Capture of Fort Fisher 1865 Aztec_Stadium_Poster all gilded by the century's

all gilded by the century's restless faith that the horizon owed something to those who reached it

Death of Washington

photographed at the armory that housed their saddles

when Irvin carried the party's banner against Francis Shunk in a Pennsylvania already restless with the Mexican War's spoils and the slavery question simmering beneath every stump speech

Armory of First City Troop

Capture of Fort Fisher 1865 Aztec_Stadium_Poster all gilded by the century'sCapture of Fort Fisher 1865 renders the Union's amphibious assault on the Confederacy's last open Atlantic stronghold, the sand ramparts above Wilmington overrun by naval bombardment and bayonet. The engraving carries the salt and powder of a January night when the blockade finally closed for good. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional