Emergency Troops in the Union Army
During the Gettysburg Campaign, Pennsylvania and New York activated state militia to defend the region against the incursion of the Army of Northern Virginia. It was not the only time
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Mountain Legion: The hard-fighting 156th New York Infantry in the Eastern and Western Theaters
By Kyle A. Williams and Paul D. Thompson, featuring images from the authors’ collections A relatively small number of Union regiments claimed significant combat experience in the Eastern and Western
The Uniform of the 11th Indiana Infantry, “Wallace’s Zouaves”
By Ron Field Organized at Indianapolis by Col. Lewis Wallace on April 21, 1861, the 11th Indiana included as its nucleus the Montgomery Guards and Independent Zouaves, two existing uniformed
Collector and Mentor: Seven decades after he began his Civil War journey, Karl Sundstrom continues to inspire
Introduction by Austin Sundstrom, with images from his Uncle Karl’s collection Some of my earliest memories of my uncle, Karl Sundstrom, revolve around visiting his house in the town just