By Richard A. Wolfe, featuring images from the author’s collection As dawn broke on June 3, 1861, the sound of artillery fire shook the quiet town of Philippi, starting the
By Ronald S. Coddington Aide de camp John Augustine Washington III brimmed with anticipation as he saddled up for his first-ever reconnaissance on Sept. 13, 1861. Resplendent in gray uniform
By Ronald S. Coddington I felt immediately comfortable on meeting Felicity Peck for the first time. Her soft eyes and smile, silver hair and British accent charmed me. “You’re with
By Ronald S. Coddington General Joe Johnston’s headquarters buzzed with activity early in the morning of May 31, 1862. Staff aides and couriers dashed in and out of the Virginia
By Brendan C. Hamilton A column of soldiers marched along a Southern road, their well-worn brogans tramping over hard dirt and sloshing through mud. Bronzed faces passed, one-by-one, undeniably weary,
By Ronald S. Coddington, featuring artifacts from the Eleanor Laughlin Family Papers Henry Haymond penned a letter to his great-grandson on the occasion of the youngster’s second birthday. The white-bearded,
By Frank Jastrzembski Adventurers from Europe eagerly offered their service to the Lincoln administration in the spring of 1861. Secretary of State William H. Seward sought out “friends of freedom
By Paul Bolcik Few war photographs rise to the level of iconic. This singular image created by Mathew Brady’s team of photographers in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg
By Charles T. Joyce, with images and artifacts from the author’s collection A decade after the guns fell silent at Gettysburg, the battlefield’s first comprehensive tourist guide appeared in print:
By Charles T. Joyce David Wills’ work with other state agents dispatched to Gettysburg by their governors to deal with their own dead convinced the young attorney that a less
