The Summer 2022 issue
I am pleased to share the Summer 2022 issue of Military Images magazine. The origins of our cover story, “Mississippi Faces,” traces back to more than a year ago when
I am pleased to share the Summer 2022 issue of Military Images magazine. The origins of our cover story, “Mississippi Faces,” traces back to more than a year ago when
At the recent Ohio Civil War Show, an attendee asked my opinion about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and Civil War photographs. This query has come up before, sometimes jokingly, but in
Students of Civil War photography are aware that surviving portraits of U.S. soldiers are much higher in number than their C.S. counterparts. This disparity is explained by the North’s larger
By Bill Hendrick Three of my great-grandfathers and at least one great-great grandfather served in Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, but not one of them is on
By Kurt Luther In 2020, the Smithsonian Institution released nearly three million digital images of its collections for the public to download freely and view online. These included more than
The braid, ornate collar and cuff embroidery, epaulettes and feathered chapeau worn by this mustachioed officer reminds one of “Old Fuss and Feathers”—Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott. But the identity of
In almost every engraving, lithograph or painting of Rear Adm. David G. Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay, he is lashed with rope to the rigging of his flagship.
Almost a half century after the Civil War, an aged veteran wrote, “I will say to the whole world, match my old commander’s record if you can!” The writer, a
By Elizabeth A. Topping The versatility and resourcefulness of women were never more challenged than during the American Civil War. Nearly all women were affected in some way. Some leapt
By Perry M. Frohne In this column, I will cover each of the five images from last issue’s fake radar contest, explain why they were real or fake, and then