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
By Michael R. Cunningham, Ph.D., featuring images from the Rick Carlile Collection Countless Civil War soldiers sat for photographic portraits to keep their images fresh in the minds of family
By Ronald S. Coddington with images from the Rick Carlile Collection One Sunday evening during the summer of 1863 in Alabama, Union officers gathered beside a clear spring near Bridgeport,
By Ronald S. Coddington, with images from The William Griffin Family Collection As darkness yielded to the pale glow of light on the frosty morning of Oct. 23, 1864, Confederates
By Bob Iwig, with images from the author’s collection Following popular cultural trends, Mary Nunnamaker collected cartes de visite photographs in an album during the Civil War. The teenaged daughter
By Norman Delaney What was it like to be a collector of Civil War memorabilia prior to the centennial and the explosion of prices for artifacts? In my case, I
By Frederick C. Gaede and Paul D. Johnson During the Civil War, thousands of soldiers suffered from debilitating injuries not caused by enemy fire, but by their own equipment. The
By Melissa A. Winn Long before Little Women became a beloved classic, Louisa May Alcott emerged as a young woman of principle and passion, shaped by poverty, reformist ideals, and
By Buck Zaidel, with images from the author’s collection As a collector of Connecticut Civil War images, I am well aware of the artistic painted canvas camp scene backdrop seen
By Scott Valentine Many a Northern man did not answer the call to join the Union army in 1861. One of them, Samuel Augustus Duncan, continued teaching students at Dartmouth
