The Public "I"

One Vicksburg woman remembered that June began with a “clear and unusually warm day. The men sought shelter from the sun's scorching ray...

  The first angry crack of muskets were fired by green Yankees – with barely a month of training, and largely armed with shoddily made weapo...

  The Hoosier pickets were not the best the Federal army had to offer, merely average. But after 2 ½ years of war, the level of average had ...

  A minie' ball shattered Andre's left arm. The stinging numbness shocked his entire being and dropped him to the ground. The 37 yea...