Respect for the 14th
By Ronald S. Coddington The 14th U.S. Colored Infantry had little rest after it arrived at the Union garrison in the North Alabama town of Decatur during the afternoon of
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Survivor of Vermont’s Deadliest Day
The deadliest day in Vermont history, May 5, 1864, lives in infamy. Hundreds of miles south of the Green Mountain State, in the rough and tumble landscape of The Wilderness
Captain Ramsey and the Birth of the “True Blues”
By Ronald S. Coddington Southern patriotism and revolutionary fervor burned bright in early February 1861. Representatives from six states convened in Montgomery, Ala., to draft and adopt a provisional Confederate
British Invasion! Confederate portraits in England
By John O’Brien Curious British subjects eager to see the faces of Confederate leaders satisfied their curiosity at a central London photographer’s gallery. The Revolving Studio, so named for its
New Jersey’s Splendid Colors Recall a Terrible Struggle
Long after the Civil War ended, in 1885, a fire swept through part of the New Jersey state capitol building. As the blaze threatened the regimental battle flags in glass
Portraits on The Point: Representative photographs by the studio of Robert M. and James B. Linn
By Dr. Anthony Hodges with images from his and other collections After the guns fell silent in late November 1863, Chattanooga transitioned from the front line of battle to that
On 40 Years
The founding of MI sits between two cultural phenomena spread across four decades. On one side lay the writings of Bruce Catton and the Civil War centennial; on the other,
Paper and Sword
The rolled paper on the tabletop and sword pictured here are at the heart of a theory about the sitter in this ambrotype. The robust pommel of his sword indicates
Valor at Richmond’s Fort Harrison
Two 58th Pennsylvania Infantrymen numbered among the mass of Union troops who struggled up and out of the deep ditch at the base of Fort Harrison under heavy fire on
Where Light Meets Lens: Representative images from the Buck Zaidel Collection
Buck Zaidel has a keen eye for Civil War photographs at the intersection of art and history. “Whether it’s the photographer’s skill or magic, the remnant of light meeting lens