The Victory Parade in Washington Over Fifty Years Ago
(The Literary Digest, 1919)

A reminiscence of the great 1865 parade following the close of America's bloody Civil War. It took two days; with the Army of the Potomac marching on the first day followed by General Sherman's Army of the West on the next. "The Grand Review" was the brain-child of Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton and was attended by (so it was believed) over one hundred thousand people from the victorious Northern states.

General Johnson Hagood of the Rebel Army (The Dial, 1911)

A book review from 1911 covering the Civil War memoirs of the Confederate Brigadier General Johnson Hagood (1829 - 1898) who fought many battles during that conflict, most notably Cold Harbor and the battles of Weldon Road and Bentonville. At war's end he surrendered to General Sherman.

The Last Days of the Confederacy (The Dial, 1912)

This book review is a wonderful ride, punctuated with interesting descriptions of the Civil War's most prominent players. The memoir reviewed is The Sunset Of The Confederacy by former Confederate General Morris Schaff (1840 - 1929), author of The Battle of the Wilderness (1910).

"We doubt that whether there is any Southern book more chivalrous in generosity of judgment about Southern leaders than is this; or a more emotional seizure of the passion, pathos, and heroism of the last days of the Lost Cause."

Cick here to read the 'Reconstruction parable' spoken by Abraham Lincoln the day he died.

A Tale of Civil War Espionage by Allan Pinkerton (A Spy of the Rebelion, 1883)

When the Civil War broke out, Alan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was given charge of the Union Intelligence Service, having previously gained tremendous credibility as a detective in Chicago. It was at this post, early in the war, that he was assigned a task by General George McClellan (1826-1885) to proceed south of the Ohio River in order to gain a clearer understand the loyalties of those people. Pinkerton recalled this mission in the following essay, which first appeared in his Civil War memoir, "A Spy of the Rebellion".

The Contest for California (The Dial Magazine, 1912)

Attached is the THE DIAL MAGAZINE book review of Elijah R. Kennedy's "The Contest for California in 1861". Kennedy maintained that "a large party in California and Oregon sought to deliver that region to the Southerners" and might have succeeded were it not for the efforts of one Colonel E.D. Baker.

Click here to print American Civil War chronologies.

Charlie Chaplin and His Imposters (Motion Picture Magazine, 1916)

With the popularity of Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977) came a large number of artificial, bootlegged Charlie Chaplin movies and a host of fraudulent 'Charlies'. All the fake Chaplins were clad the same and all answered to the same name yet all had different biographies and were not terribly funny in the slightest degree. Chaplin No. 1 did not care for this one bit and did not hold back while talking to this correspondent from 'Motion Picture Magazine'.

The Art of Thomas Hart Benton (Vanity Fair, 1922)

When this profile of the thirty-tree year-old Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was published, the painter was not as yet recognized as the eccentric that history remembers him to have been. The unnamed journalist took an enormous interest in understanding Benton's education and the source of his inspiration.

Click here to read a 1936 art review regarding the paintings of Grant Wood.

An Interview with Dr. George Washington Carver (Ken Magazine, 1938)

A profile of Dr. George Washington Carver (1864 – 1943):

"One of the greatest agricultural chemists of our day was born a slave 80 years ago. He has given the world approximately 300 new by-products from the peanut...Today Dr. Carver is the South's most distinguished scientist. He turned the peanut into a $60,000,000 industry."

"I simply go to my laboratory, shut myself in and ask my Creator why He made the peanut. My Creator tells me to pull the peanut apart and examine the constituents. When this is done, I tell Him what I want to create, and He tells me I can make anything that contains the same constituents as a peanut. I go to work and keep working until I get what I want."

The Ninth Air Force on D-Day (Yank Magazine, 1944)

An eye-witness account of the U.S. Army Ninth Air Force A-20 bombers as they made their runs on D-Day:

"There was no time to lose on this mission. Hitler's armies might well be driving over those crossroads toward the beachheads at this minute. This was not just an ordinary mission. It was the beginning of a mission that some day might end all combat missions."

"'There's London.' Rafalow announced, over the intercom."
"I glanced down. The acres of buildings looked quiet and peaceful."
"You'd almost think there wasn't a war on.'"
"A few minutes later his voice came over the intercom again, but this time it was high-pitched with excitement. We were over the English Channel where it was quite obvious there was a war on."
"'By God, look at the ships!' he yelled."

D-Day with the Eighth Air Force (Yank Magazine, 1944)

D-Day for the fly-boys of the U.S. Army Air Corps' Eighth Air Force was a time of great excitement and anticipation. Despite the exhaustion that comes with a fifteen hour day, all concerned recognized well that they were participating in an historic event that would be discussed long after they had left this world, but of greater importance was their understanding that the tides of war were shifting in the Allies' favor.

"D-Day wasn't a good day for flying...We took off at 1720 hours and climbed up through the overcast to join our formation...everyone aboard was very much interested in what 'our friends' were doing downstairs...Over France was revealed the mystery of no flak and no enemy fighters"

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