The Starting Point of the Great War Between the States large new york map Grant 1866 — a portrait

Grant 1866 — a portrait of the general one year after Appomattox

1861 — a martial portrait fixed barely a month after Manassas

North Carolina Charlotte rises from the Piedmont in lithographed views of Tryon Street trolleys

his name and regiment inked into the same ledger that had counted him toward Appomattox

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The Starting Point of the Great War Between the States large new york map Grant 1866 — a portraitThe Starting Point of the Great War Between the States a retrospective lithograph fixing its gaze on the first spark, the moment Fort Sumter's harbor turned from rumor to artillery. The print labors to mark a precise origin for a war whose roots ran far deeper than any single shot. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and