Take Charge of Your Collection’s Future
At the recent Ohio Civil War Show in Mansfield, I had the great pleasure of catching up with friends new and old. One of them, subscriber Don Andrew, brought up
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Rocket Man: Acting Signal Officer George H. Felt and his innovative pyrotechnics
By Dale R. Niesen and Ronald S. Coddington Ulysses S. Grant spent the first day at Shiloh in the saddle, directing his division commanders as the contours of the battlefield
Maynard Carbines in the Union Army
By Ronald S. Coddington New York dentist and inventor Edward Maynard could not have known that his breechloading carbine would become closely associated with the Confederate Army. As Senior Editor
Generations of Caretakers
We’ve said goodbye to a number of pillars of the image collecting community over the years. In recent months, Rick Carlile and Perry Frohne have left us. Each, in his
Women Working in U.S. Army Hospitals During the Civil War
A register preserved in the National Archives lists the names of about 2,773 women who served as nurses, cooks, and laundresses in U.S. Army hospitals during the Civil War. The
Elmira Images as Primary Source Documents
Photographs of Civil War prisons are often treated as illustrations—accompaniments to statistics about overcrowding, disease, and death. This volume takes a different approach, using the surviving images of the Confederate
Legends and Lies in Female Soldier Portraits
By Kurt Luther Historians estimate that at least 400 women presented themselves as men and fought in the Civil War, on both sides of the conflict. Verified period portraits of
An Antebellum Militia Officer Daguerreotype
This officer holds a Model 1834 general officer’s sword, likely produced by the Ames Manufacturing Company, judging by its pommel and mounts. He wears narrow sleeves associated with Mexican War–era
Wounded at Gettysburg, Vilified for a Political Scandal
In every battle he fought, William Wade Dudley “distinguished himself as a good soldier, which is the highest possible recommendation that can be given any man,” according to an 1881
Gallantry at Missionary Ridge
By Evan Phifer At Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863, Maj. Ruel M. Johnson assumed command of the 100th Indiana Infantry after its commander, Lt. Col. Albert Heath, received a