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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First Blood at Raceland Station
By Scott Valentine The officers and men of the 8th Vermont Infantry wondered if they’d ever face an armed enemy. For months after their 1862 assignment to Maj. Gen. Ben
A Plucky Mortar Boat Crew at Plum Point Bend
By Scott Valentine Ever since the Army of the Mississippi had been diverted to Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck’s campaign against Corinth, Miss., the Union’s Western Gunboat Flotilla had been
Sabers at Shepherdstown
By Scott Valentine Seeking to relieve pressure on the Army of Northern Virginia besieged at Richmond and Petersburg in the summer of 1864, Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered a diversion
Humanizing the “News from Our Brave Boys Down in Dixie”: Q&A with The Regimental Gazette Editor and Publisher Scott Valentine
When Scott Valentine began collecting identified Civil War cartes de visite in the pre-digital age, he felt a desire to tell the stories behind the faces. The search for information