when Hood's shattered Army of Tennessee had become subject matter for engravers rather than mourners
Illinois Chicago arrives with the clamor of the stockyards and the hush of the lakefront in the same breath — elevated trains over Wabash
the gaze of a man reading casualty lists by lamplight
the open primer: armaments of a nation rebuilding itself through its children
the protectionist's protectionist
Major Robert Anderson, the Hero of Fort Sumter, 1861 framed blueprint when Hood's shattered Army ofMajor Robert Anderson, the Hero of Fort Sumter, 1861 the officer who held Charleston Harbor through thirty four hours of bombardment, rendered here in the early ink of a war just beginning. His likeness was printed for a Union public hungry for a face to fix the opening shot upon. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and