As the flag was hoisted skyward, the surrounding forts that had inaugurated the rebellion now issued a salute of respect and rejoicing for the restoration of the Union.81 That evening, Anderson and scores of other northern dignitaries ...
General Trimble mounted, adjusting his seat and reins with an air and grace as if setting out on a pleasant afternoon ride. When aligned to their places solid march was made down the slope and past our batteries of position.
In Remembering the Civil War, historians Michael Barton and Charles Kupfer carefully select excerpts from the memoirs of key participants and weave them together to tell the story of the war in a single volume.
Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation
Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation
Remembering the Civil War: Frederick Douglass and "the Merits of this Fearful Conflict" : a Manuscript from the Gilder Lehrman...