Antietam Album
Introduced by John Banks On nearly every step upon a Civil War battlefield, history, tragedy and spirits tug hard on the imagination. But perhaps none more so than at Antietam.
Tag: 15th Massachusetts Infantry
Faces of Gettysburg
Gettysburg is a soldier’s story. On one side marched an army of Northern men burdened by the weight of losses in the recent engagements of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Opposing them,
Faces of Ball’s Bluff
They Perished in the Potomac Two German-born officers in the 20th Massachusetts Infantry died together in the Potomac. Alois Babo, a clerk who hailed from Rastatt in Baden
Exhilaration and Anguish at Ball’s Bluff
By James A. Morgan and Ken Fleming The Battle of Ball’s Bluff was the result of a faulty reconnaissance report made by an inexperienced officer. On the evening Oct. 20,