Slavery--Political aspects--Kentucky; Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
In his 1926 study of the Civil War era in Kentucky, southern historian E. Merton Coulter repeated the old saying that Kentucky was the only state to secede after Appomattox. In an over-simplification of the process, most historians have seen harsh...
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...
Group of women and men at multiple round dining tables in a room at the Kentucky Hotel for a dinner for the Nichols General Hospital. Address: Kentucky Hotel, southeast corner 5th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville,...
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...
Souvenir postcard folder from Savannah, Georgia. Includes a variety of images of buildings in Savannah, including Christ Church Episcopal Church, the city hall, various hotels, Central of Georgia Railway Hospital [sic], the masonic temple, and...
Women; Carriages & coaches; Costumes--United States
Mrs. Ross, in a long black dress, emerges from a buggy to join an unnamed woman in a long plaid dress. Their clothing resembles the styles of the U.S. Civil War era (1861-1865).
Three-story light brick building (with one-story wing at left) with a sign above its door saying "Franklin Hotel." A number of people pose in front of the hotel and look out from its windows, and two horse-drawn carts pass in front. A low...
Barbershops; Tailor shops; Public accommodation facilities; Buildings; Wooden buildings
Three-story white wood building labeled "Central House," "Trimbles Barber Shop" and "S. Dickstein, The Tailor." The building has a dark painted first floor at the front, and in back is connected to a one-story brick...
"This great painting was later renamed, with fitting opportunism, The Premonition of Civil War." (Caption); "The events of October 1934, and his scare in Barcelona, seem to have convinced Dali that civil war was a real possibility in...
During the 1960's, nearly ninety percent of black women in the South worked as
domestic servants. While much has been written depicting the dehumanizing and
exploitative conditions in which they lived, their contributions to human rights...
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...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Kentucky--Buildings
Composite photo of Civil Engineering, old Chemistry Building, new chemistry building and White Hall at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1924 (clockwise from upper left). Respectively, the buildings have horizontal details; turrets;...
Carriages & coaches; Women; Costumes--United States
A woman wearing a long plaid dress and feathered hat emerges from a buggy. The clothing resembles the styles of the U.S. Civil War era (1861-1865). Title supplied by cataloger.
