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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Homestead Graffiti
soldier self-portrait

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Self-portrait of a Civil War Soldier

A Civil War soldier left this self-portrait on the wall of the Andrew Johnson home during its occupation. Many of the Southern soldiers were unhappy about Andrew Johnson's loyalty to the Union, and they left messages and pictures on the walls of his home. 

 

 
scribbling

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Scribbling left by soldiers

Some of the soldiers in the Homestead did not write messages. Some of them defaced the property in other ways, such as scribbling on the walls.

 

 
graffiti names

An NPS Photo

Names of Soldiers left on the walls.

Some of the soldiers wrote their names on the walls of Andrew Johnson's home. J.C.C. Calhoun and P.W. Reavis left their mark here.

 

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A successful transatlantic cable was completed in 1866. This connected America and England by telegraph and helped tremendously with international communications. The original cable, completed in 1858, worked only three weeks. The Civil War and financial troubles interrupted the effort until 1865.
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