The top image is a sketch by paymaster John J. Pratt, depicting the crew of the U.S. steamer Stars and Stripes, in the captured schooner Carolina Gertrude, on the Ochlokonee River, engaging the dismounted rebel cavalry on shore.
Duke K. Bettis states that he will send his family paper, stamps, and envelopes to write once a week. He also explains that he is sending money and tells his wife who they need to pay some debts to. Transcription of…
Captain Edwin Camden rode with Stonewall and was one of the "Immortal 600." He put on his Civil War veteran's uniform and tried to register for the draft on the first day of World War I.
Call frequently changed his political affiliations, being in turn a Democrat, Whig, Know-Nothing, and Constitutional Unionist. As the country lurched toward Civil War in the late 1850s and early 1860s, he remained an ardent Unionist. Though no…