Union Soldiers from Wisconsin, Connecticut and Elsewhere
The pressing need for volunteers to fill the depleted ranks of the Union army had not waned by the summer of 1864. In Milwaukee, recruiters organized Wisconsin’s 43rd infantry regiment
Category: Stragglers
A Confederate Casualty at Missionary Ridge, a Post-Mortem, and More
The 45th Tennessee Infantry and other Confederate forces occupied Tunnel Hill along the northern edge of Missionary Ridge on the morning of Nov. 25, 1863. Though they successfully repelled piecemeal
Confederate Veteran and Artist
Allen Christian Redwood (1844-1922) shaped how future generations of Americans remembered the Civil War. His illustrations appeared in numerous publications, notably The Century magazine’s Battles and Leaders of the Civil
Texas and Tennessee Confederates
“This was a desperate conflict,” observed a veteran of the 11th Tennessee Infantry of the fighting at Franklin, Tenn., on Nov. 30, 1864. The regiment and the rest of its
A Pennsylvania Bucktail and Recruiters in Philadelphia
The light artillery model swords cradled by these unidentified pards and the Burnside blouses suggest they served in Battery B of the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. It participated in
Confederate and Union Portraits of Note
On May 19, 1863, in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, Union troops captured Capt. Warren Griffith Welsh, 28, of the 1st Maryland Cavalry. Letters he carried and information he shared
Pards and the 3rd Vermont Infantry Band
The expression of these Union pards uniformed in sack coats suggest the unfocused glaze known as the “thousand-yard stare.” Their names and military service are currently lost in time. Rare
Conflicting Clues, Cobalt Blue, and a Trio of Pards
Cobalt glass creates a fittingly appropriate blue hue in this ambrotype of a Union officer. The background painting appears in other portraits credited to Stephen Evans of St. Louis.
Unidentified Civil War Soldiers from Virginia, Mississippi and New York
The Virginia seal on the belt buckle of this soldier leaves no doubt about his state affiliation. The blade of his sword appears to be a Model 1840-foot officer type.
Texas, a Modoc War Veteran and a Wartime Dag
Erskine Mason Camp is pictured here in 1861 at the start of an eventful 15-year military career. A witty conversationalist born in Sackets Harbor, N.Y., his father, Elisha, served in