Hoosiers: Indiana Faces of the Civil War
Whether posed in a studio at Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, or in the field, the Hoosier soldiers who look out from these portraits represent the citizens who left farms,
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Thunderbolts and Lightning at Hoover’s Gap: How Wilder’s Lightning Brigade received its nom de guerre
By Ronald S. Coddington Wilder’s “Lightning Brigade” emerged as the Union Army’s innovative counter to fast-moving Confederate cavalry. The notable brigade of mounted infantry and artillery was ably led by