The Winter 2026 Issue of Military Images Magazine
Confederate images take center stage in this issue. Two years ago, Executive Editor Rick Brown and I spent almost three days making digital versions of the images of Paul Reeder,
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Colonel Carlile and the Collectors’ Regiment
Rick Carlile, friend, fellow collector, mentor, and pillar of the image collecting community, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on September 23—the 53rd anniversary of his marriage to Marlene, his
Johnnies on the Florida Coast: In Camp with the Jeff Davis Rifles, Company B, 9th Mississippi Infantry
By Phil Spaugy This well-known and often-published image of Company B, 9th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, is of particular interest to me. It is one of approximately 40 images made in
Riders Above the Clouds
By Phil Spaugy “We had our photograph taken on one plate on Point Lookout” so wrote Corp. William Thomas in his diary on August 29, 1864. This view of 28
“Get That Gun!”
By Phil Spaugy February 15, 1862, had been a day of days for Brig. Gen. Lew Wallace. One year earlier, the 34-year-old Indiana resident of Crawfordsville was the captain of
Union Soldiers from Wisconsin, Connecticut and Elsewhere
The pressing need for volunteers to fill the depleted ranks of the Union army had not waned by the summer of 1864. In Milwaukee, recruiters organized Wisconsin’s 43rd infantry regiment
On the Demise of Civil War Times, and Introducing a New Column
The storied magazine Civil War Times ceased publication this spring after its parent company scaled back its operations, eliminated the print edition, and explored an expanded digital edition. Its decline
The Invincible Buckeyes of the 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
By Phil Spaugy This inaugural column is an excellent case of 19th century photography and arms technology dovetailing perfectly into one another. The subject is a compelling portrait of an