Grand Regimental, Atlanta Images and “Hold My Horse”
A Regimental History in the Grand Tradition The histories of regiments produced during the lifetimes of veterans that fought the Civil War stand as a memorial to their service. These
Category: Passing in Review
Glimpsing “The Eye of the Sun”
The National Gallery of Art celebrated the 180th birthday of photography in style. “The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art,” open to the public
Marylanders and Mississippi’s Brave Girls
Marylanders In Blue Get Their Due A wartime carte de visite of John R. Kenly pictures the Baltimore lawyer-turned-soldier dressed in a double-breasted frock coat and cradling a sword. A
Our Brethren Are On the Field
Brad Quinlin has been forever touched by the courage of a World War II soldier. The GI, William Ralph Shockley, volunteered to stay behind and provide cover fire for his
The Refreshingly Honest James Benton on Death, Disease and Life
Civil War letters are the ultimate first draft of the conflict’s history. These intimate writings, packed with news and rumor from the front lines and a longing for home and
The Rich History of a Fort in Soldier Portraits
The list of officers who passed through Michigan’s Fort Mackinac in antebellum times on their way to becoming Civil War generals might surprise you. On the Union side, Edwin Vose
A Georgia Boy’s Southern Exposure
Some of the finest writing produced during the Civil War derives from the diaries of those who lived it. Witness the vivid prose of South Carolina’s Mary Boykin Chesnut, the
Treasures of Gettysburg from a Master Collector
Clean-shaven Bayard Wilkeson stares out from his pristine carte de visite with a determined expression. He is the young Union artilleryman who inspired his grieving father, reporter Sam Wilkeson, to
Truth-Telling from the Civil War’s Silent Witnesses
We are often so consumed with the results of what a Civil War photographer created that the person behind the camera’s lens is ignored. These individuals who captured the war
Salute to the Latest in the Definitive Series of Colonels
I well remember my first encounter with Roger Hunt at a Civil War show in the early 1990s. I happened upon him as he stood, staring with what struck me
