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

by Gordon Thorsby The "Land Merrimac" a.k.a. The "dry Land Merrimac" (Library of Congress) It is generally accepted that the first use of...

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...

by Gordon Thorsby The 8th Michigan Infantry performed in some of the bloodiest actions in both the eastern and western Theaters of the...

by Gordon Thorsby An interesting battle involving black and white soldiers, was in Mississippi at the battle of Coleman’s Plantation in...