by Gordon Thorsby Wreaths placed at Arlington National Cemetery (Courtesy of Wreaths Across America) There is something most serene to a...

by Gordon Thorsby Officers of the Ninth Massachusetts, Fall 1861, just across the river from Washington The weather began to clear,...

by Gordon Thorsby It was yesterday May 2, but in1865. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was surrendered. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee was...

by Gordon Thorsby Gettysburg Cyclorama Pickett's Charge (in same general area of Anderson's Attack) We talk about Generals John Bell...

by Gordon Thorsby "McClellan's Generals of Divisions." (Library of Congress) The above picture is not just any group of men. This photo...

by Gordon Thorsby A Confederate Coehorn Mortar LOC The canister from a Napoleon twelve-pounder smoothbore was terrifying because it could...

By Gordon Thorsby War can weigh for a lifetime on those who experience it. When in the face of awful violence, some run and others rise...

by Gordon Thorsby (unknown Confederate soldier (LOC) The Memorial Meeting of the Irish Volunteers was called to Order on Oct. 10, 1877....

By Gordon Thorsby The Enlistment Reports at the National Archives say more if studied closely. A letter "H" scrawled with a series of...

by Gordon Thorsby Is a correct Photograph identification of critical importance? To Civil War Artillerist fans and enthusiasts, it is. If...

by Gordon Thorsby (Library of Congress)` Today, battlefield visitors might visit the High-Water Mark at Gettysburg, the top of Lookout...

by Gordon Thorsby Dr. Mary Elizabeth Walker, Medal of Honor recipient "I was involved in the capture of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the only...

by Gordon Thorsby The Captured of Jonesboro When the regiment arrived near Jonesboro in late August 1864, only nine men remained of the...

by Gordon Thorsby The Line at Malvern Hill The Army of the Potomac was in full retreat and headed for the James River. Union soldiers...

by Gordon Thorsby Blacksmith Thomas Nevins , Captain Lester D. Wilson of Co. F, 75th New York Infantry Regiment, and unidentified soldie3...

by Gordon Thorsby (Library of Congress) Walker’s veteran Confederate Infantry Brigades under Stevens, Gist and Mercer hit the Federal...

by Gordon Thorsby The Second Michigan Infantry was cooking up rations when a large group of new soldiers walked into the camp near the...

by Gordon Thorsby "Skirmish Line" by William Gilbert Gaul West Point Museum “It is a terrible experience to support batteries when...

by Gordon Thorsby There were strategic cities throughout the South that were conduits for army campaigns and army concentrations. There...

by Gordon Thorsby The Rose Farmhouse, Gettysburg (personal photo) Shortly after the 15th South Carolina Infantry pressed its advance into...