[related by Gordon Thorsby] After the war, on any Sunday after church, families and friends could travel out from Washington or Richmond...

by Gordon Thorsby This letter came from the front dated in early 1863. Kindly read it... slowly, quietly, and imagine the children were...

by Gordon Thorsby The Fourth Michigan Infantry mustered in at the southern tier town of Adrian, Michigan Michigan in 1861. Amongst those...

by Gordon Thorsby The Battle of Farmington, Mississippi was the scene of a sharp little skirmish in1862, as Federal General Henry...

by Gordon Thorsby The Battle of Baker’s Creek does not ring a bell to most readers of the Civil War but the Battle of Champion’s Hill...

Born in 1833 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Calvin Craig was someone who would be there to help when someone, anyone was in need. He...

by Gordon Thorsby New Orleans was the largest city in the South at the outbreak of the Civil War. It was larger than Richmond in 1861 and...

by Gordon Thorsby The most trusted person to many men including today might not be a spouse. It might not even be the doctor. It was...

by Gordon Thorsby The four men below were photographed in 1913 in Chesaning before they hopped a train that would eventually take them to...

By Gordon Thorsby Colonel Howland (of Bartlett’s Brigade) led his regiments forward moving through Battery D, 5th U.S. Light Artillery as...

by Gordon Thorsby The Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry was a regiment that in 1862 was involved with guard work around Manassas and...

by Gordon Thorsby The family' contribution for service in fighting for their state and their county goes back over 300 years. Two...

by Gordon Thorsby The massive Confederate Assault at Franklin was and is arguably on a grander scale than Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg....

by Gordon Thorsby Street and Road names often originate from earlier settlers. They may be named for men that were respected by people in...

Reminiscences of Private Brazil Monroe Damon, 1st U.S. Infantry (part one) by Gordon Thorsby In 1861, the common U.S. soldier patrolling...

by Gordon Thorsby Some veterans of Michigan enlisted in Michigan regiments. However most veterans were in outside state regiments and...

by Gordon Thorsby The second largest Battle of the Civil War, Chickamauga, had just completed on September 21, 1863. For the the Union...

by Gordon Thorsby Sharpshooter regiments received fame in varying degrees. Hiram Berdan's Union eastern sharpshooters always come to...

Reminiscences of Private Brazil Monroe Damon, 1st U.S. Infantry (part two) by Gordon Thorsby Upon reaching Fort Leavenworth in 1861, the...

by Gordon Thorsby It was around this time of the year, on September 29-30, that Hood moved the Army of Tennessee north to cut Sherman’s...