This is John Kirkpatrick, who enlisted in the 45th Pennsylvania Infantry in October 1861, probably 16 or 17 years old, and was mortally wounded at Antietam not quite one year later. Thanks to descendant Barry van Brunt for sending me… continue reading

Lieutenant Ivory Quinn Perry of Company A, 19th Mississippi Infantry was wounded in the foot and captured at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 and afterward disabled for active service. This photograph of him in uniform was kindly contributed to the… continue reading

Captain Noah A Burly, a Captain in the 17th South Carolina Infantry sent the following to the Confederate authorities in Richmond, VA on behalf of his brother James Calvin Burly, late of the 12th Mississippi Infantry. James was wounded at… continue reading

William George Stigler was 3rd Sergeant of Company I, 12th Mississippi Infantry when he was wounded at Sharpsburg in September 1862. He was captured in the Wilderness, VA in May 1864, by then reduced to Private, and was a prisoner… continue reading

A fine post-war photograph of Theodore Barber Day, Antietam veteran and late Private, Company C, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, thanks to descendant Sam Day. Theodore’s great grandson Terence Lee Day and his son Daniel S Day researched and produced a Life… continue reading

S.H. Whitworth (c. 1870) [touch image to see the whole piece] A man familiar with violence, Samuel Hudson Whitworth survived a serious wound at Sharpsburg in 1862 while a Sergeant in Company C, 12th Mississippi, and in March 1886 was… continue reading