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 …

May 5, 2018 · From my reading 19th century accounts of public schooling, it appears that cursive writing was taught to everyone, with the added motivation of the "board of education applied to …

Jul 14, 2024 · Takes practice to read old cursive but I had the good fortune to have a solid reason to practice it. My surnamed 5th great-grandfather was a deputy surveyor for the Crown in the …

Aug 5, 2012 · Are you thinking of cursive writing or the writing style? They were certainly more verbose than we are today. I have the honour, Sir, to be your humble and obedient servant, …

Aug 20, 2009 · Was the invasion of Pennsylvania that led to the defeat of Gettysburg Lee's only good option in the summer of 1863? Might he have, as Davis suggested, dispatched a portion …

Mar 4, 2015 · I have to go to work, bigger fish to fry. I would enjoy reading your sources, first hand accounts, that say everyone altered their boxes and threw their tins away and maybe some …

Jan 16, 2015 · Summary: Based on extent examples and research, my (conservative) estimate for a typical Confederate brigade works out to 186 horses and mules, assuming the brigade …

Jul 4, 2016 · I have what I believe is an authentic Confederate Stamp on an envelope which appears to have been mailed. Looks old to me. The writing is pretty faded but clearly there, …

Jun 5, 2023 · Currently reading OR V46 (the January-April 1865 Virginia volume) -- seeing a few, perhaps 10-20 per day, of these, and it's a bit confounding. Why would Union soldiers desert …

Aug 27, 2011 · It seems incredible just how unprepared the army's medical services were for the task they faced starting in April 1861. The unnecessary additional suffering this brought to …