The Deadliest Battles for a Single Union Infantry Regiment
Lieutenant Col. William F. Fox’s landmark 1889 treatise exploring Union battle deaths during the Civil War includes a table listing the “maximum of regimental loss in killed and died of
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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,
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
A Memorial by Soldiers for Their Fallen Comrades
On April 24, 1863, during an evening dress parade in the camp of the 58th Indiana Infantry near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Lt. Col. James T. Embree made an offer: “To raise
Collector and Mentor: Seven decades after he began his Civil War journey, Karl Sundstrom continues to inspire
Introduction by Austin Sundstrom, with images from his Uncle Karl’s collection Some of my earliest memories of my uncle, Karl Sundstrom, revolve around visiting his house in the town just
“The Wisconsin Angel”
By Melissa A. Winn Few people did so much for so many Wisconsin Civil War soldiers as Cordelia Harvey. In her brief time as the state’s first lady, she played