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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The Man Behind “The Tree”: Photographer William T. Seeley of Elmira, N.Y.
By Kyle M. Stetz For every soldier that gazed into a camera lens during the American Civil War, a photographer stared back. Some photographers gained celebrity status—Brady, Gardner and O’Sullivan—to
Confederates in Paris
By John O’Brien Parisians in the French capital glimpsed these portraits of Confederate leaders in 1864—a crucial time in the history of the Southern nation, with the chances for diplomatic
The Benefactress: Reformer Ellen Cheney Johnson in war and peace
By Elizabeth Topping Immense throngs of New Englanders packed the halls of the weeklong Boston Sanitary Fair in December 1863. Generous crowds filled fundraising coffers with an impressive amount of
The Great American Civil War Pipe Gallery
Clay pipes and straw hats are the order of the day for these sailors, seated back-to-back on the floor of a photographer’s studio. A half-dozen officers, all members of
The Entertainer: Long before Bob Hope entertained the troops, there was Barney Williams
By Kraig McNutt On Jan. 16, 1864, Union veterans of the famed Irish Brigade gathered for a magnificent banquet at Irving Hall in New York City. Proud sons of Ireland
Hard Drinking Colonels: A tableau of two commanders of the 69th Ohio Infantry
By David Holcomb When the time came for Ohio Gov. William Dennison to raise a regiment from the Cincinnati area in the fall of 1861, he knew just the man
Captured by the Lens in Bermuda: The Confederate Photography of S.W. Gault
By Fred D. Taylor A vessel carrying Georgia Gholson Walker and her family successfully navigated the dangerous Union blockade in the spring of 1863. A relieved Georgia, the wife of
Between Guadalupe Hidalgo and Secession: A survey of military portraits of West Pointers and Regulars on the western frontier
By Dr. William Schultz The dozen years between 1848 and 1860 marked a period of ever-increasing turmoil in the United States. It is wedged between the peace treaty that ended
The Little Sack of Flour That Won the West
By Jeremy Rowe On a hot, dusty day in 1864 in the booming Nevada mining town of Gold Hill, the Civil War arrived in rare form—as an auction for a