Tag: 1860s

Here's an old print from the Civil War showing several views of Fort Federal Hill. Source: Library of Congress

How cool is this old map from the Civil War? It shows Camp Patterson Park, including a directory of soldiers. Fascinating.

Here's a terrific old photograph from the Civil War. It shows the 6th Massachusetts Regiment. Source: Library of Congress

I'm guessing that many of you have already seen this famous painting by Robinson Gifford, painted during the Civil War. It's a beautiful view...

1869 was not a good time to be suffering from Diarrhea (no time is good really). Well, if you were suffering back then, this...

This is an interesting, short article from The Baltimore Sun, printed on April 27th, 1865. It's a letter to the newspaper from a Confederate officer, imprisoned...

Now this is a creative way to find yourself a wife. Place a classified ad in The Baltimore Sun. That's what this gentleman did exactly...

Last week we wrote about how the city of Baltimore was perceived to be unfriendly to the Union. That's because it was. Lincoln was...

Now this is a fascinating find from the Baltimore Sun, printed on February 27th, 1908. Most of the Civil War buffs out there know that...

Here's a drawing that we dug up at the Library of Congress showing Camp Belger during the Civil War, in 1862. Source: Library of Congress

This is cool. In the May 10th, 1865 edition of the Baltimore Sun, this advertisement ran for the sale of a saloon at 98...

This is a print from 1862 showing the view of Baltimore from the north. 1862 view of Baltimore

For our inaugural Baltimore "Three Things ..." post, we are going to highlight three people whom you might not know were from Charm City. 1....