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War’s End: Remembering a Cavalry Captain
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Sarah Kay Bierle Hugh McGuire Your brother, Captain Hugh McGuire is wounded. The message branded itself into Dr. Hunter McGuire’s mind while dread twisted...
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An Elusive Doctor at Gettysburg
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sarah Kay Bierle. Hunter McGuire Generals oversee battles. Soldiers fight. Civilians hide. Surgeons amputate. What does a medical director do during a...
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Maryland, My Maryland
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sarah Kay Bierle Part one in a series Imagine having to sneak home – into enemy territory – to see your family. Imagine knowing your decision and...
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Maryland, My Maryland
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sarah Kay Bierle Part two in a series Major Henry Kyd Douglas Growing up in Virginia and Maryland and attending both northern and southern schools,...
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Maryland, My Maryland
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sarah Kay Bierle Conclusion of a series Euphemia Goldsborough. Courtesy of the Archives of Maryland MSA SC 3520-13597 While Maryland soldiers – like...
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Stonewall’s Horses
William D. Washington’s imaginative artwork of Jackson during the Valley Campaign includes a stylized image of Little Sorrel. Early in 1861, John Harman and Thomas J. Jackson inspected a small herd of...
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McClellan’s Memorial Day Visit to Antietam
“Only once a year, the comrades of the Grand Army march in sad procession to place flowers on the graves of those who died, side by side with the living, in defence of their country and their homes....
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The Tale of a Troublesome Harp, According to Henry K. Douglas
I’ve got a broken string on my harp. Not a big deal. I’ll get it changed and hopefully in tune before choir practice tomorrow. And how is this related to history? Well…I’ve a story for you. About...
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Gen. Jackson and Mr. Hyde: Which Account of Stonewall Jackson at Harpers...
On the morning of September 15, 1862, Stonewall Jackson had just completed a profound military achievement. Three separate columns all nominally under his command converged on a single point–Harpers...
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Death of a Lieutenant Colonel
The battle of Fisher’s Hill pushed the Confederates under General Jubal Early into a panicked retreat up the Shenandoah Valley, leaving the lower and portions of the middle valley open to Union control...
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