The past few posts have given us glimpses at the 6 th Corps’ struggles during the Chancellorsville Campaign. Not until recently did I con...

In the previous post, I offered a glimpse of the 6 th Corps’ dramatic breakthrough at Marye’s Heights. In this post, I am going to offer ...

These next three posts intend to examine the Army of the Potomac’s 6 th Corps during the Chancellorsville Campaign. Today, I offer a qui...

It’s June 19, 2014. That means it is the 150 th Anniversary of the death of First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward, an Army of the Potomac...

As some of you know, I have a soft spot for the 20 th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, which contained regiments formerly belonging to th...

In the summer of 1863, Surgeon Carl Uterhard wrote home to his mother. In his letter, he described problems that arose from alcohol. In a ...

Any retelling of Gettysburg’s bloody wheat-field is incomplete without the tale of Captain Henry Van Aernam Fuller, the commander of Compa...