Naturalized U.S. citizen Colonel Phillipe Régis Denis de Kérédern de Trobriand was in his […]
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‘You may judge how it was when I tell you how we got along’
George W.W. Hawk was the oldest child and only son of Daniel and Phoebe […]
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The Vicksburg Cyclorama
Virtual reality and authentic controversy. In the spring of 1886, a mammoth Civil War […]
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The Battle After the Battle
Confederates struggle to memorialize their high water mark. Gettysburg. The name brings forth immediate […]
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The Fall of Vicksburg
The rebels gallantly defended the linchpin of the confederacy, but they couldn’t hold it […]
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Cavalry At The Battle Of Gettysburg
In the August 2005 issue, “In Their Footsteps” featured the movements and battles involving […]
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Gambling With Gettysburg
One hundred and forty-one years after the Battle of Gettysburg, on the morning of […]
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War Outside the Lines: Quartermasters
As Christmas 1865 neared, newspaper editors across the country received a gift from the […]
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A Hartwell Man
NAME: John Hamilton Skelton DATES: 1827-93 ALLEGIANCE: Confederate HIGHEST RANK: Major UNIT: 16th Infantry […]
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Crossing The Mississippi
Major General Ulysses S. Grant stood over maps searching for answers. For months he […]