Triplets? Third Cousins? Thoughts on Three Similar Camp Scene Backdrops
By Buck Zaidel, with images from the author’s collection As a collector of Connecticut Civil War images, I am well aware of the artistic painted canvas camp scene backdrop seen
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Artisans of Ames: An antebellum portrait of the people behind the prominent Civil War arms manufacturer
By Ron Maness, with images and artifacts from the author’s collection This group of men is identified as artisans of the Ames Manufacturing Company, makers of military arms and other
“Bombs Bursting in Air”
A cannonball at the feet of this federal would have been filled with an exploding charge and capped with a fuse in the visible hole. This type of ammunition illustrates