“Through Shot and Shell” on Bolivar Heights
By Evan Phifer Within popular memory of the Maryland Campaign, the Confederate operation against Harpers Ferry is often overlooked by the savage fighting at South Mountain and Antietam. Less remembered
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Nelly McClellan, America’s Flora McFlimsey
By Elizabeth A. Topping Ellen Mary Marcy McClellan remained an ardent supporter of her husband, Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan, throughout his military career. Though “Nelly” had rejected his marriage
Austrian Lorenz Rifle Muskets Raise Questions About the Identification of Three Buckeyes
By Phil Spaugy When I first encountered this compelling image from the Rich Jahn Collection, I believed it would serve as the foundation for an engaging article on Ohio soldiers.
Gettysburg: Echoes of Three Days in July 1863
Curated by Charles Joyce, with contributions from Rick Brown, Scott Hann, Robert May, Dale Niesen, Paul Russinoff, and Melissa Winn July 1 Amputation at the Express Office The first Union
War Compromised His Health. Photography Gave Him a New Lease on Life. The Life and Times of Enos F. Hilton, 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
By M. Jane Johansson On August 22, 1889, Union veteran Enos Franklin Hilton arrived in Alamosa, Colo. He brought with him his wife, Sarah Jane, along with their three daughters
Mountain Legion: The hard-fighting 156th New York Infantry in the Eastern and Western Theaters
By Kyle A. Williams and Paul D. Thompson, featuring images from the authors’ collections A relatively small number of Union regiments claimed significant combat experience in the Eastern and Western
Rocket Man: Acting Signal Officer George H. Felt and his innovative pyrotechnics
By Dale R. Niesen and Ronald S. Coddington Ulysses S. Grant spent the first day at Shiloh in the saddle, directing his division commanders as the contours of the battlefield
Maynard Carbines in the Union Army
By Ronald S. Coddington New York dentist and inventor Edward Maynard could not have known that his breechloading carbine would become closely associated with the Confederate Army. As Senior Editor
A Will to Teach
By Melissa A. Winn In a recent string of Facebook Messenger exchanges—filled with shared images, notes, links, and plenty of appreciative “oohs” and “ahhs” (the kind of conversation many readers
Ball’s Wartime Camp Scene
By Buck Zaidel Four cartes de visite produced in Cincinnati during the Civil War years reveal how one of America’s most important 19th century photographers used painted backdrops as visual