Brian Tomlin | September 12, 2012
It shouldn’t be a surprise to look at a newspaper from 150 years ago and see that it looks and sounds different from what we are used to today. The type is smaller, the paper is bigger, there is more type on each page, and the ads are interspersed throughout the stories. In fact, advertisements […]
Brian Tomlin | August 27, 2012
The following advertisements were taken from the Lancaster Examiner and Herald dated August 27, 1862. Selected text from each ad are typed out beside the photo of the ad. You may see the entire August 27, 1862 edition of the Examiner here. The Lancaster Academy. Mr. George R. Barr, of this city, having procured the large and beautiful rooms […]
Brian Tomlin | August 13, 2012
Here are six blogs that on on Civil War Topics that are regularly updated and feature information, photographs and other materials of interest to Civil War Researchers. Civil War Day by Day. The University of North Carolina Library produces this blog using documents, photographs and other primary source materials from its collections and presents them on […]
Brian Tomlin | July 30, 2012
What were the most popular given names during the Civil War period? This is the third part of a three part study of that question. Part 1 looked at the most popular men’s names of U.S. men born during the period 1811-1850, the broad period that made up the vast majority of Civil War Soldiers. Part […]
Brian Tomlin | July 17, 2012
American Civil War Wax Museum, Gettysburg, PA 297 Steinwater Ave, Gettysburg, PA 717-334-6245 Contains 35 scenes with 300 life-size wax figures depicting civil war events B & O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD 901 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21223 The museum’s exhibit “The War Came By Train: American Civil War 150th Anniversary” tells the […]
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