A severely damaged painted portrait of Captain Thomas A Baber, Jr. He commanded Company E of the 5th Texas Infantry and was wounded at Sharpsburg. Picture posted to his Findagrave memorial by Warren S. Balkcom. continue reading

From The Philadelphia Inquirer of 3 October 1862: the parole of Adjutant James P. Perot and 95 other members of his regiment who were captured in the fight at Boteler’s Ford near Shepherdstown, VA on 20 September 1862. continue reading

Doctor Jones was Assistant Surgeon of the 4th Texas Infantry at Sharpsburg. He married Mary Kennon Crisp in 1867. His picture c. 1900 from the Confederate Veteran (Vol. 12, May 1904); hers c. 1870 from the journal The Junior Historian… continue reading

Moonlight Scene of Lighthouse and Fort on Point de Galle, Ceylon. In the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, England. Watercolor c. 1855 by Royal Navy Captain Harry Edmund Edgell, then commanding HMS Tribune. Point DeGalle was the… continue reading

Henry Lyon was mortally wounded by a gunshot through his lower spine at Antietam and died in a hospital in Frederick, MD on 5 October 1862. His photograph was published in Desolating this Fair Country: the Civil War diary and… continue reading

Lieutenant William H Keiningham of the First Virginia Infantry was wounded at Fox’s Gap on 14 September 1862. Known as Pete or Peter, he carried a miniature version of the CS Second National flag in his pocket until it was… continue reading