Hawkeyes! Faces and stories of Iowa volunteers in the Civil War
Curated by Michael Huston and featuring portraits from the image collecting community Introduced by Robert Welch I am always moved by their faces. As these men and boys stare back at
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A Captain for a Captain: A forgotten act of honor connects two prisoners of war, one from Georgia and another from Iowa
By Laura Elliott Honor. Duty. Acts of kindness. Extending benevolence to soldiers on the opposite side. Incidents reflecting these noble traits were documented by the men who performed them, by
Small Miracles: Abbottypes were a bold experiment in mass-produced wearable melainotypes and a unique snapshot of the Civil War in 1861
By Ronald S. Coddington and Nicholas Penachio, with images from the authors’ collections What if the Civil War had been the short affair many Americans initially believed? Imagine Bull Run
The Army Education of John D. Billings: A letter by the author of Hard Tack and Coffee reveals how his wartime military experience helped him become an educator
By Mike Fitzpatrick Late in his life in the spring of 1929, Union veteran and retired school principal John Davis Billings received a letter from Lucy Bowen, a young woman
Q&A with Kean Wilcox: Reminiscences of Collecting Cased Military Images, 1978-2002
One of the many joys of paging through back issues of Military Images is getting acquainted with collectors who were active during its early years. They shared their excitement and
Illinois Faces of the Civil War
Introduced by Austin Sundstrom and featuring portraits from the image collecting community Illinois is often overlooked when it comes to contributions during the Civil War. The state possessed two important
Birthplace of the American Zouave: How Elmer Ellsworth spread Zouave mania through Illinois and the rest of America
By Ron Field During the summer of 1860, the United States Zouave Cadets toured 19 major cities and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Led by law student Elmer
Beddo’s Bravery: A profile in courage of an 11th Illinois Infantry volunteer at Shiloh
By Ronald S. Coddington, featuring artifacts from the Paul Denver Collection Eighty infantrymen blackened with gunsmoke and dirt, soaked in sweat and spattered with blood huddled at Shiloh on Sunday
Hannibal’s Freedom: A man enslaved in South Carolina and Illinois’ First Scotch Regiment
By Ronald S. Coddington The war came to Camden on a winter’s day in 1865. For weeks, The Camden Confederate and other South Carolina newspapers reported the steady advance of
Women Photographers of Illinois
By Henry A. Pomerantz The Civil War ushered in an extraordinary boom for photographers. These entrepreneurial artists utilized their unique skills to capitalize on business opportunities presented by the rapid