The Mnemonical Anatomy Professor
Tall, slow-speaking William Henry Gobrecht looked every inch the soldier and might easily be confused for a general. His commanding bearing came not from battlefield glory, but lecture halls where
Recent Stories
Lost and Found in the Library of Congress
By Kurt Luther In January 2020, John Banks posted on his Civil War blog a detailed examination of a glass negative in the Library of Congress (LOC) collection, titled, “Washington,
A Daguerreian Pioneer at the Rendezvous of Distribution
By Adam Ochs Fleischer For as long as I’ve studied and collected Civil War images, I’ve noticed one question that seems to plague me and my colleagues above all others:
New Departments and a Policy Modification
I’m excited to announce two new departments in MI. Behind the Backdrop is an exploration of the wonderful and varied imagery you see in portrait photographs. Adam Ochs Fleischer will
Accidental American, Soldier, Artist, Photographer: The notable journey of Civil War veteran William Kurtz
By Scott Valentine Individuals from all walks of life made their way to the United States in the middle of the 19th century. Many landed in the young Republic eager
Seamless Sharpshooters: How a revolutionary breakthrough in garment design proved undesirable in war
By Brian T. White The North’s volunteer army used scores of unusual pre- and early-war inventions. One, the seamless felt overcoats of Berdan’s Sharpshooters, proved an innovation of limited utility
Commemorating Uncle Billy’s 200th Birthday in Portraits
Featuring images from the images from the Jerry Everts Collection On Sept. 12, 1864, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman responded to a request from the mayor of Atlanta to reconsider orders
A Merchant Prince Goes to War: Baltimore’s Lt. Noah Dixon Walker
By Ross J. Kelbaugh and Ronald S. Coddington Don’t go. These simple words capture the essence of a father’s desire to protect a favorite son determined to serve in the
Leather Neck Stocks, 1851-1865
By Frederick C. Gaede Purpose and origins The most practical purpose of leather neck stocks was that they kept the soldier’s chin up and gave him more of a military
Inside “The Empty Sleeve”
By James S. Brust Memories of the unthinkable carnage of the Civil War were kept fresh for the remainder of the 19th century and beyond by the vast number of