Requiescat in Pace: Memorial photographs of the Civil War
By Richard Leisenring Jr. After the death of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth in 1861, patriotic Northerners eager to remember his martyrdom purchased a huge number of cartes de visite featuring
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Scalpels to Swords: West Virginia physicians who became combat commanders
By Richard A. Wolfe In the summer of 1861, the Restored Government of Virginia in Wheeling recruited volunteers to meet federal quotas and to preserve its borders. Two years would
Sons of Virginia
An estimated 155,000 Virginia men served in the Confederate army, a remarkable 89 percent of eligible volunteers. Here are some of their portraits and personal narratives. Teenaged Trooper According to