An Encyclopedia of Early Civil War Virginia
Earlier this year, Ronald S. Coddington, editor and publisher of Military Images magazine, used primary sources to tell the story of Col. Lew Wallace and his Indiana Zouaves gathering in State House Square in Indianapolis to receive their regimental flags. It’s a rare glimpse of the pageantry and naïveté of these young soldiers, eager to…
Continue reading ➞ Life on the Civil War Research Trail: Lew Wallace’s Zouaves, 1861
There were ten volunteer Indiana infantry regiments that participated in the first three months of the Civil War, and in my latest update I added stub pages for all. These mainly fought in the Union Army of the West, with two exceptions: the 11th and 12th regiments, which were unattached. The 11th operated under the…
Continue reading ➞ Added Stub Pages for Ten Indiana Regiments
Spirit of '61 