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Uniformed in a coatee with light colored facings, this useful militiaman’s portrait was made in the late 1850s. Tom Gaard collection.

Table of Contents (p. 1)

Editor’s Desk (p. 2)
The editor introduces one of the feature articles, “Peach-Fuzz” and “Gray-Beards” by Mike Fitzpatrick. On a somber note, the editor reports that passing of former contributing editor Michael J. Winey, 70, who was the Chief Photo and Map Archivist and Chief Curator of Artifacts of the United States Military History Institute in Carlisle Barracks, Pa.

Front and Back Cover Details (p. 3)
Additional information is provided about the images pictured on the front, inside back and back covers.

A Fallen Marine at Belleau Wood Finds a Final Resting Place by Michael Kraus (pp. 4-7)
Corp. David B. Foster of the 5^th Marines was killed in action on June 12, 1918, only six days after he survived the intense fighting in France at Bellau Wood. Thus began an odyssey of sorts to bring his body home. Despite numerous obstacles and bureaucracy, Foster’s parents and others finally brought his remains home to Dravosburg, Pa., in 1921.

Our First Airmen by John Sickles (pp. 8-11)
Selected images and captions of pilots who flew during World War I include Hamilton Coolidge, a great-great-great grandson of Thomas Jefferson killed in 1918, Kenneth Russell Unger, a New Jersey native who joined the Royal Flying Corps after being rejected for U.S. service, and Chester Ellis Wright, a Massachusetts native who dropped out of Harvard to join the service.

Peach-Fuzz and Gray-Beards by Mike Fitzpatrick (pp. 12-19)
A dozen images from the author’s collection illustrate the young boys and old men who came out to join the Union army. Included in the group is 16-year-old Henry Campbell of the 18^th Indiana Light Artillery, 62-year-old Joseph Wild of the 15^th Ohio Battery and 12-year-old Johnny Clem, who was credited with shooting a Confederate colonel during the Battle of Chickamauga.

Captain William M. Campbell, 19^th Indiana Volunteer Infantry by Steven Karnes (p. 20)
A peacetime sheriff born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Campbell enlisted in the 19^th Indiana on July 4, 1861. He started as a second lieutenant and soon advanced to captain of Company I. He participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam and other actions until he resigned in October 1862 due to poor health. He died in 1885.

At Harpers Ferry with the 22^nd New York State Militia by Michael Kraus (p. 21)
An image of a corporal posed outdoors in front of a cannon is one of a series of images of soldiers of the 22^nd New York State Militia. Though the image has been published many times, this is the first time it has been identified. The corporal is Joseph H.P. Inslee, who served for a few months in 1862.

A Dutchman in the Union Navy by Ron Field (p. 22)
Holland native Harry Kiekins served in the Union navy from 1862 to 1867. His service took him from the coast of Alabama to the European Squadron. Perhaps his most memorable moment during the war was his participation in the capture of Fort Fisher, N.C., from Jan. 13-15, 1865.

The Hills Twins: Company H, 7^th New Hampshire Infantry by Ron Field (pp. 23-25)
The author shares his story of two hard plate images he purchased of what appeared to be the same Union infantryman identified only by the regimental number 7 and company letter H on his Hardee hat. Upon closer examination however, he suspected that the images were twins rather than the same soldier. Further research led to a tentative identification of the images as Albert and Alfred Hills, who served in Company H of the 7^th New Hampshire Infantry.

J.E.B. Stuart II by Sean Heuvel (pp. 26-29)
The son of the legendary Confederate cavalryman, born in 1860, was originally named Phillip St. George Cooke Stuart in honor of his maternal grandfather. But after the Civil War began and the grandfather remained loyal to the Union, Stuart renamed his son J.E.B. Stuart II. Though fascinated by all things military, young Stuart became a banker. He did serve a stint as captain in the volunteer army during the Spanish American War. He died in 1930. The story is illustrated with six images of Stuart.

Uniforms & History by Michael J. McAfee (pp. 30-35)
In “The Veteran Reserve Corps,” McAfee begins by relating an anecdote about the 18^th VRC in the summer of 1864. Ordered to march 25 miles to change their base, the colonel commanding replied to the general who issued the order, “Tell the general that my men are cripples, and that they can’t run away.” What follows is an accounting of the organization and distinctive uniforms of the Corps, illustrated with 14 cartes de visite.

Erratum? (p. 36)
The editor revisits a portrait in the last issue identified at Pvt. John Leisure of the 15^th Ohio Volunteers. The original caption speculated that Leisure wore a sate-issued Ohio jacket. But Ohio collector and historian Larry Strayer suggested that perhaps Leisure wore an untrimmed VRC jacket. The variations, notes the editor, “Reinforces my statement that the whole issue of Union army jackets is an uncertain field.”

The Confederate Soldier (p. 37)
In this quarter-plate ambrotype from the Liljenquist Family Collection at the Library of Congress, two Confederate soldiers ready to do battle, wear identical uniforms, with cuffs and braiding tinted red.

Sutler’s Row (p. 38)

Coming Up in MI (p. 39)

The Last Shot (p. 40)
A handsome Union second lieutenant strikes a pose before an artistically painted backdrop. The image is housed in a black thermoplastic frame. Ken Bertholf collection.

Inside Back Cover
A tintype of Thomas Eubanks of the 7^th Wisconsin Infantry, posed with his wife and daughter, is notable for their expressions and the affectionate way they hold hands. Brian Boeve collection.

Back Cover
A stuffed rooster dominates this portrait of an unidentified Veteran Reserve Corps soldier. The Uniforms & History department has more on the VRC. Michael J. McAfee collection.

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A carte de visite from the David Parks collection is inscribed, “Ambulance and wagon occupied by Mr. Davis and family in front of Gen. Wilson’s Headquarters Macon, GA, May 12, 1865.”

Table of Contents (p. 1)

Editor’s Desk and Mail Call (p. 2)
The editor explains why readers received a second copy of this issue. Turns out the first issue had printing irregularities that prompted a reprint and resend. He goes on to promote the upcoming medical issue, and describes the interest as “red hot.”

Passing in Review (p. 3)
The Officer Corps of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry 1866-1876 (Schiffer Military History) by James B. Klokner is well received. “Mr. Klokner’s volume contributes useful biographical data to our already vast knowledge of the 7^th U.S. Cavalry.”

The Capture of Jefferson Davis by John Sickles (pp. 4-19)
The author tells the dramatic story of how the Confederate president fell into enemy hands, and it is illustrated with a number of identified portraits of troopers who served in the 4^th Michigan Cavalry, the regiment credited with the capture. They include Benjamin Archer, Herbert A. Backus, William L. Bailey, Lester P. Bates, Lucius Bates, Charles Blackall, Henry S. Boutell, Martin L. Brown, Joseph Colenso, Julian G. Dickinson, William Dill, John H. Douglas, John N. Gilbert, Augustus Grawn, George Hall, Martin V. Heckathorn, George F. Hodge, Charles T. Hudson, Joseph W. Huston, George Kauffman, Gurdin N. Kenyon, George W. Lawton, William McCune, Angus McDonald, John C. McLain, Emery A. Miller, Robert Horatio George Minty, Frank Mix, Elias F. Pierce, Henry A. Potter, Benjamin D. Pritchard, Alfred B. Purinton, Elias Scales, Isaac Skinner, George Smith, Luke M. Thayer, Benjamin Thompson, George B. Walker, Horace B. Warner, Augustus Wegal, Charles Wegal, Daniel P. Welton (possibly) and Fred Woohans.

Conant Family in the Civil War by J. Dale West (pp. 20-23)
The story is subtitled, “From Missouri, the Conant brothers were early volunteers in ‘Mr. Lincoln’s Army.’” The author profiles Maj. Horace A. Conant, aide de camp to Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon and paymaster, 1^st and 2^nd Regiments, 1^st Brigade Missouri Volunteers and Capt. John H. Conant, 1^st Missouri Light Artillery. Also pictures are Capt. and Provost Marshal Abraham D. Daugherty and Abbie Maria Conant Daugherty, wife of Capt. Abraham Daugherty and sister of Horace and John.

Texans in Search of a Fight by Derek Manov (pp. 24-27)
Two photographs of Confederate soldiers are the subject of this investigation into the uniforms and equipment of the 4^th Texas Infantry, which was part of Gen. John B. Hood’s Texas Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. One image, a quarter-plate ambrotype, pictures two unidentified members of Company B, also known as the ‘Tom Green Rifles.” The second image, a sixth-plate ambrotype, is a portrait of an unidentified member of the regiment.

Rhode Island Uniforms in the Civil War by Robert Grandchamp (pp. 28-32)
Though comparatively smaller in size and population to the other states of the Union, Rhode Island had its share of uniform style. The author details the variations, illustrated with several images that include privates William S. Perrin and William H. Jordan of the 1^st Light Artillery, Capt. Theodore Winn, Pvt. Horace D. Healey, Pvt. Henry Wilson, Pvt. John P. Jones, Sgt. Franklin Gonsolve and Lt. Darius Cole of the 7^th Infantry, Capt. George Newman Bliss of the 1^st Cavalry, Pvt. George Henry Maxfield of the 2^nd Infantry.

Uniforms & History by Michael J. McAfee (pp. 33-34)
In “The Ninety-Seventh Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry,” McAfee examines the service record of the regiment, which lost heavily during the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, and the uniforms and equipment that they were issued. Images that accompany the text include Luther E. Bullock, Louis Dallarmi, George F. Dempster and William A Wright.

The Confederate Soldier (p. 35)
A hard-plate photograph of A.J. Johnson of the 18^th Alabama Infantry in civilian clothes may be the only surviving portrait of the soldier, who died during the April 1865 siege on Spanish Fort in Mobile Bay, Ala.

Stragglers (pp. 36-38)
A total of 11 images are featured in this issue. None of the soldiers are identified.

Sutler’s Row (p. 39)

The Last Shot (p. 40)
A carte de visite copy of a tintype of two soldiers with smokes and cards from the collection of Chris Nelson is simply titled, “Pards At Cards.”

Back Cover
A carte de visite from the David W. Vaughan collection pictures Benjamin Staats of the 14^th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.

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An albumen print from the National Museums Liverpool-Merseyside Maritime Museum pictures crewmen on deck of the Confederate cruiser Alabama off Cape Town, South Africa, in 1863. This is the first time this image has been published.

Table of Contents (p. 1)

Editor’s Desk and Mail Call (p. 2)
The editor previews the contents of this issue with emphasis on the Alabama and a profile of artist-lithographer-soldier Otto Botticher.

Passing in Review (p. 3)
Four books are recommended: Rough Riding Scout, The Story of John W. Mobberly Loudon’s Own Civil War Guerrilla Hero (Elden Editions) by Richard E. Crouch; The Civil War Collector’s Price Guide 11^th Edition (Publisher’s Press, Inc.) by North South Trader’s Civil War; The Darkest Days of the War, The Battles of Iuka and Corinth (The University of North Carolina Press) by Peter Cozzens and The Wilderness Campaign (The University of North Carolina Press), edited by Gary Gallagher.

Photographers On Board CSS Alabama by Andrew Bowcock (pp. 4-7)
Subtitled “The first time publication of a photograph taken aboard the Confederacy’s most famous raider,” the author details three albumen prints that appeared in a catalog issued by a London book dealer. Two of the images, of Capt. Raphael Semmes and 1^st Lt. John McIntosh Kell on the deck of the vessel, are fairly well known. The third, reproduced on the cover of MI, is previously unknown. This image is explored in depth with several enlargements to highlight salient details.

Otto Botticher: American Military Artist-Lithographer-Soldier by Seward R. Osborne (pp. 8-16)
Subtitled, “We’ve all seen his military prints, but who was Otto Botticher?” Historian Seward Osborne went in search of the answer and presented his findings in this profile of the German-born artist. He served as an officer in the 68^th New York Infantry during the Civil War and was captured by Confederates near Manassas on March 29, 1862. He eventually returned to his regiment and fought through the rest of the war, suffering a wound in the Battle of Gettysburg. Numerous examples of his military art survive, which cleverly melded photography and art into lithography. Botticher died in 1886.

 The Doctored Botticher by Mark H. Dunkelman (pp. 17-19)
Patrick Henry Jones, a Union brigadier who was once colonel of the 154^th New York Infantry, is at the center of this story of a Botticher print titled “Sherman at Savannah, Ga.” An admirer of Gen. Jones commissioned an artist to replace the likeness of Maj. Gen. Henry A. Barnum with Jones. The story is illustrated with details of the image and photographs of Jones and Barnum.

Rhode Island Uniforms in the Civil War by Robert Grandchamp (pp. 28-32)
Though comparatively smaller in size and population to the other states of the Union, Rhode Island had its share of uniform style. The author details the variations, illustrated with several images that include privates William S. Perrin and William H. Jordan of the 1^st Light Artillery, Capt. Theodore Winn, Pvt. Horace D. Healey, Pvt. Henry Wilson, Pvt. John P. Jones, Sgt. Franklin Gonsolve and Lt. Darius Cole of the 7^th Infantry, Capt. George Newman Bliss of the 1^st Cavalry, Pvt. George Henry Maxfield of the 2^nd Infantry.

Yankee POWs: Vignettes from the Collection of Michael Fitzpatrick (pp. 20-26)
The author profiles six soldiers who fell into enemy hands during the war: Richard Thomas of the 99^th New York Infantry and 6^th U.S. Infantry, captured on March 8, 1862, at Hampton Roads, Va.; Edward Hayes Swisher of the 7^th Pennsylvania Reserves, captured first during the Peninsula Campaign and again in The Wilderness; Joseph S. Stigler of the 2^nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, captured at Chaffin’s Farm; Abraham Loane of the 2^nd Massachusetts Cavalry, captured near Aldie, Va., in 1864, Samuel T. Moles of the 47^th Illinois Infantry, captured at Holly Springs, Miss., in 1862, and Frederick B. Nesbett of the 5^th Main Infantry, captured at Salem Church, Va., in 1863.

A Regimental History of the 29^th Iowa Volunteer Infantry by Brian K. Robertson (pp. 27-32)
Subtitled, “Exposed to sickness and rebel bullets, service in Arkansas & Mississippi took its toll on this regiment from the Midwest,” the author provides a sketch of the 29^th that is illustrated with photographs from the collection of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies. They include Orlando H. Bagley, Thomas H. Benton Jr., Isaac C. Catlett, William M. Carlile, Octavius B. Gaddy, Bird Hagans, Frederick D. Hahnonkratt, Francis M. Haskins, Lemen D. Helm, William M. Hindman, John S. Miller, James L. Mitchell, Heslip W. Rodgers, Wesley M. Rodgers, Robert Salen, John B. Thomson and William H.W. Wax.

Uniforms & History by Michael J. McAfee (pp. 33-35)
In “The 68^th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry,” McAfee examines the service record of the regiment and the uniforms and equipment that they were issued. Images that accompany the text include Robert J. Betge, Johann H. Kleefish and Heinrich W. Reissberger. One additional image that the author believes may be Otto Botticher is also included.

The Confederate Soldier (p. 36)
A sixth-plate ambrotype from the Brian Boeve collection is a portrait of Pvt. James Robert Gwin of the 17^th Battalion Virginia Infantry and the 11^th Virginia Cavalry. Gwin survived a wound in the Wilderness and the Civil War. He lived until 1923.

Back Cover Story (p. 38)

Sutler’s Row (p. 39)

The Last Shot (p. 40)
A carte de visite from the Don Ryberg collection pictures Cpl. Joseph H. De Castro of the 19^th Massachusetts Infantry. He received the Medal of Honor for his capture of the colors of the 19^th Virginia Infantry during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. He survived the war and died in 1892.

Back Cover
A ninth-plate ambrotype from the David W. Vaughan collection pictures a young boy posed with flowers. The image shows all indications of being a post mortem with the exception of his eyes, which are wide open.

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A sixth-plate tintype from the Donald Bates Sr. collection pictures two Union soldiers, one with a banjo and the other with a fiddle.

Table of Contents (p. 1)

Editor’s Desk and Mail Call (p. 2)
The editor welcomes readers to this special issue dedicated to U.S. military bands and bandsman, 1861-1918. Also mentioned is the passing of Dr. Francis Lord, 94, who authored pioneer books about Civil War relics, including his landmark 1963 reference volume the Civil War Collector’s Encyclopedia. Mail Call features a single letter about experiences in Multigraph photography.

Passing in Review (pp. 3-4)
One book is recommended: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 (University of North Carolina Press) by Gary W. Gallagher.

U.S. Military Bands and Bandsmen 1861-1918 by Chris Nelson (pp. 4-7)
The introduction to this multipage cover story examines the integral role played by musicians in every U.S. war since the Revolution. The author notes, “Fortunately for students of U.S. military history, the documentation, and surviving examples of instruments, uniforms, and sheet music, allows us to virtually recreate the entire experience. The increasingly successful efforts of Civil War re-enactors to replicate accurate band and field music are now a staple of most events. This article is a quick look at the original bands and bandsmen from 1861 through WWI.” The photo survey that follows is divided into sub-sections that include profiles.

Drummers and Fifers (pp. 8-19)
A total of 31 images of all formats includes the following identified individuals: Connecticut drum maker C.B. Hendrick, the Rebagg Brothers of Rochester, N.Y., Christian Heckler of the 62^nd Illinois Infantry, the Smith brothers of Illinois regiments (John of the 89^th, Joseph of the 36^th and William of the 26^th), John Miller of the 100^th Indiana Infantry, Robert Henry Hendershot of the 8^th Michigan Infantry, Archibald Godley of the 14^th New York Heavy Artillery, John S. Kountz of the 37^th Ohio Infantry and John G. Webb of the 78^th Pennsylvania Infantry.

Brass Instrumentalists (pp. 20-23, 25)
A total of 18 images of all formats includes the following identified individuals: James Porter of Gen. Grenville Dodge’s band, George Lowman of the 36^th Illinois Infantry, Jeremiah Potter of the 2^nd Rhode Island Infantry, Robert J. Hancock and David L. Thomas of the 3^rd Rhode Island Cavalry and Edwin Ordway of the 1^st Vermont Heavy Artillery.

Calixa Lavallee: Civil War Musician & Composer of the Canadian National Anthem (p. 24)
A sketch of the life and military service of the song O’Canada is illustrated with a quarter-plate ambrotype of Lavallee and his brother George during their service with the 4^th Rhode Island Infantry.

Buglers & Trumpeters (pp. 26-33)
A total of 24 images of all formats includes the following identified individuals: John H. Buckner of an unidentified post-war regiment, Joseph Gibble of the 12^th Ohio Cavalry and Emil Smith of the 39^th Ohio Infantry.

Military Bands (pp. 34-36)
A total of 6 images includes the following identified organizations: the U.S. Military Academy Band in 1864, the band of the 12^th U.S. Infantry at Chickamauga, Ga., in 1898 and Watson’s Band, 1^st Minnesota Infantry, Minnesota national Guard, in 1898.

The Boys Who Broke the Hindenburg Line: 370^th Old 8^th Regiment, Chicago, Illinois (p. 37)
Three images of the band of the 370^th U.S. Infantry, an African American World War I unit, which served alongside the famous 369^th U.S. Infantry (Harlem Hell Fighters) in the French army.

Sergeant John von Staden: Drum Major, 1^st California U.S. Volunteers 1898-1899 (p. 38)
An image of the band of the 1^st California photographed in the Philippines in 1899 pictures von Staden holding his baton. A sketch of the regiment and his service is included.

Uniforms & History by Michael J. McAfee (pp. 39-42)
In “The Military Band,” McAfee provides a short history of Union Civil War bands. A dozen cartes de visite illustrate the text, including Charles Grimmer of the 17^th U.S. Infantry.

Stragglers (pp. 43-45)
A total of 11 portraits of bandsmen include 1^st lt. George Andrews of the 25^th U.S. Infantry astride his horse “Bob,” Dunallen M. Woodburn of the 58^th Ohio Infantry and the band of the 329^th U.S Infantry of the 83^rd Infantry Division.

 Sutler’s Row (p. 46)

The Last Shot (p. 48)
“Band Gone Wild” is the headline that accompanies this image of the band of the 1^st Minnesota Infantry, Minnesota National Guard. The members are attired in a bizarre assortment of costumes for a mock parade.

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A half-plate daguerreotype from the Thom Cole collection is a circa 1850 portrait of a militia dragoon non-commissioned officer in full dress uniform.

Table of Contents (p. 1)

Editor’s Desk and Mail Call (p. 2)
The editor notes that it has been a long while since so many military daguerreotypes have been published in the magazine. He also references upcoming projects.

Passing in Review (p. 3)
Three books are recommended: Confederate Heroines, 120 Southern Women Convicted by Union Military Justice (Louisiana State University Press) by Thomas P. Lowry; War’s Relentless Hand, Twelve Tales of Civil War Soldiers (Louisiana State University Press) by Mark Dunkelman and The Daguerreian Annual 2005 (The Daguerreian Society), edited by Mark S. Johnson and Dawn Patton.

American Military Daguerreotypes From the Collection of Dr. William T. Schultz (pp. 4-23)
A Q&A with Dr. Schultz by James Ronan II (reprinted with permission by the Company of Military Historians) covers the basics of military daguerreotypes and explores various aspects of the collection. A survey of 22 follows, including identified images of Lt. George H. Gordon, U.S. Mounted Rifles; Henry Ledyard, U.S. Charge d’ Affair in Paris; Asst. Surg. Robert Little Brodie, U.S. Army; Midshipman John Gardner Mitchell, U.S. Navy; Lt. Col. Joseph R. Smith, U.S. Army; 1^st Lt. William Root, 5^th U.S. Infantry; 2^nd Lt. William Thompson Mechling, 3^rd U.S. Infantry; 1^st Lt. William H. Gray, 11^th U.S. Infantry and 1^st lt. Robert S. Hayward, 13^th U.S. Infantry.

“Respetad a la Humanidad!” by Kirk D. Lyons, JD (pp. 24-29)
Subtitled, “The curious history of a Mexican War daguerreotype,” the author, a self-described “keen student of Mexican War photography since my college days,” traces the history of a medical image from the War with Mexico. The photograph pictures Pedro Vander Linden, Chief Surgeon of the Mexican Medical Corps. Captured at the Battle of Cerro Gordo in 1847 when his field hospital was overrun by Americans, Vander Linden, “turned, faced the soldiers with his upraised bloody hands shouting: ‘Respedad a la humanidad, o un hospital de sangre; somos cirujuanos!’ (Respect humanity of this hospital if blood! We are surgeons!)”

Babe Hudspeth: Missouri Guerrilla by John Sickles (pp. 30-33)
Guerrilla fighter William Napoleon “Babe” Hudspeth participated in some of the bloodiest raids of the Civil War. He rode with the likes of William Quantrill, Bloody Bill Anderson and Jesse James and survived his war experience. He died in 1907. The story is illustrated with two cartes de visite from the author’s collection. One is Hudspeth dressed in a Mexican Bolero jacket, and the other pictures him with Oscar Thompson, who also rode with Quantrill.

Uniforms & History by Michael J. McAfee (pp. 33-35)
In “The Military Daguerreotype,” McAfee shares his memory of the first military daguerreotype he purchased, how he came to sell it to well-known collector Herb Peck Jr., and memories of other similar images that passed through his hands. Four images illustrate the column.

The Confederate Soldier (p. 36)
A ninth-plate ruby ambrotype from the Steven Karnes collection is a portrait of an unidentified South Carolina private who served with the Holcombe Legion.

Back Cover Story (p. 38)
The background of the image includes a circa 1846 daguerreotype of the same man dressed in civilian clothes.

Sutler’s Row (p. 39)

The Last Shot (p. 40)
A half-plate ambrotype from the David W. Vaughan collection pictures an unidentified Confederate officer with cavalry-style saber.

Back Cover
A daguerreotype from the Fred Sherfy collection is identified as “Uncle Issac Hull in Civil War.” Though not a Civil War era image, Hull may have served in a militia company.

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A carte de visite courtesy of the Drum Barracks Garrison Society pictures a camel, the only known image of the pack animal in the U.S. army during the 1850s and 1860s.

Table of Contents (p. 1)

Editor’s Desk and Mail Call (p. 2)
The editor describes how he found the cover carte de visite on eBay in 2005 and was pleased to find that the winning bidder was MI contributor Mile Sorenson. He goes on to note the top-notch images in this issue and praise senior editors Mike McAfee and John Sickles. A single letter to the editor adds details about the flag of Horse Battery M, 2^nd U.S. Artillery. The unit was featured in the last Uniforms and History column.

Passing in Review (pp. 3-4)
Three books are recommended: For Dixie Land I’ll Take My Stand! Somebody’s Darling: Images of Mississippi (Chickasaw Bayou Press) by H. Grady Howell Jr.; Antietam: Then & Now (Thomas Publications) by Garry Adelman and Where Custer Fell: Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and Now (University of Oklahoma Press) by Brian C. Pohanka and Sandy Barnard.

Stoneman’s Raid to Macon by John Sickles (pp. 5-15)
The author notes that Stoneman had hoped to destroy railroads and free prisoners of war, but in the end many found themselves in prison camps. A history of the raid follows, illustrated by identified images of Nicholas Barkes, Peter Reising, William R. Sanford and Newton Smith of the 14^th Illinois Cavalry, George S. Amrick, Will Angel, Thomas Butler, Edward N. Elliott, Benjamin Farley, Russell P. Finney, Tillman H. Fisher, Erastus Holmes, William Jefferis, David W. Patty, Charles Rugg, J. Albert Smith, Melville H. Soper and George Whitenack of the 5^th Indiana Cavalry and James Biddle and Nathaniel Craigmile of the 6^th Indiana Cavalry. Also included is a post-war image of Joseph Clouse of the 5^th Indiana Cavalry.

A Most Curious Corps by Michael K. Sorenson (pp. 16-17)
The brief but unique history of the U.S. Camel Corps in the American West is detailed, and it is illustrated by a detail of the cover image and a bell purportedly used on camels in the army service during the 1850s and 1860s.

The Second Missouri Cavalry C.S.A. by John Sickles (pp. 18-20)
The author provides a brief history of the Confederate regiment, which is illustrated by portraits of Col. Robert “Black Bob” McCulloch, Lt. Col. Robert A. “Red Bob” McCulloch, David C. Boggs and two unidentified members of the regiment.

Dixieland Cavaliers by John Sickles (pp. 21-23)
Images and details are provided about the life and service of the following Confederate soldiers: 2^nd Lt. B.A. Powell of the 3^rd Tennessee Cavalry, Pvt. W.B. Middleton of the 3^rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Pvt. John Pierson of the 7^th Alabama Cavalry and Pvt. M. Bolen of the 64^th North Carolina Infantry.

Canby’s Special Scouts by Michael J. Martin (pp. 24-27)
The author explains the background of these mounted citizen scouts authorized by Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby. Pictured is the officer who organized the scouts, 1^st Lt. Isaac N. Earl of the 4^th Wisconsin Cavalry. Two wartime images of scouts Nelson Porter and Warren Knowles, and a postwar photograph believed to be Charles Baker, are also incuded.

Brevet major General James Lowry Donaldson, “The Forgotten Quartermaster” by Henry A. Pomerantz (pp. 28-31)
Described as one of the many “invisible person” who toiled behind the lines as quartermasters, Donaldson (1814-1885) became something of a right-hand man to Quartermaster Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs. Nine portraits of Donaldson taken at various times during the war illustrate the story.

Uniforms & History by Michael J. McAfee (pp. 32-33)
In the “Bradford’s Battalion, Tennessee (Union) Cavalry,” McAfee provides a short history and statistics about this regiment, which faced Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry at Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864. It is illustrated with a carte de visite of Lt. Mack J. Leaming, who survived the fighting, which included the murder of numerous African American soldiers.

The Confederate Soldier (p. 34)
A sixth-plate ambrotype of a well-armed first lieutenant wearing the number 7 on his lapel is part of the Brian Boeve collection. The image is inscribed “Elzi Benson 3 August 1861.”

Stragglers (pp. 35-38)
A total of 12 portraits include Lt. John J. Fray and Pvt. William A. Brawner of the 43^rd Partisan Battalion, Mosby’s Cavalry. The men were photographed in civilian clothing about 1861. Also included is Cpl. Charles Rude of the 100^th Indiana Infantry and Maj. James E. Doran of the 24^th New York Cavalry and his son.

Sutler’s Row (p. 39)

The Last Shot (p. 40)
A sixth-plate tintype from the Roy Mantle collection is an unidentified federal first sergeant fully equipped for the war.