil War, Civil War history, Confederate history, Confederate President, Confederate States of America, CSA President, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fortress Monroe, Franklin Pierce, history, Jeff Davis, Jefferson Davis, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Symbol of "The Lost Cause", US history, Varina Davis, Zachary Taylor
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Varina Davis: Queen of the South
In 1861, Mrs. Jefferson Davis was hailed as the First Lady of the Confederacy. Today she is virtually unknown. Varina Howell Davis: The Early Years Even though Varina (pronounced Va-REE-na) Howell (1826-1906) was born and raised in Natchez, Mississippi, her … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Belvoir in Biloxi MS, Civil War history, Confederacy, Confederate First Lady, Confederate First Lady Varina Davis, Confederate history, Confederate States, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady of the Confederacy, First Lady of the South, Fortress Monroe, history, Jefferson Davis, Joseph Pulitzer, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, President Franklin Pierce, U.S. Civil War, Varina Davis, Varina Davis son Joe Davis, Varina Howell Davis, White House of the Confederacy
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The Family Life of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was unquestionably a great general. He was also a great family man. Ulysses Grant: The Poor Family Beginnings Financially, Ulysses S. Grant was not born to poverty. It was the family dynamics that were decidedly peculiar. His … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Buck Grant, Civil War, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, Fred Grant, Frederick Dent Grant, General Grant, Grant's last years, history, Jesse Root Grant, Julia Grant, Nellie Grant, Presidential history, The family of General Grant, U.S. Grant's family, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses Grant Jr., Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Winnie Davis: The Daughter of the Confederacy
Varina Anne Davis was a tragic story from the start. Winnie Davis’ First Years “Little Pie Cake” as she was called for the first year of her life, entered the world in June, 1864, the second daughter and sixth child … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War, American history, Beauvoir, Civil War history, Confederate history, Confederate States of America, Daughter of the Confederacy, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fortress Monroe, Fred Wilkinson, history, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis daughter, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, The Daughter of the Confederacy, US history, Varina Anne Davis, Varina Davis, Winnie Davis
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Abraham Lincoln’s Life and Limb
Abraham Lincoln had an innate instinct for Public Relations – but with him, it usually meant “Political Realities.” The Fall of Fort Sumter Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) had only been President for six weeks when Fort Sumter was attacked in Charleston … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln war powers, American Civil War, American history, Charleston Harbor, Civil War, Civil War history, Constitutional War Powers, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fort Sumter, Franklin Pierce, history, James Buchanan, Lincoln's war powers, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin Pierce, President James Buchanan, President Lincoln, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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