A Confederate artillery first lieutenant posed for this portrait in the Richmond gallery of Charles Ricard Rees. The color tinting and signature at the base of the column are hallmarks
This portrait in a portrait of two unknown soldiers leaves one to wonder the nature of their relationship. Father and son? Brothers? Uncle and cousin? Professor and pupil? Though their
The pressing need for volunteers to fill the depleted ranks of the Union army had not waned by the summer of 1864. In Milwaukee, recruiters organized Wisconsin’s 43rd infantry regiment
The 45th Tennessee Infantry and other Confederate forces occupied Tunnel Hill along the northern edge of Missionary Ridge on the morning of Nov. 25, 1863. Though they successfully repelled piecemeal
Allen Christian Redwood (1844-1922) shaped how future generations of Americans remembered the Civil War. His illustrations appeared in numerous publications, notably The Century magazine’s Battles and Leaders of the Civil
“This was a desperate conflict,” observed a veteran of the 11th Tennessee Infantry of the fighting at Franklin, Tenn., on Nov. 30, 1864. The regiment and the rest of its
The light artillery model swords cradled by these unidentified pards and the Burnside blouses suggest they served in Battery B of the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. It participated in
On May 19, 1863, in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, Union troops captured Capt. Warren Griffith Welsh, 28, of the 1st Maryland Cavalry. Letters he carried and information he shared
The expression of these Union pards uniformed in sack coats suggest the unfocused glaze known as the “thousand-yard stare.” Their names and military service are currently lost in time. Rare
Cobalt glass creates a fittingly appropriate blue hue in this ambrotype of a Union officer. The background painting appears in other portraits credited to Stephen Evans of St. Louis.
