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The Power of Pictures

It is well known that “one picture is worth a thousand words. Yes but here this website brings together both informative pictures AND many thousands of words based on the interpretations and the commentaries of all the original letters it contains. However, it certainly remains true that one good picture brings into the viewers’ awareness a far more complete and meaningful impression of the the life styles of those past days than many words can do. With this in mind we have tried to include memorable illustrations that enrich the written content of the Thomas Jackson collection.

We have tried to add the source of these documents where known although many of them circulate on digital media without any acknowledgment of their origin or rights. We clearly do not wish to ignore ownership rights and have taken much material from the Library of Congress picture collection which shows us much detailed background about each illustration.

Slave Auction

Slave Auction in Operation - Richmond 1861

Like Thomas Jackson, Cranstone was an Englishman who witnessed a slave market in Richmond and later wrote about his horror and disgust in his local newspaper.
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A Family Vacation during the Civil War!

A Family Vacation During the Civil War!

An excellent example of how one picture can convey a far greater depth of information than many, many words.
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Lincoln and McClellan at Antietam

President Lincoln & General George at Antietam

The President, with his top hat by his side, is leaning on a table covered with the union flag. However, under McClellan’s bed on the left hand side, you can see a confederate flag that presumably had been saved as a souvenir of his victory! Such is human nature.
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