By Cliff Krainik In the early 1980s, my wife Michele and I owned and operated a gallery of vintage photographs in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. We specialized in 19th century photographs
By Mark H. Dunkelman and Megan Kelley Amos Humiston has been in the public eye since his death on the battlefield of Gettysburg. The discovery of his unidentified body with
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 Mark Elrod Two brothers from New York City are armed with Harpers Ferry Model 1855 Rifles and attired in full marching-order military accouterments in the distinct military uniforms of
By Adam Ochs Fleischer This installment is significant in that it marks the first time a photographer’s identity and use of a backdrop was discovered through period images of the
“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
Francis Randolph Leeds enjoyed a sterling reputation as a cashier at the Stamford Bank in Connecticut. Popular with customers and others in town, the 27-year old applied to raise a
A sergeant stands with his right hand resting in the canton of the U.S. banner. The leather cross-belt flag holder he wears reveals that he served as a color sergeant,
Our cover story traces a 45-year-old crime well known inside the Civil War image collecting community: The 1978 theft of Herb Peck’s Images. His widow, Felicity Peck, and his friend
