A Grand Gathering of Soldier Faces: Brady’s Galleries
Those who made the trek to Brady’s National Photograph Gallery in the early 1860s never failed to come away impressed. “It is a grand gathering of human faces, human celebrities,
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A Red-Legged Devil Remembers a Revolt and Generous Brooklynites
By Ronald S. Coddington, with artifacts from the Ken Fleming Collection Asa Adell Holbrook enjoyed telling stories about his war service. Even during his last days in a Soldiers’ Home
The Zouave Mystique and the New York State Militia
By Michael J. McAfee The 1860 East Coast tour of Chicago’s United States Zouave Cadets, led by Elmer E. Ellsworth, proved an immense public success as it passed through some
Faces of Gettysburg
Gettysburg is a soldier’s story. On one side marched an army of Northern men burdened by the weight of losses in the recent engagements of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Opposing them,