For more than two years, George St. Leger Grenfel did everything he could to […]
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Peace on Earth… But not in Vicksburg
On Christmas day 1863, tension and bitter politics invaded the joyful serenity of a congregation’s worship.
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Yankee in Gray
NAME James R. MathewsonDATES 1837 to ?ALLEGIANCE UnionRANK CaptainUNIT 7th Massachusetts Infantry, Company BSERVICE […]
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The Widow-Makers
The Civil War’s deadliest weapons were not rapid-fire guns or giant cannon, but the simple rifle-musket and the humble minié ball.
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A Tar Heel’s Tale
NAME Charles Dock JenkinsDATES May 16, 1829, to January 20, 1915ALLEGIANCE ConfederateHIGHEST RANK SergeantUNIT […]
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Civil War Soldier Profile: A German Partisan Ranger
NAME: Wenzel ErnstDATES: 1839 to 1863ALLEGIANCE: ConfederateHIGHEST RANK: PrivateUNIT: 30th Texas Cavalry, 1st Texas […]
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The Colonel was a Con Man
If he was the son of Lord Byron, if he had been a major general in the Persian army, then why was he a private in the Union army?
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They paid to enter Libby Prison
A drafty Richmond deathtrap for captured Yankees became a tourist trap after the war–600 miles away!
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A Solider’s Legacy
NAME Calvin KelleyDATES 1834(?) to May 22, 1864ALLEGIANCE ConfederateRANK PrivateUNIT 8th Arkansas Infantry, Company […]
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THE SAVIOR OF CINCINNATI
Long before he published Ben-Hur, Lew Wallace rose from a career as an obscure small-town Indiana lawyer to take a prominent role in the Civil War.