February 12, 2020U.S. Civil War Gettysburg Address. A tribute to the memory and legacy of Abraham Lincoln as we remember his birth on February 12, 1809. The Gettysburg Address, […]
February 8, 2020February 8, 2020comparison data, U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the eastern shore of Maryland before the Civil War. Watched the uplifting and depressing movie Harriet last night. Second time I’ve seen it. Fabulous tale about the efforts of Harriet Tubman […]
December 16, 2019December 16, 2019comparison data, Other eras, U.S. Civil War Pay rate for privates in each of America’s wars Pay for American soldiers during each major war is provided by We Are the Mighty. Their article, This is how much troops […]
December 9, 2019December 9, 2019U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War – Part 4 This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in […]
December 5, 2019January 3, 2020U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War – Part 3 This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in […]
November 27, 2019December 9, 2019U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War – Part 2 This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in […]
November 25, 2019December 9, 2019U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War – Part 1 Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero, by Kate Clifford Larson provides the first adult biography of […]
November 16, 2019November 16, 2019U.S. Civil War Indicator of soldier’s pay late in the Civil War. Racial disparity in pay rates. Hymns of the Republic by S. C. Gwynne cites an editorial on May 1, 1864 in the Chicago Tribune titled “Read and […]
April 24, 2019U.S. Civil War Indicator of coast-to-coast travel cost and wages for school teacher in San Diego back in 1865 Docent at the School House Museum in the Old Town San Diego State Historical Park explained the people of San Diego hired a […]
January 19, 2019January 20, 2019Other eras, U.S. Civil War Inflation factors during the Civil War and an indication of relative wages in the 1860s. An insightful indicator of wages during the Civil War can be found in The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy, […]