Month: March 2013
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Rattling the Saber — The Massachusetts Militia in 1859
Previously I posted an illustration by Winslow Homer depicting the review of the Massachusetts Militia conducted in September 1859. Below are two other images of the same event. The first is titled ‘Camp Massachusetts at Concord, Sept. 7,8 & 9, 1859’ with the subtitle ‘His Excellency Nath. Prentice Banks Commander in Chief’. The illustration is […]