The Morning After
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Julia Wilbur records what she felt and saw the day after Lincoln's assassination.
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Finding Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office
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Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office was lost for decades. Here's how it was found.
Read MoreHow a Paragraph Helped Win the War
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Paragraph 6 of the Emancipation Proclamation ushered in a new era. Here's how.
Read More10 Tips for Using Archives
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So many boxes, so little time! How to make the best use of a trip to an archives.
Read MoreWhat Lies Beneath?
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What will a trip to the Kiplinger Library at the DC Historical Society (future home of an Apple Store) reveal?
Read MoreSilent Sentinel: Then & Now
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At Signature Theatre in Arlington, high school students learn how century-old suffrage protests resonate today.
Read MoreA Wonderful Harriet Tubman Discovery
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Harriet Tubman in her mid-40s--a newly discovered photo that is a real gem!
Read MoreSorghum: The Abolitionists' Sweet
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Abolitionists sought to "grab your wallet" through non-slave labor products like sorghum.
Read MoreJulia Ward Howe & Julia Wilbur
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Julia Ward Howe & Julia Wilbur traveled in different circles--but they did connect at least once.
Read MoreHeroines of Mercy Street Revisited
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A few notes from Heroines of Mercy Street, by Pamela Toler.
Read MoreMathew Brady's Photographs of Civil War Alexandria
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The story behind 6 Mathew Brady photos of Civil War, Alexandria.
Read MoreAbolitionist "Social Media"
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Well before Facebook and Twitter, 19th-century activists still connected and mobilized.
Read MoreWhat would Julia think?
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No protest marches in Julia Wilbur's life, but she was there in spirit.
Read MoreMercy Street Is Returning!
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A month or so ago, I got a peek at episode #1 at a roundtable with the producer.
Read MoreKeeping Warm in a Civil War Encampment
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Staying warm took ingenuity--including a contraption called a Crimean Oven.
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Coming Up from Fredericksburg
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Things were relatively quite in Alexandria in December 1862. Then the wounded started coming up from Fredericksburg by the boat-ful.
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Bull Run Tourists: Then and Now
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We (and in 1863, Julia Wilbur) visited Bull Run, fellow battlefield tourists.
Read MoreThanksgiving in Alexandria, 1862
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In 1861, Julia Wilbur celebrated Thanksiving quietly in New York State. The following year was a different story.
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