Construction Crews Working Day and Night on MI Digital
Digital subscribers can access Military Images in two ways: Through this premium, password protected site that includes most stories in the print issue from the summer of 2015 to the
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Showcasing the Artists Behind the Lens
My fascination with photographers who produced Civil War era portraits is rooted in my earliest days of collecting. Part artist, technologist, chemist, meteorologist and entrepreneur, these multidisciplinary masters captured the
Zouave Mania Eclipses Hussars and Chasseurs
For much of the first half of the 19th century, Chasseurs, Hussars and Zouaves received scant mention in U.S. newspapers. In fact, Zouaves were not mentioned until 1836. Everything changed
New Books Highlight Gettysburg’s Horses and Mississippi Rifle Bayonets
The Appealing, Accurate Mississippi Rifle Tom Singelyn purchased his first Mississippi rifle from a collector-dealer in 1963. Thus began a lifetime fascination with the well-designed, highly accurate longarm that has
Reidentifying a Pennsylvania Cavalry Company
By Kurt Luther Photo sleuthing is not always a blank slate. While many Civil War photos come to us unidentified, others bring names and stories with varying amounts of evidence
A Militia Soldier Posed with a Plumed Shako, Early 1850s
A militia soldier stands in a red-trimmed frock coat with matching epaulettes and a white buff belt fastened by a small Pattern 1839 US buckle. He holds a plumed bell
He Impressed Custer and Sheridan
When Brig. Gen. Charles C. Dodge searched for a permanent assistant adjutant general in the spring of 1863, he turned to a familiar face with a proven record: Capt. Louis
He Saved a Comrade Blown Out of an Entrenchment
The Army of the James’ 10th Corps arrived at the Petersburg front on Aug. 26, 1864, to man entrenchments between the Appomattox River and a point near Cemetery Hill. One
Sue Tarleton’s Joy and Sorrow
History chiefly remembers Patrick Ronayne Cleburne for his generalship—the Stonewall of the West—and his call to free enslaved people and arm them to fight for the Confederacy. Few recall the
New Technology + New Equipment = Better Fakes
By Perry M. Frohne I’ve previously mentioned how each upgrade in technology and equipment used to improve our lives also produces a new wave of technically enhanced fakes. I have