H. T. KEIRSEY Pictured is Private Hiram Taylor Kersey of Cannon County, Tennessee who was only thirteen years old in May of…

Few ties are as strong as the military bands of brotherhood. The Gist of the Matter Two soldiers, close friends for years,…

Horace Porter, Brevet Brigadier General, U.S.A. A little before noon on the 7th of April, 1865, General Grant, with his staff, rode…

Little Rock, Ark., 19th Dec., ’49. My dear, dear wife: I can hardly express to you the happiness I feel at being…

John Lincoln “Johnny” Clem (1851-1937) Born in Newark, Ohio, 13 Aug. 1851, Clem ran away from home in May 1861 to join…

When Grant broke his lines around Petersburg on April 2nd and Lee put his army into retreat, his plan was to keep…