A few years back at one of the collectors’ shows, Rick Carlile and I joked about being obsessive, a trait we share. Rick, a military veteran, illustrated his behavior with
Who are the stalwart individuals working with little fanfare to post period portraits, photographs of grave sites and other relevant information to Find-A-Grave pages? One of them, Bill Jones, has
The Civil War has followed Paul Hoza through his life, from world travels with his family to service in the New York National Guard’s famed 69th Infantry, to today as
Ross Kelbaugh came of age during centennial commemorations of the Civil War. Inspired by popular media and neighborhood kids who collected coins and stamps, Kelbaugh began a journey that continues
When Scott Valentine began collecting identified Civil War cartes de visite in the pre-digital age, he felt a desire to tell the stories behind the faces. The search for information
In 1976, Larry Jones of Austin, Texas, created and printed the first Confederate Calendar. Little could he have imagined that it would be the start of a life-changing journey as
“Coloring imagery is as old as photography itself,” notes Matt Loughrey of My Colorful Past. A leader in the modern movement to colorize historic images using digital technologies, Loughrey follows
