by Gordon Thorsby There is probably more written about the 7thMichigan Cavalry than any other cavalry regiment from Michigan but the...

by Gordon Thorsby An Unknown soldier returned to SC from unknown origin Gardner's photographs after the Battle of Gettysburg documented...

by Gordon Thorsby From Currier and Ives The 14th Michigan Infantry was officially organized in the Detroit area but only three companies...

by Gordon Thorsby Disease and battle took many soldiers in four years and permanent wounds to many others. The best the soldier could do...

by Gordon Thorsby 21st Michigan (Geo. Schanzel was in the regt.) From my youth, I have seen the dull red obelisk and have always...

by Gordon Thorsby Brigadier Gen. Mathew C. Butler, of the South Carolina Brigade James Madison Hough wrote what may have been an epitaph...

by Gordon Thorsby On October 25, The Battle of Mine Creek (aka Battle of Osage) was a small fight in terms of casualties. However, it was...

by Gordon Thorsby Confederate Hospital (actually Richmond VA, April, 1865.) “...From my experiences since last writing on that...

by Gordon Thorsby Traverse City Asylum for the Insane In the Saginaw...

by Gordon Thorsby Lt. David Jackson Logan, 17th South Carolina (Pre-War) On December 28, 1860, David Jackson wrote home mentioning the...

by Gordon Thorsby At Appomattox (Library of Congress) Publications in the past fifteen to twenty years do not hesitate to challenge...

by Gordon Thorsby Pvt. Edwin Erath, 15th Texas Infantry It's names included Bayou Bourbeax, Grand Coteau, Carrion Crow Bayou, and Boggy...

by Gordon Thorsby The years of1861-1865 was a chaotic time for people in America. There is simply no way for us to understand how people...

by Gordon Thorsby Who was Henry Anderson? What was he like growing up? Was he a hard working young man? Did he have a girl or was he...

by Gordon Thorsby Soldier in 123rd IL. notice the two pistols (William Perisho, Co. G) he died of disease 1863. Yes, Tom is my ancestor....

by Gordon Thorsby Brigadier George Stoneman Many veterans recalled their experiences in the Civil War. For James and Orlo VanSickle,...

by Gordon Thorsby We hear of the Union raids of Grierson, Dahlgren and Stoneman. We don’t hear much about Rousseau. If you happen to be...

by Gordon Thorsby An August Morning at the Battle of Mobile Bay by William Heysham Overend Grant was stuck at Petersburg, Sherman seemed...

by Gordon Thorsby Lt. Gen Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee was already looting. Wheeler’s Confederate Cavalry came through the town...

by Gordon Thorsby Does History repeats itself? Of course it does. Current events confirm it as we witness the Ukrainian conflict in...