By Ronald S. Coddington, with images and artifacts from the Craig and Carol Wofford Collection Evander McIver Law focused his piercing blue eyes on the skyline above the Gettysburg countryside.
By Paul Russinoff The three Confederate prisoners immortalized by Mathew Brady’s team at Gettysburg in July 1863 stands among the most compelling, evocative images of the Civil War. Exactly who
By Steve Procko A text message from fellow Civil War enthusiast Sam Houston with a photograph of 12 ragged men appeared in the middle of our conversation about the chaotic
By Jack Hurov, with an image and artifacts from the Author’s collection Late in the afternoon on July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Nathaniel Bryant Colman of the 17th Maine Infantry
By Paul Russinoff and Jim Quinlan, with images from the Elizabeth Traynor Collection A few days after the fall of Fort Sumter, Cadet Edward Willoughby “Will” Anderson stood before his
By William C. Davis It was saddening news to learn that after 65 years of publication, Civil War Times was closing its editorial drawers. As a junior high student, I
By Richard M. Milstead, PhD Enoch Whittemore, Jr., advanced to first sergeant on Feb. 4, 1864. A member of Company I of the 5th Maine Infantry, he had received several
By Melissa A. Winn Few people did so much for so many Wisconsin Civil War soldiers as Cordelia Harvey. In her brief time as the state’s first lady, she played
By Scott Valentine Seeking to relieve pressure on the Army of Northern Virginia besieged at Richmond and Petersburg in the summer of 1864, Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered a diversion
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
