The Civil War Parlor

The Civil War Parlor

”The dead continue to live by way of the resurrection we give them in telling their stories” -Stories of Real Human Beings Make History Powerful~Photographs Make it Immediate.

A Blog Remembering the Men and Women of the American Civil War, North & South, people, faces, and a unique culture we will never see again. Photos and stories about the people that lived it, including African American Photographs, Pre-Civil War history & the period in cultural history that began just after the Civil War. The historical info, photos and documents on this blog reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. This blog does not endorse the views expressed in some posts, which may contain materials offensive to some readers. You cannot compare the beliefs, values, politics, ethical values of today to the people of the 1800's.

Every effort is taken to remember the men and women of the Union and Confederacy equally with dignity and respect.

The events of the war, and the men of the war, are fast fading from the public attention. Its history is growing to be an “Old, Old Story.” Public interest is weakening day by day. The memory of march, and camp, and battle-field, of the long and manly endurance, of the superb and uncomplaining courage, of the mass of sacrifice that redeemed the Nation, is fast dying out. Those who rejoice in the liberty and peace secured by the soldier’s suffering and privation, accept the benefits, but deny or forget the benefactor-1877 National Tribune

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Labels: History photography Civil War Photographer Wisconsin 1800's Leaping the Chasm

Henry Hamilton Bennett is often credited with making the Wisconsin Dells area the tourist destination it is today-

After fighting in the Civil War and a tragic accident injured his right hand, he returned to Kilbourn and purchased a photography studio from river boat pilot Leroy Gates. Bennett’s photography career lasted from 1865 until his death in 1908.

Second photo : Leaping the Chasm, 1886

Ashley Bennett, Henry’s son leaping five foot gap between mainland and Stand Rock. -http://sarweb.org/?tallmadge_exhibit_henry_hamilton_bennett

(Source: Flickr / whsimages)

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