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
By Charles T. Joyce Immediately after issuing a congratulatory message to his victorious army on Independence Day 1863, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade sent a circular to his corps commanders,
By Charles T. Joyce David Wills orchestrated the logistics of disinterment and reburial. He solicited bids for the former and received 34 responses, choosing the low bid of $1.59 per
By Ronald S. Coddington, featuring an artifact from the Glen Hayes Collection The Fort Sumter story encompasses two unique moments in time. On April 12, 1861, the bombardment of the
By George S. Whiteley IV I’ve had a keen interest in military images from the very beginning of my antique photograph collecting pursuit nearly half a century ago. Sometimes a
