Samples of Cursive Writing Styles of the 1800's
Oct 15, 2019 · I have found this to be helpful as I read the different styles of handwriting on Civil War era CDV's and thought I'd share it. It depicts upper and lower case cursive writing styles from the 1800's.
NF - What Shelby Foote meant. | Civil War Books, Stories, & Media
Oct 30, 2025 · That citation from John Terraine that I cited was written sixty years ago, not the fifty that I alluded to. That coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of the Great War of 1914-18,and with the …
Handwriting analysis - American Civil War Forums
Jan 25, 2014 · I'm glad to see this sort of analysis and it is the reason that I posted the entire document. So often you see someone post a few words or a signature and ask for opinions about what it says - …
Examples Of Regional Dialects During The Civil War?
May 29, 2019 · Per the title, can anyone point me to any examples of regional dialects used during the Civil War? For example, is English as it spoken in the South today similar to what was spoken during …
Some Confederate Cavalry firearms. - American Civil War Forums
May 4, 2014 · Here are some good examples of original Confederate carbines in addition to the Smith shown on the Personalized weapons thread. First is a M1842 .69 cal. smoothbore musket with the …
Miniatures - Civil War Miniature Wargaming | Civil War Games
Jul 8, 2017 · Since it appears I am not the only war gamer on the site I figured it would be a good idea to start a thread for discussion (I noticed there was a thread for board games and some old …
Nathan Bedford Forest | Religion in the Civil War
Mar 25, 2014 · I asked for examples because the poster claimed the wording was basically a license to murder confederate soldiers. I wondered if there were any examples of US generals using it that …
Was it worth it? | The Surrender at Appomattox | Page 12 | American ...
Jul 28, 2015 · A Balkanized area with democracies battling monarchies and military dictatorships. In some of the above cases an argument could be made it was not worth it, in other examples it would …
Articles of War | Civil War Potpourri | American Civil War Forums
Apr 27, 2012 · I was wondering if there was in place or made after the Civil War some kind of article or whatever drew up about unfair treatment of army POW's... I'm writing a story and would like to know …
Was Abraham Lincoln.. all that popular to begin with?
Jan 11, 2024 · I was reading that, in some Northern counties especially Adams county in Pennsylvania (where Gettysburg took place), the presidential vote of 1860 was very much contested and Lincoln …