The Death of a Tenacious Veteran
By Scott Valentine Brigadier Gen. Joseph King Fenno Mansfield mastered the art of soldiering long before many of those commanded by him were a twinkle in their parents’ eyes. Thomas
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Cruising the Potomac and Elsewhere with Brig. Gen. John P. Slough’s Brigade Band
By Ronald S. Coddington, with images from the Mark Jones Collection On an April day in 1864, in a field near Alexandria, Va., thousands of soldiers and civilians gathered to