David Brainard Murray enlisted in the 35th Massachusetts Infantry in August 1862 and was wounded at Antietam a month after he mustered into service. He was at hospitals until November 1862 then discharged … not for his wound, but for… continue reading

Thanks to descendant and author Bill Guerrant for pointing me to Hugh Lindsay Guerrant of the 13th North Carolina and providing this photograph of him in his First Lieutenant’s uniform, from his collection. Lieutenant Guerrant was apparently close enough to… continue reading

Apparently a number of men of Company C of the 4th North Carolina had their portraits made by the same photographer on the same day. Here’s that of Private Nat Raymer. It is identical in pose and background to the… continue reading

A fine full-length photograph of Alfred Turner, 4th North Carolina Infantry as published by Greg Mast in his State Troops and Vounteers: A Photographic Record of North Carolina’s Civil War Soldiers. Turner was captured at Boonsboro, MD on 15 September… continue reading

From his Compiled Service Record folder, here’s the casualty sheet for Private Ferdinand Abbis of Company C, 5th Maryland Infantry, wounded at Antietam on 17 September 1862. continue reading