Here’s Captain John Kies‘ face, courtesy of this carte-de-visite’s owners Ken Tokarz and Audrey Kies-Tokarz. Captain Kies led Company F of the 11th Connecticut Infantry at the battle of Antietam. continue reading

Private William E. Cree of Company C, 5th Alabama Infantry was about 18 years old when he fought at Turner’s Gap on 14 September 1862 and was captured there. He was taken again at Gettysburg in July 1863 and died… continue reading

Captain Antoine Leopold Gusman commanded Company A of the 8th Louisiana Infantry in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862. Captain Gusman was captured in November 1863 and was held at Johnson’s Island for the rest of the war. He… continue reading

Maryland Campaign veteran Christian Benjamin Deishler is probably among men of his company – “K” of the 5th Alabama Infantry – in this photograph taken sometime after 1900 at a unit reunion. Touch for a larger version. Then-Corporal Deishler was… continue reading

This post-war photograph of Sharpsburg veteran William R Stone, late of the 48th Mississippi Infantry, was posted online by family genealogist William R. Emanuel. continue reading

A widely re-printed newspaper piece contributed by an anonymous soldier of the 13th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry – the Bucktails – tells the story of the death of two soldiers, possibly of the 5th Alabama Infantry, near Turner’s Gap on South… continue reading