Browse these portraits of officers with great facial hair courtesy of the Library of Congress and then vote for your favorite Brian Wolly and Jeff Campagna Gen. Alexander Shaler was awarded the U.S.

Illustrations -- Introduction to the 1999 Edition -- Preface -- Early Life (starting p. 1) -- Prewar Service in the Regular Army (starting p. 12) -- Brigade Command (starting p. 23) -- Division and ...

AFTER the battle of Chancellorsville the Confederates were much encouraged by the general condition of affairs. The army of the Potomac kept losing men by expiration of enlistment, until we had less ...

THIS handsome book 1 comprises the fifth and sixth volumes of the French edition, without abridgment. It is edited with care by Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Nicholson, a gentleman well known as a ...

Belvoir author's new book revises accounts of the German effort FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- Not many people have the opportunity to rewrite history. Christian B. Keller, an associate professor of history at ...

Gen. Alexander Shaler was awarded the U.S. Army's highest honor for his valor in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg. He also fought at Gettysburg and Wilderness, where he was captured and later ...