The city still boasts pre-Civil War homes, and it is the location of ... which eventually fell to the north in October 1862. The battle was much more involved, of course, and that's why a visit ...

“A great many, who have spent their lives in cities, and have never chanced to come into the country at this season, have never seen this, the flower, or rather the ripe fruit, of the year ...

The flags of war like storm-birds fly, The charging trumpets blow; Yet rolls no thunder in the sky, No earthquake strives below. And, calm and patient, Nature keeps Her ...

However, these staggering numbers still offer profound insight into the immense tragedy experienced by the American people throughout the Civil War.