General Lee (from a letter to his sister)

General Lee (from a letter to his sister).
From the British Periodical The Spectator, 10 December 1864

Four Days At Gettysburg

This article is from the February 1864 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine. It recounts some of the human aftermath of the battle. (click on this entry's title to go to the page.)

More new web pages

Gray Beards - "old men in uniform"

Letter to the Editor from a Rebel Prisoner

A Political Enemy But a Personal Friend

Who I Eat With>

A Number One Minister

Chain-Pumps and Lightnin’- Rods

Fare to Renick

Matters of More Importance

Buttermilk

A Very Big Man

Forbes Drawings

The Civil War Art of Edwin Forbes

(click on link to go to image index 6)

"Gone off with the Yanks" ; A land flowing with milk and honey ; A scouting party ; An old campaigner; Four vignettes about the American Civil War


The defenses of Manassas on the Orange and Alex. R.R. north of the station, looking S.E.


The battle of Cedar Mountain. Night at the hospitals. Arrival of Gen. McDowell's Corps


Attack on Little Round Top held by the 5th Corps commanded by General Sykes



General US Grant at Wilderness

Forbes Drawings

Review of Gen. Ord's division, opposite Fredericksburg, by Maj. Gen. McDowall [sic] and staff


Gum Spring, Va., "Sketched on the march to Gettysburg, scene on the Little River turnpike"


The Army of the Potomac marching over the second Bull Run battleground near Groveton


The battle of Gettysburg


Ruins of the Acquia Creek and Fredericksburg R.R. bridge, over Potomac Creek

More Edwin Forbes

Cavalry charge near Culpeper Court House, Va


President Lincoln reviewing the Army of the Potomac on Monday, April 6, 1863


Gum Spring, Va., "Sketched on the march to Gettysburg, scene on the Little River turnpike"


The Civil War Art of Edwin Forbes

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Another Edwin Forbes Drawing

An army graveyard. Winter camp near Stoneman's Switch, Falmouth, Va.

Ironsides Pages

The Battle of Newport News - Implications of the battle between Merrimac and Monitor in May 10, 1862 article in Littell's Living Age (from the March 29 issue of the British periodical, The Saturday Review)

Duel of the Ironsides - Merrimac and Monitor in May 10, 1862 article in Littell's Living Age(from the March 29 issue of the British periodical, The Spectator)

The Loss of the Monitor - First person account by one of the Monitor's "plank owner's"

Addition from last week not mentioned here:

My Escape From Richmond.

More of The Civil War Art of Edwin Forbes

(click on link to go to image index 5)

The Civil War Art of Edwin Forbes

Web pages with photos from

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895, artist.