Sarah Gilbert Slater was a mysterious Confederate spy who worked with both John Wilkes Booth and John Surratt prior to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln but disappeared shortly after without… Read more »
Despite his connection to his Confederate-sympathizing brother, John Wilkes Booth, stage actor Edwin Booth voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. John Wilkes Booth was reportedly deeply disappointed by his brother’s… Read more »
William Quantrill was the leader of a violent group of Confederate guerrillas, known as Quantrill’s Raiders, whose members included brothers Frank and Jesse James. After Quantrill was shot and paralyzed… Read more »
The types of food that were popular during the Civil War was very different from the food we eat today. Due to war-time food shortages and a lack of both… Read more »
James Russell Lowell was an abolitionist and poet from Cambridge, Massachusetts who served as the first editor of the Atlantic Monthly magazine from 1857 to 1861. In October of 1860,… Read more »
Benjamin Butler was a Massachusetts Senator who served as a Union General in the Civil War. Despite the fact that he was a Democrat and a Northerner, during the 1860… Read more »
Mary Elizabeth Bowser was a slave who later became a spy for the Union army during the Civil War. Born as Mary Elizabeth Richards, sometime around the year 1839, she… Read more »
Loreta Janeta Velazquez was a woman who served as a Civil War soldier. Much of what is known about Velazquez comes from her memoir, The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of… Read more »
Pauline Cushman was a stage actress who later became a spy for the Union army. Born Harriett Wood in New Orleans on June 10, 1833, Cushman was raised in Michigan… Read more »
Sarah Emma Edmonds was a female soldier and spy in the Civil War. The following are some facts about Sarah Emma Edmonds: Sarah Emma Edmonds’ Childhood: Edmonds was born on… Read more »