In 1861, an Atlantic editor captured the anxious mood on the home front.
An account of the author’s frantic search for his wounded son, who lived to become a Supreme Court justice
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War-torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice
In the early months of the Civil War, Holmes captured the anxious mood on the home front
A eulogy in verse
A poem
A poem
A poetic tribute delivered on Lowell’s seventieth birthday
A poem
A poem
“Savage instincts, barbarous usages, ancient beliefs, will all find themselves confronted with a new order of facts.”