by Gordon Thorsby Ft. Moultrie (courtesy of NPS) Abner Doubleday had a book published through Harper’s named “Forts Sumter and Moultrie...

by Gordon Thorsby On May 10, 1862, a naval only operation took place in an effort to finish breaking the hold on the northern Mississippi...

by Gordon Thorsby View near Knoxville of the Tennessee River Maj. Gen Ambrose Burnside established a delaying defense so the could get...

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

by Gordon Thorsby David Webb, a veteran who survived the war, lived into the depression era dying in Chesaning, MI in 1936. We are...

by Gordon Thorsby Painter Conrad Wise Chapman, CSA 1861-65 Private John A. James, a soldier in the Army of Tennessee in Winter Camp at...

by Gordon Thorsby Capt. McManus Marvel Comics had their Avengers but in the Civil War, South Carolina had Company H of the 2nd South...

by Gordon The 23rd Michigan experienced the war when it became its ugliest. Soldiers no longer spoke of glory, grand victory, or...

by Gordon Thorsby Battery D, 5th U.S. at Fredericksburg (Timothy O'Sullivan) Griffin’s West Point Battery went to Manassas, approved by...

by Gordon Thorsby Sherman’s forces steadily moved north from Columbia nearing the North Carolina state line. He faked west toward...

by Gordon Thorsby Ferguson’s Artillery was advancing toward Nashville but it was constantly in a state of “catch up" as the Army of...

By Gordon Thorsby On Memorial Day, Saturday, in 2015, wreaths were placed on graves of veterans from the Wars of 1812, Mexican, WWII, and...

by Gordon Thorsby ( De Golyer's Battery and Michigan Marker at Vicksburg (courtesy of NPS) Samuel De Golyer was a lieutenant in the 4th...

by Gordon Thorsby The Grand Rapids Herald reported 9, February, 1897 that Samuel Thurston, Civil War veteran had died of his wounds. Is...

by Gordon Thorsby Thomas Barker Ferguson was a twenty-one Citadel graduate when he was made first lieutenant of his forming artillery...

by Gordon Thorsby A sailor-poet on Alabama wrote as his ship steamed out from Cherbourg harbor: “We’re homeward, we’re homeward bound...

by Gordon Thorsby On February 28, 1865, in Chesterfield County near the SC/NC state line, the body of Pvt. Robert M. Woodruff, Co. H of...

by Gordon Thorsby In the Flushing History Museum near Flint, MI, a banner from the local GAR is proudly displayed of those that fought in...

by Gordon Thorsby There were Rivers, swamps, mountains, creeks, fords, and gaps. Then, there was Johnson’s Crook? Typical geography...

by Gordon Thorsby Yes and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years...