Battle of Williamsburgh 1862 Patriots_Poster Grant 1866 — a portrait

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

the rituals of secular sainthood

Bombardment of Fort Pulaski

as if he knew the whole vessel of a sailor's night depended on inches

the Light Guard posed with the stiff dignity of a militia that took its drill seriously

Battle of Williamsburgh 1862 Patriots_Poster Grant 1866 — a portraitBattle of Williamsburgh 1862 renders McClellan's first serious clash up the Peninsula a muddy, rear guard tangle outside the old colonial capital, where Hooker and Longstreet traded volleys among the redoubts and the road to Richmond first revealed how dearly it would be paid for. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and