Captain of “The Arkansas Battery,” a Georgia Officer and His Servant, and More
In looking back at the life of William Pratt Parks, one constant emerges: he spent much of his life challenging what he viewed as entrenched power, in war and politics.
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Elmira Images as Primary Source Documents
Photographs of Civil War prisons are often treated as illustrations—accompaniments to statistics about overcrowding, disease, and death. This volume takes a different approach, using the surviving images of the Confederate
Rifled Muskets, Rear Sights, and Rail Lines: Re-Examining a Veteran Indiana Infantry Image
By Phil Spaugy Eleven veteran federal infantrymen standing at ease with their U.S. Model 1842 rifled muskets are front and center in this richly detailed portrait by a photographer in