The Last Confederate Veteran
By Ronald S. Coddington In the autumn of 1864, with the war in its desperate final stages, a 17-year-old Alabama farm boy accompanied a neighbor returning to his regiment along
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“‘Died at Gettysburg!’ No Prouder Epitaph Need Any Man Covet.”: The Tragedy of Capt. Richard Wistar Davids of the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry
By Charles T. Joyce Visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park encounter stone sentinels of all shapes and sizes. One of them, an austere granite marker on the north side
Collector and Mentor: Seven decades after he began his Civil War journey, Karl Sundstrom continues to inspire
Introduction by Austin Sundstrom, with images from his Uncle Karl’s collection Some of my earliest memories of my uncle, Karl Sundstrom, revolve around visiting his house in the town just
Identifying Navy Images from the U.S. and Britain
By Ron Field, featuring images from the author’s collection The United States and British Royal Navy enlisted sailors frequented photographic studios at home and abroad during the American Civil War
“My Needle Became My Salvation”
By Melissa A. Winn Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly’s journey from slavery to prominence as Mary Todd Lincoln’s dressmaker is one of extraordinary resilience, skill, and determination. Ironically, when she published her
Germon’s Sea of Tents Background
By Buck Zaidel and Ronald S. Coddington Philadelphia, the second-largest urban center (behind New York City) in the United States in 1860, was a major hub of photography. Daguerreian pioneers
The Death of a Tenacious Veteran
By Scott Valentine Brigadier Gen. Joseph King Fenno Mansfield mastered the art of soldiering long before many of those commanded by him were a twinkle in their parents’ eyes. Thomas
A War of 1812 Era Saber
The distinctive P-guard cavalry saber, likely dating to the War of 1812 period, is held by a Union soldier, right. Whether cavalry or artillery, his shell jacket and 1851-pattern eagle
Musician in Gray, Maestro at Ford’s Theater
John Lawrence “Laurenz” Rosenberger contributed to the power of music in peace and in war. Before the Civil War, he played violin on stage. In wartime Richmond, he exchanged his
Spring 2025 Issue Highlights
Over the last ten years, Military Images has been collecting digital scans of wounded soldiers and sailors from the collecting community—and waiting for the right opportunity to publish. A few