Ron CoddingtoninFaces of WarWith the Colors at Georgia LandingOn November 10, 1862, from a camp in the vicinity of Thibodaux, Louisiana, Capt. Henry Huse sat cross-legged on the ground and penciled a…Nov 27, 2016Nov 27, 2016
Ron CoddingtoninFaces of War“The Terror of the Rebels Along the Coast”One evening in the spring of 1863, a detachment of Union sailors moved stealthily across the grounds of a South Carolina plantation…Nov 25, 2015Nov 25, 2015
Ron CoddingtoninFaces of WarLoyal Fireman, Loyal SoldierLoyal and true firemen “were always on hand at the first tap of the alarm bell,” announced one Northern newspaper in 1861. “Nor were they…Nov 23, 2015Nov 23, 2015
Ron CoddingtoninFaces of WarCrazy DrunkLieutenant Sylvanus Backus was crazy drunk. Stumbling around the quarterdeck of the Mohongo after midnight with a drawn sword, his raucous…Oct 30, 2015Oct 30, 2015
Ron CoddingtoninFaces of WarBurying the Dead at Antietam’s CornfieldHeavy cannon fire erupted at daylight on September 17, 1862, and soon after Capt. William Swan and Company H fell into line with the rest…Sep 25, 2015Sep 25, 2015
Ron CoddingtoninFaces of WarThe Smell of Warship SmokeNavy secretary Gideon Welles fretted about the safety of California after the outbreak of war in 1861. The threat of rebel privateers…Sep 25, 2015Sep 25, 2015
Ron CoddingtoninFaces of WarCrisis in PensacolaBy early January 1861, mechanic W. Thomas Morrill and other employees of the Pensacola Navy Yard in Florida were caught in a humanitarian…Aug 29, 2015Aug 29, 2015
Ron CoddingtoninFaces of WarEarly Defender of His HomelandThe sturdy paddle wheels of the Star of the West beat rhythmically against the waters of the Atlantic as she steamed into Charleston…Aug 10, 2015Aug 10, 2015
Ron CoddingtoninFaces of WarA Fateful Shore Leave Leads to a Trip to AndersonvilleSailor Nathan Hopkins and two of his comrades from the Union frigate Minnesota strolled through the Virginia countryside one day in late…Jun 23, 2015Jun 23, 2015
Ron CoddingtoninFaces of WarCaptured on PatrolMidshipman Frank Beville was taken prisoner during the evening of March 14, 1863. Hostile forces overpowered the 18-year-old Confederate…May 31, 2015May 31, 2015
