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Cadet to Boy Colonel: The life and service of North Carolina’s Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.

Cadet to Boy Colonel: The life and service...

Henry King Burgwyn, Jr., of the 26th North Carolina Infantry left Virginia Military Institute after the war began and rose in rank to become colonel of...

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Optics: Military men with field glasses and telescopes

Optics: Military men with field glasses and...

Field glasses and telescopes loomed large in the Civil War. Used by soldiers and sailors to gain an edge over their enemies, it comes as no surprise that...

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Custer’s “Main Stay In a Tight Place”

Custer’s “Main Stay In a Tight Place”

James Downey, a private in the hard-fighting 2nd Ohio Cavalry, survived numerous operations during the war. His luck ran out on April 1, 1865, during the...

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From Vera Crux to Mexico City

From Vera Crux to Mexico City

Representative Mexican War era portraits of West Pointers, Regulars and volunteers from the Dr. William Schultz include future President Franklin Pierce...

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Finding Aid: Summer 2019

Finding Aid: Summer 2019

The complete issue Vol. XXXVII, No. 3(80 pages) Print edition: Visit our store to check availability Digital edition: Visit JSTOR.org to purchaseSubscribe...

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The Benefits of Advertising in MI, Explained in Our New Media Kit

The Benefits of Advertising in MI, Explained...

Military Images has spent the last five years rethinking advertising. We’ve evolved from offering a single set of print magazine options to a new...

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Need a Military Images Fix Between Issues? Check Out Our Live Video Stream.

Need a Military Images Fix Between Issues?...

By Ron Coddington When I came into possession of MI in 2013, one of my first orders of business was to establish a presence on social media. Regular posts...

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A Million Hells of Screaming Flame: Shiloh

A Million Hells of Screaming Flame: Shiloh

We remember one of the most significant battles of the war and the Western Theater through representative portraits and stories of more than two dozen...

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Reunion and Reconciliation at the Point

Reunion and Reconciliation at the Point

In our third and final installment tracing the history of Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga, Tenn., before, during and after the Civil War, Dr. Anthony...

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Requiescat in Pace

Requiescat in Pace

A newspaper ad for Mathew Brady’s New York City gallery warned readers, “Never delay the important business of getting your Portrait; you cannot tell...

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