Carried into Battle: Images that came under fire—and survived
Port Hudson: Taken from the Body of a Confederate One day in mid-1863, a Confederate soldier died—one of many who fell in defense of Port Hudson, La., the fortress city
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At Franklin, “Killed Dead:” Life and loss of a Georgia lieutenant
By Willis Treadwell with Ronald S. Coddington Following the crushing Confederate defeat at the Battle of Franklin, word of the long casualty lists trickled into communities across the South. Grief-stricken
A Few Minutes and a Street Block: A Massachusetts soldier recalls his wounding at Fredericksburg
By Scott Valentine On an inclement December eve at a Grand Army of the Republic meeting about 30 years after the war, veteran Josiah Murphey experienced a dull ache in
Heydey of Hope
Much has been written about John Pelham’s courage on the battlefield of Fredericksburg and his mortal wounding in the cavalry fight at Kelly’s Ford. Far less has been recorded about
Reminiscences of an Exiled Marylander: The life and services of McHenry Howard
By Evan Phifer, with images from the Dave Mark Collection As the Army of Northern Virginia threatened Union soil in September 1862, two federal soldiers appeared on the doorstep of
Secess Cap
No known record exists of how David Henry Bennett, a corporal in the 28th New York Infantry, came into possession of the Confederate cap he wears in this portrait.
Escape after Spotsylvania
Edmund Rice is a familiar figure to many students of the Civil War. A Massachusetts surveyor at the beginning of hostilities, he worked his way up from captain to brigadier
Influential Commander of Confederate Veterans
Gray-bearded Capt. Fred Beall was conspicuously absent from the 1920 dedication ceremony for a memorial amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery. The influential commander of the Washington, D.C., Confederate Veterans camp
Dream Reports: Excerpts from the Dream Journal of Alexander S. Paxton, 4th Virginia Infantry
By Jonathan W. White Reverend George Junkin was furious when he saw a secession flag flying over the main building of Washington College in Lexington, Va. A native of Pennsylvania,
Three Bullets at Gettysburg
In 1903, James Monroe “Roe” Reisinger was asked to describe the wounds he received at the Battle of Gettysburg. On the first day of the fight, he served as one
