Fearless Builder of the Brown Water Navy
By Ronald S. Coddington Writing in 1864 to a naval officer, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had high praise for the courageous gunboat commanders along the Mississippi River. “I think Porter,
Recent Stories
“Barrel Shirts,” Killed at Franklin, and a USCT Soldier
Wearing “barrel shirts” or “wooden overcoats,” four soldiers under armed guard are paraded through Camp Lookout, Md. In this common form of army punishment by humiliation, the signs on the
Infantryman in Motion
A Union infantryman strikes a pose that appears to catch him in mid-stride, his body angled forward as if about to advance against an unseen enemy. His furrowed brow and
The Summer 2026 issue of Military Images Magazine
Welcome to our summer issue! Military Images Senior Editor and curator extraordinaire Chuck Joyce worked closely with a wonderful group of collectors, including first-time and veteran contributors, to tell the
Take Charge of Your Collection’s Future
At the recent Ohio Civil War Show in Mansfield, I had the great pleasure of catching up with friends new and old. One of them, subscriber Don Andrew, brought up
Emergency Troops in the Union Army
During the Gettysburg Campaign, Pennsylvania and New York activated state militia to defend the region against the incursion of the Army of Northern Virginia. It was not the only time
New Books: Civil War Photo Forensics, the 14th New York State Militia
A Fresh, Exciting Look at Battlefield Images Battlefield photographs created by the teams of Mathew B. Brady and Alexander Gardner have shaped American memory since the earliest part of the
A Trio of USCT Group Portraits Identified
By Kurt Luther and Bryan Cheeseboro Group portraits of U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), like all photos of USCT, are rare, and identifying their subjects rarer still. Back in 2015, this
A Mexican War Era Captain
This U.S. Army captain poses with a hand on his hip in the New York City studio of daguerreian pioneer Henry Earle Insley. One theory holds that the officer posed
An Incident Along the Road to Warrenton
Troopers of the 10th New York Cavalry spent October 13, 1863, in the saddle, moving through hostile Virginia. Repeated calls to form for battle proved false alarms. Near 9 p.m.