Brian Tomlin | December 26, 2012
One of the most popular series of 2012 has been the series on the Most Common Names of the 1860s. This was a series of three posts that examined the most popular names of the civil war era and compared them with the most popular names of today. A third part took the list of […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 25, 2012
George Henry Durrie (1820-1863) was an American artist who was born in Hartford, Connecticut and was most famous for his rural winter scenes, some of which were made into popular lithographic prints by Currier and Ives of New York. Christmas cards have often featured these rural winter scenes. Although the paintings depicted below are of […]
Brian Tomlin | December 24, 2012
Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this poem on Christmas Day, 1864. It was later adapted into the popular Christmas carol “I Heard the Bells on Christmas.” Christmas Bells I HEARD the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 23, 2012
The Andrews’ Raid, also known as the Great Locomotive Chase, was a military action in northern Georgia that occurred on 12 April 1862. James J. Andrews, a northern civilian scout, along with volunteers from several Ohio regiments, captured a train on the Western and Atlantic Railroad (W&ARR) and moved it toward Chattanooga, Tennessee. The objective […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 22, 2012
Jeannie Gourlay, a Scottish-born actress, was a player in the stock company of John T. Ford at his Washington theatre on the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, 14 April 1865. In a prior post on this blog, Jeannie Gourlay – Cast Member at Ford’s When Lincoln Was Assassinated, a time line was presented which […]
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