Faces of the Sultana
By Gene Eric Salecker, with images from the Sultana Disaster Museum The image of the sidewheel steamer Sultana documents a unique moment in time. Thomas W. Bankes photographed the vessel
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“The Wisconsin Angel”
By Melissa A. Winn Few people did so much for so many Wisconsin Civil War soldiers as Cordelia Harvey. In her brief time as the state’s first lady, she played
Solemn Vow at Camp Butler
By Kathleen Heyworth Conditions at Camp Butler were wretched by almost any standard. A federal training and Confederate prisoner of war camp located near the Illinois capital of Springfield, its