Secess Cap
No known record exists of how David Henry Bennett, a corporal in the 28th New York Infantry, came into possession of the Confederate cap he wears in this portrait.
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Escape after Spotsylvania
Edmund Rice is a familiar figure to many students of the Civil War. A Massachusetts surveyor at the beginning of hostilities, he worked his way up from captain to brigadier
Influential Commander of Confederate Veterans
Gray-bearded Capt. Fred Beall was conspicuously absent from the 1920 dedication ceremony for a memorial amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery. The influential commander of the Washington, D.C., Confederate Veterans camp
Dream Reports: Excerpts from the Dream Journal of Alexander S. Paxton, 4th Virginia Infantry
By Jonathan W. White Reverend George Junkin was furious when he saw a secession flag flying over the main building of Washington College in Lexington, Va. A native of Pennsylvania,
Memory Grafters and Monuments That Matter
Francis Wadhams Davenport, dressed in an off-the-shoulder dress and with hands crossed, stares directly into the camera in a circa 1860 tintype. Her husband, George, sits next to her, his
Three Bullets at Gettysburg
In 1903, James Monroe “Roe” Reisinger was asked to describe the wounds he received at the Battle of Gettysburg. On the first day of the fight, he served as one
Drink Up, Pard!
These Virginia heavy artillerymen attack a bottle of wine, as evidenced by the two generously filled drinking glasses. Theories for exactly what they celebrated abound: The Confederacy, joining the army,
Backbone and Lifeblood, or Reflections on Our 200th Issue
On a brutally cold winter’s day this past December, I traipsed the battlefield of Ball’s Bluff for the first time. As I trekked down the trail along the edge of
The Legion’s Fighting Bulldog
By Vince Dooley and Sam Thomas An abridgement from the forthcoming book published by Mercer University Press. Author and motivational speaker Dr. John Maxwell sums up the roll of leadership
History Revealed, One Photo at a Time
Two individuals that I’ve met in recent months make important contributions to the visual record of early American military portrait photography in this issue. Both are unique to this publication