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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Tales from the road: Going 'nuclear' in Grand Gulf, Mississippi

Mac Drake bought a copy of my book, cementing his place among my favorite Mississippians. Like this blog on Facebook | ...

Saturday, December 10, 2022

How obsessed dude earned MOH in obscure Tennessee battle

Modern bridge at Richland Creek on John Bell Hood's December 1864 retreat route. Like this blog on Facebook | My YouTube videos Unlik...

Wednesday, March 08, 2017

'No end to the things': Fabulous Gettysburg bullet find in 1910

Widow Lydia Leister's house, George Meade's headquarters at Gettysburg. HOVER OVER IMAGE | Then: Alexander ...

Friday, May 08, 2015

Amazing discovery: Image of his 18th Connecticut ancestor

Corporal John E. Barrows of the 18th Connecticut was captured at the Second Battle of Winchester (Va.) (Images courtesy of Alan Crane) ...

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John Banks: John Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime, Connecticut Yankees at Antietam and Hidden History of Connecticut Union Soldiers. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America's Civil War and Military Images. Banks, who attended Mount Lebanon (Pa.) High School, graduated from West Virginia University (B.A. in journalism). A longtime journalist (The Dallas Morning News, ESPN, The History Channel), he is secretary-treasurer of The Center for Civil War Photography.

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