Fall 2024 Issue, Vol. 4, Issue 1 Featured Articles “Cut to Pieces”: William Howard Russell at the Battle of Bull Run William Howard Russell, a groundbreaking war correspondent, became well-known for his reporting on the Crimean War. In 1861, he arrived in the U.S. with the intention of covering the conflict and witnessed the retreat at Bull Run. His thorough report of the event ruffled some feathers in Washington. An Abolitionist at Bull Run A courageous twenty-three-year-old from the Midwest, driven by the anti-slavery movement, stands tall with a musket at Bull Run. Lincoln in the Telegraph Room During the challenging days of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln found much-needed peace and solace among the telegraph operators as he managed the war from the telegraph room at the War Department. Eyewitness AccountsJames Gall of the United States Sanitary Commission had the unique opportunity to observe the Confederate army just days before the Battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Gall found General Ewell's corps stationed in York, Pennsylvania. He arrived at nine o'clock in the morning on Sunday, June 28,1863, to discover the Confederate army at rest. Recurring Features Eyewitness AccountsIn the early days of the Civil War, recruits were offered plenty of advice. A Mexican War veteran wrote an anonymous letter to the New York Times, providing "suggestions from an old soldier." Eyewitness AccountsJim Redmon, a civilian who lived near the Henry House hill, was interviewed by The Washington Post in 1911 about the events that engulfed his home in July 1861. In a poignant interview, the 87-year-old black man recalled watching the first battle of the Civil War.
