Murdered While Chasing Geronimo
By Perry M. Frohne Long before Emmet Crawford met his death in the West, he proved himself a man of action. As a 16-year-old in May 1861, he lied about
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Wounded in the Peach Orchard
By Carolyn B. Ivanoff, with images from the Captain Wilson French Collection It is fair to state the zenith of Maj. William H. Hugo’s military career occurred at Gettysburg. In
The Borderer: The antebellum origins of the Father of the American Cavalry
By Mike Medhurst In late 1827, a second lieutenant fresh from the U.S. Military Academy arrived at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. He was Philip St. George Cooke, a son
A Nurse in Her Home-Turned Hospital
A Pennsylvania officer survived the worst of a fever while waylaid in a Washington, D.C., military hospital. Feeble but alert, he longed to write his wife about his condition. A
Crashing Into Gordon’s Line at Appomattox
The flag of the 46th Virginia Infantry figured prominently on three occasions during the life of the regiment. Yankee fire shattered the staff in two and 18 bullet holes were