A Council of War, 19th Century Frame Style:Ebony Frame Every bracket and sash in

Every bracket and sash in the lantern-room geometry seems set down with the patience of someone who knew the sea would test it

Representative From Virginia

his jaw set with the certainty of a man who believed the Republic's future lay past the Mississippi

The image carries the quiet ledger-keeping of a city turned garrison

These postcards trade in pastel conch houses

A Council of War, 19th Century Frame Style:Ebony Frame Every bracket and sash inA Council of War, 19th Century officers bent over a field map by lamplight, the engraving renders that peculiar hush of generals deciding where men will fall by morning, the war's grammar conducted in low voices and pencil marks. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic publishers (Currier & Ives, Kurz &