About

This blog complements The Civil War in America exhibition, displayed on site at the Library of Congress between November 12, 2012, and June 1, 2013, and online http://myloc.gov/exhibitions/civil-war-in-america. Posts are written by more than forty individuals featured in the exhibition and are excerpts from their diaries, letters, and published memoirs—all eyewitness accounts to the events of the war. To place these excerpts in context, click on the direct link to The Civil War in America embedded at the end of each entry.

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Sources of selected images from site banner

  • Frank Vizatelly, artist. “Naval Battle at Charleston” in London Illustrated News, May 16, 1863. General Collections, Library of Congress
  • The starting point of the great war between the states. 1878.
  • The Sanitary fair grand march / E Mack [sheet music]. 1864 .
  • Storming Fort Wagner. 1890.