Charleston Harbor viewed from Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, where the war began April 12, 1861
Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, was fired upon by Confederate forces when northern soldiers occupying the fort refused to leave.
Fort Sumter welcome sign
Fort Sumter: the South fired the first shot here & President Lincoln responded by calling for an invasion of the South. Thus began the "Civil War."
Charleston Harbor & Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter casemates and parade ground
Fort Sumter casemates
Fort Sumter casemate & cannon
Fort Sumter casemates & cannon
Fort Sumter cannon
Manassas: where the first major battle was fought in 1861, and a second battle the next year
Manassas: site of 2 Battles of Manassas (or Bull Run)
Site of 2 Battles of Manassas (or Bull Run)
Manassas: Thomas Jonathan Jackson and his Virginians stood like a "Stone Wall" on this spot.
Manassas: site of 2 battles
Manassas battlefield
Manassas: General Bernard Bee was killed on this spot shortly after inspiring Southern troops to rally behind "Stonewall" Jackson and his Virginians.
Manassas: Henry House
Manassas Battlefield monument
Manassas cemetery
hotel at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, where General Grant began to make his reputation
howitzer at Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Confederate uniform at the Shiloh visitor center
Union uniform at the Shiloh visitor center
Union & Confederate uniforms at the Shiloh visitor center
Shiloh: site of the bloody battle (also called Battle of Pittsburg Landing) in Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862
Shiloh battlefield (Pittsburg Landing)
Shiloh: "Hornet's Nest," scene of very bloody fighting
monument at Shiloh
Shiloh: Parrott Rifle
Shiloh: monument to General Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA, killed at Shiloh
Shiloh: monument to General W.H.L. Wallace, USA, killed at Shiloh
Shiloh battlefield burial site
Shiloh Church on the battlefield
Chimborazo diorama, site of Confederate hospital and center for Richmond Battlefields today
Battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, one of Seven Days Battles where General Lee took command and drove back a bigger Yankee army
Battlefield of Malvern Hill
Fredericksburg, Virginia: diorama of town after Yankee bombardment, December, 1862
Fredericksburg: painting of CSA batteries on Marye's Heights shattering attacking Yankees, Dec. 13, 1862
Fredericksburg Battlefield: Marye's Heights
Fredericksburg: Marye's Heights
Fredericksburg: stone wall and sunken road at foot of Marye's Heights
Fredericksburg: cemetery on Marye's Heights
Fredericksburg: monument to Confederate Sgt Kirkland who risked his life repeatedly to give water to his dying enemies
Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tennessee, battle fought Dec. 31-Jan. 2, 1862-3.
Stones River Battle diorama
Stones River battlefield
Chancellorsville battlefield signs
Chancellorsville: site of Todd's Tavern
Chancellorsville: ruins and picture of Chancellorsville Tavern
Chancellorsville: ruins of Chancellorsville Tavern
Chancellorsville: painting of Generals Lee & Jackson at their last bivouac
Chancellorsville: site of last bivouac of Generals Lee & Jackson, May 1, 1863, just before their great victory over Union invaders
Chancellorsville: Wilderness Church near starting point of Jackson's attack
Chancellorsville: site where Stonewall Jackson was accidently shot by his own men
painting of Chandler plantation where Stonewall Jackson died of his wounds at Chancellorsville
Chandler plantation, Fairfield, Virginia, where Stonewall Jackson died of his wounds at Chancellorsville
Chandler plantation, Fairfield, Virginia: the room where Stonewall Jackson died
Chandler plantation: Stonewall Jackson's deathbed
Gettysburg: controversial obversation tower; site of battle that was turning point of war, July 1-3, 1863
Gettysburg: Virginia memorial, statue of CSA commander General Robert E. Lee
Gettysburg: equestrian statue of Union commander, General George Gordon Meade
Gettysburg: statue of General Gouverneur Warren on Little Round Top. He ordered Union troops to defend this spot, and possibly prevented a Union defeat.
Gettysburg: Little Round Top & General Warren statue
Gettysburg: view from Little Round Top
Gettysburg: Round Top
Gettysburg: Devil's Den
Gettysburg: period photo of dead sharpshooter in Devil's Den
Gettysburg: various monuments
Gettysburg: monuments
Gettysburg: Pennsylvania monument
Gettysburg: statue of teepee, Tammany Regiment, 42 New York
Gettysburg: GAR monument
Gettysburg: statue of drum & eagle
Gettysburg: fieldworks
Gettysburg: artillery monument
Gettysburg: limber & cannon
Gettysburg: caisson park
Gettysburg: caisson limbers
Gettysburg: cannons
Gettysburg: 12-pound fieldpiece
Gettysburg: Union artillery was the key to victory
Gettysburg: cannon
Gettysburg: rifled cannon
Gettysburg: Napoleon cannon
Gettysburg: burst cannon
Gettysburg: bronze plaque of artillery in action
Gettysburg: statue of artilleryman
Gettysburg: equestrian statue of general
Gettysburg: statue of general
Gettysburg: statue of general officer
Gettysburg: statue of pointing officer
Gettysburg: statue of general with sword
Gettysburg: statue of Father William Corby blessing Irish Brigade (Union)
Gettysburg: statue of soldier atop monument
Gettysburg: statue of sentry
Gettysburg: statue of soldier
Gettysburg: statue of bugler
Gettysburg: statue of running soldier
Gettysburg: statue of soldier locking musket
Gettysburg: statue of soldier swinging rifle
Gettysburg: memorial of New York 108 Infantry
Gettysburg: statue of sharpshooter
Gettysburg: statue of soldier clubbing flag-bearer
Gettysburg: Virginia memorial
Gettysburg: statue of wounded soldier
Gettysburg: North Carolina monument, statue of Pickett's Charge
Gettysburg: monument to High Water Mark of Confederacy, point of farthest advance during Pickett's Charge, July 3, 1863
Gettysburg: period photo of dead on battlefield
site of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Gettysburg: Eternal Light Peace Memorial
Vicksburg: Mississippi River viewed from Fort Hill. Capture of Vicksburg forts gave Union control of Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in two.
Vicksburg: Mississippi River viewed from Fort Hill. Lengthy campaign & siege resulted in surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863.
Vicksburg courthouse
Vicksburg Courthouse
Vicksburg: visitor center & cannons
Vicksburg: Shirley House
Vicksburg: Shirley House made famous in 1863 photo
Vicksburg: statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis of Mississippi
Vicksburg: statue of Union commander, General Hiram Ulysses Grant (known as Ulysses Simpson Grant through registrar's error at West Point)
Vicksburg: statue of Confederate General Tilghman
Vicksburg: statue of marching soldier
Vicksburg: Alabama Monument
Vicksburg: sharpshooters on Alabama Monument
Vicksburg: statue of cavalryman with carbine, Ransom's Gun Path
Vicksburg: cannon at 3rd Louisiana Redan
Vicksburg: rifled cannon at 3rd Louisiana Redan
Vicksburg: statue of soldier with flag
Vicksburg: Thayer's Approach
Vicksburg: heavy field cannon
Vicksburg: monument at Stockade Redan
Vicksburg: view of terrain at Stockade Redan
Vicksburg: battlefield terrain, vicinity of Fort Garrott
Vicksburg: Battery De Golyer
Vicksburg monument
Vicksburg: Texas Monument
Vicksburg: Iowa Monument
Vicksburg: Illinois monument
Vicksburg: USS CAIRO, Union gunboat sunk in Mississippi River
Chickamauga: Georgia Monument to bloody battle of September, 1863, in northern Georgia
Chickamauga: 12-pounders at Brotherton Cabin, where CSA General Longstreet charged Union gap
Chickamauga: 12-pounders & Snodgrass Cabin, where Union General Thomas made his famous stand
Chickamauga: Snodgrass Cabin, where General Thomas made his stand & earned nickname "Rock of Chickamauga"
Chickamauga: monument to "Rock of Chickamauga" Union General Thomas
Chickamauga: statue of riderless horse
Chickamauga: Wilder's Brigade Monument (tower)
Chickamauga: 12-pounders near Wilder monument
Chickamauga: battlefield viewed from Wilder Monument
Chickamauga: 10-pound Parrott Rifle, Battle Line Road
Chickamauga: 3-inch ordnance rifles, Union left flank
Chickamauga: Napoleon cannons
Lookout Mountain: site of November, 1863, battle above the clouds
Lookout Mountain: 1863 battle site on Tennessee-Georgia border
Lookout Mountain: Point Park entrance
Lookout Mountain: Point Park entrance, my wife Amy and son Zachary
Lookout Mountain: view of Tennessee River
Lookout Mountain: view of Moccasin Point & Tennessee River
Lookout Mountain: view of Moccasin Point, Tennessee River, & Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain: view of Tennessee River & Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain: view of Raccoon Mountain
Lookout Mountain: view of Moccasin Point, Tennessee River, & Chattanooga, with Missionary Ridge in background
Lookout Mountain: terrain on battle site
Lookout Mountain: historical reenactors, Moccasin Point in background
Lookout Mountain: my wife Amy & son Zachary
Lookout Mountain: 12-pound Napoleon gun
Lookout Mountain: site of Confederate battery
Lookout Mountain: Amy & cannon
Lookout Mountain: me & my wife Amy
Lookout Mountain: 10-pound Parrott Rifle
Lookout Mountain: New York monument near Craven House
Lookout Mountain: statue atop New York monument
Lookout Mountain: New York monument, Zack & Amy
Lookout Mountain: New York monument
Lookout Mountain: cannon shells
Lookout Mountain: Craven House
Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, where Union troops captured the ridge in an unauthorized attack which broke the siege
Missionary Ridge: cannons on site of Confederate battery which besieged Union troops for many weeks
Missionary Ridge: statue of Confederate gunner
Kennesaw Mountain: fortified Georgia hill where Confederates inflicted heavy casualties on attacking Union forces during Atlanta Campaign, June-July, 1864
Kennesaw Mountain: view looking toward Union lines
Kennesaw Mountain: view of Little Kennesaw Mountain
Kennesaw Mountain: view looking south toward Atlanta
Kennesaw Mountain: 12-pound gun near summit
Savannah, Georgia: Sherman's Headquarters following his devastating march through Georgia
Fort Morgan: Alabama fort guarding Mobile Bay; surrendered to Yankees 8-23-1864
Fort Morgan: walls & moat
Fort Morgan: entrance to fort
Fort Morgan: casemates & parade ground
Fort Morgan: gun casemates
Fort Morgan: heavy artillery
Fort Morgan: gun port
Fort Morgan: stalactites formed since fort was built in 1834
Wilderness: battlefield signs
Spotsylvania: Confederate trenches at Mule Shoe Salient
Spotsylvania: McCoull House site & painting
Richmond: guns of Ft. Gregg repulsed Union attack on Ft. Gilmer, 9-29-1864
Richmond: Union Ft. Burnham
Petersburg: site of initial Federal assault
Petersburg: entrenchments
Petersburg: site of Ft. Stedman
Petersburg: entrance to tunnel dug to plant explosives under Confederate lines
Petersburg: the Crater, formed by Union explosives planted under Confederate lines
Petersburg: cannons at visitor center
Petersburg: Union siege mortar "Dictator"
Petersburg: Confederate Vandenberg volley gun
Andersonville: memorial wall to all POWs (prisoners of war)
Andersonville: site of infamous Georgia prison camp where President Lincoln's policies directly led to the starvation of many of his own soldiers
Andersonville: prison site; posts mark walls and Dead Line
Andersonville: entrance to prison camp
Andersonville: wall & guard tower
Andersonville: the "Dead Line" - prisoners who went beyond this line were shot
Andersonville: makeshift housing
Andersonville: field piece
Andersonville: cemetery
Andersonville: Wisconsin monument & eagle
Tennessee capitol, Nashville, occupied by Union forces early in the war
Tennessee capitol, Nashville
Jackson, Mississippi: old capitol
Virginia State Capitol, Richmond
Springfield, Illinois: old capitol
Springfield, Illinois: old capitol Assembly chamber
Springfield, Illinois: old capitol Senate chamber
Springfield, Illinois: old capitol Supreme Court chamber where Lincoln pleaded 243 cases
Springfield, Illinois: old courthouse
Springfield, Illinois: old courthouse judge's bench
First "White House" of the Confederacy, Montgomery, Alabama
Second "White House" of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia
White House, home of President Lincoln (and others)
Stonewall Jackson's home, Lexington, Virginia
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: home of Union General Reynolds, killed at Gettysburg
Beauvoir, Biloxi, Mississippi: Jefferson Davis home
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wheatland, home of President James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois, with capitol in background
Abraham Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois, Lincoln's hat & shawl
Abraham Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois, fireplace
Abraham Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois, living room
Abraham Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois, boys' bedroom
Abraham Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois, kitchen
Abraham Lincoln home, Springfield, Illinois, sewing room
Springfield, Illinois: Lincoln law office
Galena, Illinois: home of General (later President) Grant
After the war General Lee turned down many lucrative job offers to become president of nearly bankrupt Washington College in Lexington, Virginia. He was as great a college president as he had been a general.
Washington & Lee University, made great under the leadership of President Robert E. Lee.
Robert E. Lee, President of Washington College, 1865-1870 - his office exactly as he left it
General Robert E. Lee reposing, Lee Chapel, Washington & Lee University
tomb of General Robert E. Lee & family, Lee Chapel, Washington & Lee University
Lincoln tomb, Springfield, Illinois
Lincoln tomb, Springfield, Illinois, Oak Ridge Cemetery original receiving vault
Springfield bell tower with slab on which Lincoln body lay
Lincoln tomb, Springfield, Illinois, fragment from Servius Tullius Wall in ancient Rome
Lincoln tomb, Springfield, Illinois, fragment from Roman Servian Wall given by Italy
Lincoln tomb, Springfield, Illinois, bronze bust by Gutzon Borglum
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Gettysburg Address
Stone Mountain, Georgia: Heroes of the Confederacy
Stone Mountain, Georgia: Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
Stone Mountain, Georgia: Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, viewed from tram
Stone Mountain, Georgia: Confederate President Jefferson Davis & General Robert E. Lee
Stone Mountain, Georgia: General Stonewall Jackson
Washington, D.C.: statue of General Grant at Capitol
Washington, D.C.: statue of Union soldiers at Capitol
Atlanta, Georgia capitol: statue of CSA General John B. Gordon
Richmond, Virginia capitol: statue of Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
Woodstock, Illinois: statue of Union soldier
Rochelle, Illinois: monument to Union soldiers
Atlanta Cyclorama & my wife Amy
Atlanta Cyclorama depicting 1864 Battle for Atlanta
Atlanta Cyclorama: 12-pound Napoleon fieldpiece
plaque for 12-pound Napoleon
plaque for 6 pounder
Atlanta Cyclorama: 6-pounder cannon & limber
bronze cannon
howitzer
cannon limber
plaque for TEXAS of Great Locomotive Chase
Great Locomotive Chase, Georgia, April 12, 1862, TEXAS pursuing the GENERAL, stolen by the Yankee Andrews raiders
TEXAS, of the Great Locomotive Chase, Atlanta Cyclorama
model of Great Locomotive Chase, Cyclorama, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Cyclorama: E. T. Starr revolver
Atlanta Cyclorama: .36 calibre Colt Navy revolver
Atlanta Cyclorama: carbine & revolvers
Atlanta Cyclorama: Confederate Le Mat grape shot revolver
Atlanta Cyclorama: Confederate Palmetto Armory pistol made in Columbia, SC in 1852 & Confederate Spiller & Burr Navy revolver made in Atlanta
Atlanta Cyclorama: Union Remington Model 1858 Army revolver & gloves
Atlanta Cyclorama: Union Rogers & Spencer Army revolver
Atlanta Cyclorama: Union Model 1860 Colt Army revolver (top) & Union Rogers & Spencer revolver (bottom)
Atlanta Cyclorama: Union Whitney Navy revolver
Atlanta Cyclorama: foot artillery sword & sword bayonet
Atlanta Cyclorama: musician's sword
Atlanta Cyclorama: bugle
Atlanta Cyclorama: ivory & ebony dominoes & tin drinking cup
Atlanta Cyclorama: officer epaulets
Atlanta Cyclorama: Union infantry cap
Atlanta Cyclorama: Confederate cavalry cap
Atlanta Cyclorama: Union sergeant's tunic
Atlanta Cyclorama: Union officer's uniform
Atlanta Cyclorama: Confederate officer's uniform
Atlanta Cyclorama: painting of battle
Napoleon 12-pound field gun, location unknown
Gatling Gun, location unknown
Fort Sumter souvenir coin
Richmond Battlefields souvenir coin
Fredericksburg souvenir coin
Vicksburg souvenir coin
Petersburg and the Crater souvenir coin
Chickamauga and Chattanooga souvenir coin
Stone Mountain souvenir coin
