William R Hamby enlisted in 1861 at age 16 as a Private in the 4th Texas Infantry, was wounded at 2nd Manassas and Sharpsburg, and was discharged for disability in November 1862. Nearly half a century later he was instrumental… continue reading

Here’s a page from the ledger of the Bell County [Texas] Ex-Confederate Association which was organized in 1888. An original member was Uriah Gould, late Corporal in Company B, 4th Texas Infantry. Born in New York State, he was an… continue reading

A fairly typical example of the kind of confusion you often find in Civil War records is this card for Sergeant David M Martendale, Company A, 4th Texas Infantry from his Compiled Service Records. It was transcribed from Frederick hospital… continue reading

This is Oberlin graduate and part-time teacher James M. Ginn before he enlisted as a Private in the 7th Ohio Infantry in April 1861. An Antietam veteran, he changed his name to Guinn about 1868 and was later a principal… continue reading

Major Walker was Assistant Adjutant General to General Darius Couch (First Division, Fourth Army Corps) in Maryland in 1862 and later with the Second Army Corps to 1865. He had quite a post-War career, being twice Superintendent of the US… continue reading

This page from Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (Vol. 2, p. 672; 1884) features two field hospitals shortly after the battle of Antietam, both on Dr. Otho J. Smith’s farm near the Upper Bridge over the Antietam northeast… continue reading