Vermont Faces in The Wilderness
Had a Wrestling Match Decided the Battle… Odds are George Washington Flagg of the 2nd Infantry would have won it for the federals. The 6-foot temperance man and sergeant was
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Carried into Battle: Images that came under fire—and survived
Port Hudson: Taken from the Body of a Confederate One day in mid-1863, a Confederate soldier died—one of many who fell in defense of Port Hudson, La., the fortress city
Personal Encounter in The Wilderness
The thick undergrowth of The Wilderness made it almost impossible to determine friend or foe during the battle on May 6, 1864. Federal troops powered through dense woods and rebel
Immortality on Little Round Top, Butchery in Saunders Field
By Kevin D. Canberg Nearly surrounded and shot to pieces, the Rochester Racehorses stumbled back amid a smoldering mass of oak and vine that opened into a Virginia cornfield, through