Hoosiers: Indiana Faces of the Civil War
Whether posed in a studio at Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, or in the field, the Hoosier soldiers who look out from these portraits represent the citizens who left farms,
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Long Sol: Indiana’s Fighting Quaker
By Lance J. Herdegen During a military review in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln said with a sly smile that Solomon Meredith of Indiana was “the only Quaker general I have
Thunderbolts and Lightning at Hoover’s Gap: How Wilder’s Lightning Brigade received its nom de guerre
By Ronald S. Coddington Wilder’s “Lightning Brigade” emerged as the Union Army’s innovative counter to fast-moving Confederate cavalry. The notable brigade of mounted infantry and artillery was ably led by
Dynamite Man: The life and times of Hoosier soldier, sailor, and inventor James Weir Graydon
By Ronald S. Coddington The heavens came alive for visitors to the nation’s Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., on a crisp, clear winter’s night in 1877. A party of ladies
Harper’s Weekly Needed an Image of Wallace’s Zouaves. They Commissioned This One.
By Ron Field, with an albumen print from the Rick Brown Collection of American Photography. The illustrated newspapers of the Civil War period, including Harper’s Weekly, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
Southern Exposures: Confederate images from the Paul Reeder Collection
By Ron Field During a lifetime of collecting, Paul Reeder has brought together a unique collection of Confederate imagery, a representative selection of which is showcased here. Each image tells
A Wisconsin Sharpshooter’s Changing Face: Portraits and letters trace Pvt. Henry Lye’s wartime life—and loss at Gettysburg
By Jeff McArdle, with images and letters from the author’s collection A few miles south of the Pennsylvania state line on June 30, 1863, sharpshooter Henry Lye scribbled a short
Twice Dismissed, Never Defeated: Robley Evans and the making of the Navy legend “Fighting Bob”
By Michael F. Fitzpatrick In the autumn of 1907, a man in crisp military uniform climbed into a horse-drawn cab and, with a curt command that comes easily to one
Q&A with Cara Arnold: Connecting Through Images
By Deena C. Bouknight On Steinwehr Avenue in Gettysburg, Pa., near the Gettysburg National Cemetery – which is on the edge of the vast battlefield – is an iconic shop
“Our Mess”: An 1862 image captures the camaraderie, campaigns, and distinctive equipment of five pards in Company F of the 44th Massachusetts Infantry
By Michael R. Cunningham, Ph.D., featuring an image from the Rick Carlile Collection Five gallant patriots who put aside their personal ambitions in order to defend the Union left behind