Case Number 16
By Patrick Naughton During heavy fighting along one sector of the Petersburg front on a February day in 1865, a Union lieutenant aided a wounded brother officer. The lieutenant later
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Calmness and Carbines
Observers of a Confederate charge against Union troops during the early morning of Oct. 7, 1864, were in for a surprise. The rebels had just driven them from a position
Valor at Richmond’s Fort Harrison
Two 58th Pennsylvania Infantrymen numbered among the mass of Union troops who struggled up and out of the deep ditch at the base of Fort Harrison under heavy fire on
Under the Care of Gen. Winder
A pipe wielding, unnamed Union officer stands beside a large wood box, marked in chalk, “Prisoner of War Richmond Va care of Gen’l Winder.” A period pencil inscription on the
Jefferson Davis at the Pinnacle of Power
By John O’Brien Before President Jefferson Davis arrived in the new Confederate capital of Richmond, Va., on May 29, 1861, his likeness preceded him. Cartes de visite and engravings of