Gettysburg: Echoes of Three Days in July 1863
Curated by Charles Joyce, with contributions from Rick Brown, Scott Hann, Robert May, Dale Niesen, Paul Russinoff, and Melissa Winn July 1 Amputation at the Express Office The first Union
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War Compromised His Health. Photography Gave Him a New Lease on Life. The Life and Times of Enos F. Hilton, 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
By M. Jane Johansson On August 22, 1889, Union veteran Enos Franklin Hilton arrived in Alamosa, Colo. He brought with him his wife, Sarah Jane, along with their three daughters
Mountain Legion: The hard-fighting 156th New York Infantry in the Eastern and Western Theaters
By Kyle A. Williams and Paul D. Thompson, featuring images from the authors’ collections A relatively small number of Union regiments claimed significant combat experience in the Eastern and Western
Rocket Man: Acting Signal Officer George H. Felt and his innovative pyrotechnics
By Dale R. Niesen and Ronald S. Coddington Ulysses S. Grant spent the first day at Shiloh in the saddle, directing his division commanders as the contours of the battlefield
Maynard Carbines in the Union Army
By Ronald S. Coddington New York dentist and inventor Edward Maynard could not have known that his breechloading carbine would become closely associated with the Confederate Army. As Senior Editor
A Will to Teach
By Melissa A. Winn In a recent string of Facebook Messenger exchanges—filled with shared images, notes, links, and plenty of appreciative “oohs” and “ahhs” (the kind of conversation many readers
Ball’s Wartime Camp Scene
By Buck Zaidel Four cartes de visite produced in Cincinnati during the Civil War years reveal how one of America’s most important 19th century photographers used painted backdrops as visual
Blood-Stained Scabbard
By Scott Valentine At the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Union brigade commanded by Col. John Alfred Koltes remained in reserve as the fighting unfolded. However, during the afternoon
Captain of “The Arkansas Battery,” a Georgia Officer and His Servant, and More
In looking back at the life of William Pratt Parks, one constant emerges: he spent much of his life challenging what he viewed as entrenched power, in war and politics.
Forever Flying the Flag
By Robert May Behind this portrait of a citizen-soldier wearing his Medal of Honor and holding the tattered remnants of the Stars and Stripes—attached to a flagstaff with a makeshift