Case Number 16
By Patrick Naughton During heavy fighting along one sector of the Petersburg front on a February day in 1865, a Union lieutenant aided a wounded brother officer. The lieutenant later
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Mistaken Identity? Early Use of Photographic Evidence in Two Court-Martial Case for Desertion
By Elena Colón-Marrero State identification cards did not exist in 19th-century America. As a consequence, proving a person’s identity could require creativity and innovation. Two court-martial cases that arose at