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Confederate Dead

Gardner's title for this image is "Confederate soldiers as they fell near the Burnside bridge."

Business destroyed in 1992 L.A. riots

Signs posted on a burned-out business, destroyed during the riots of 1992. Photo date: May 2, 1992.

July 17, 1862 Natchitoches Union.

Gives us a view of what a person was reading in Louisiana during the Civil War.

March 19, 1863. St. Cloud Democrat

We are able to see what people were reading on the newspaper in Minnesota

Battle of Antietam Map

"Map of the Battlefield of Antietam. On September 17, 1862, the battle was trumpeted over the arsenal explosion in the newspapers across the nation."

Map of the Battle of Antietam Illustrating Union and Confederate Positions

"Map of the battlefield of Antietam. No. 1. This map shows the position of the Union and Confederate forces on the morning of Sept. 17th, 1862, prior…

The guerilla (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]), October 3, 1862

It talks about the debt that the Civil War is possibly going to leave. It also mentions that many are being wounded because of the war.

The Soldiers' journal (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.), April 27, 1864

This page of the newspaper talks about "rebel Inhumanity."

Alexander Park Letter

Alexander Parker Crittenden letter to his wife, Clara

Capt. James A. Sayles

Capt. James A. Sayles letter to his sweetheart, Florence Lee