

A Life in the Confederacy
The Company became part of the 21st Alabama Infantry, and Walker participated in the battle of Shiloh before he was fourteen. At Shiloh, th


He Fought With Custer
Joel S. Harrison was twenty-two years old when he joined the Union army for service in the Civil War. A resident of Lansing, Michigan, he v

Ghost Soldiers
Original GAR cap with wreath badge and white leather belt with brass GAR belt buckle used by a Civil War veteran for dress parade. The...


Letters From the Front
Original Civil War lettersheet with imprinted portrait of the Union Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth who was one of the first officers killed...