Jenny the Drummer Boy
Drummer boy Johann Christoph Julius Langbein’s nickname “Jenny” traces back to his 1861 enlistment in the 9th New York Infantry, popularly known as Hawkins’ Zouaves. One writer noted that the
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Quantrill’s Raid, Musicians and a Zouave
Carte de visite by W.H. Lamon of Lawrence, Kan. Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Museum Collection. Two years after Quantrill’s Raid devastated Lawrence, Kan., the town rose like Phoenix from the
Antietam Album
Introduced by John Banks On nearly every step upon a Civil War battlefield, history, tragedy and spirits tug hard on the imagination. But perhaps none more so than at Antietam.
Civil War Daguerreotypes: Last of photography’s celebrated first format
By Ronald S. Coddington This portrait of a Confederate soldier sits squarely between two unique periods in history. On one side, his likeness recalls the whirlwind of patriotic fervor following