Railroads--Virginia--History--19th century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation; Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
This thesis is an examination of the Virginia railroad system during the Civil War. Using extensive and primary secondary sources, the thesis argues that the Virginia General Assembly, the Confederate Government under Jefferson Davis, and the...
United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army; Soldiers--Kentucky--Psychology--History--19th century; Soldiers--Kentucky--Attitudes--History--19th century
Beginning with Bell Irvin Wiley's 1943 The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy, historians have produced many works describing the motivations for soldiers to enlist and serve during the Civil War. However, because they often...
Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
In the early days of 1861, Kentucky, torn between her allegiance to the federal government and her sympathy for the South, with her citizenry so divided that hardly a family in the state stood united, vainly endeavored to carve out for herself a...
Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Women; Government officials
Standing outdoors, from left to right, president of the Texas division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Mrs. W.W. Turner of Webster, Texas; Kentucky Governor Happy Chandler; and author and president of the United Daughters of the...
Portrait of author Charlotte Osborne (Mrs. John W.) Woodbury of Louisville, Kentucky wearing a long necklace and her hair curly. The photograph is tearing, damaged along the edges, and discoloring from age. Handwritten on back of image: Historian...
Portrait of author and president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Charlotte Osborne (Mrs. John W.) Woodbury of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a string of pearls and a lacy dress. Stamped on back of image: September 23, 1935. Handwritten on...
Portrait of author and president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Charlotte Osborne (Mrs. John W.) Woodbury of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a long string of pearls around her neck and a black lace dress. The background of the photograph...
Portrait of author and president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Charlotte Osborne (Mrs. John W.) Woodbury of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing her hair back and a string of pearls around her neck. The photograph is discolored yellow from...
Portrait of author and president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Charlotte Osborne (Mrs. John W.) Woodbury of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing evening attire. The photograph is marked with discolorations and yellowing from age. Stamped on...
Thomas W. Bullitt was born at Oxmoor in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1838, a representative of one of Kentucky's oldest and most distinguished families. Raised on the family estate, he attended Centre College, graduating in 1858. He then went to...
Men; Historic buildings; Porches; Military officers; War casualties; People with disabilities
Colonel George Washington Weissinger, Jr., real-life model for the character Colonel Sherman in the Little Colonel books written by Annie Fellows Johnston, sits on the porch of The Locust in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The house, which is on the...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate; Generals--Confederate States of America; Generals; Military officers
Portrait of Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893). Born in Louisiana, Beauregard was the first Confederate Brigadier General. Beauregard and his commander, General Joseph E. Johnston, convinced Davis and the remaining cabinet members that the war...
