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Charles “Gene” Johnson III, Musician, 72, of Catlett, died Sunday, September 26, 2021.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va.—The speed limit sign posted inside the barbed wire fence says 15 miles per hour. If you are driving over unmarked graves it is best to proceed with caution, all the better to avoid the yellow excavator bucket lying idle on the gravel roadway. Tree saplings have been planted the length of the perimeter to eventually obscure from public view hundreds of solar panels that rest on what was once a landscape of misery for boys from Georgia and Pennsylvania. The field, known as Savage's Station, owes its name to the at least 900 Union and Confederate soldiers who killed ea...

Editor's Note: This column is the third in a series that highlight the lives of three Black North Iowa farmers and their struggles. Sol Stratton was a horse whisperer. He had always handled horses expertly and was a skilled saddleryman and horse-tack repairer and maker, the perfect match for the needs of the 8th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. On July 1, 1861, Solomon Stratton enlisted as a private in the 8th Illinois for a period of three years. He served with honor and distinction until being mustered out on December 18, 1863. Carlos Henry Verbeck was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, Company ...

This map shows the movements of Union (blue) and Confederate (red) troops in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to 3, 1863. During the night of July 3, Confederate general Robert E. Lee managed to slip his Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River into Virginia and evade pursuing Union troops. This map shows the movements of Confederate (red) and Union (blue) troops on July 1, 1863, the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. By the end of the day, Union forces had retreated to Cemetery Hill, a high position overlooking the Pennsylvania town and its road net...

by Thomas J. Ryan El Dorado Hills, Ca.: Savas Beatie, 2015.. Pp. xxii, 482. Illus., maps, append., notes, biblio., index. $35.00. ISBN: 1611211786  Intelligence Operations on the Road to Gettysburg Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign is very likely the first work that compares and contrasts Confederate and Federal efforts at gathering, using, and misusing strategic and tactical intelligence during the Gettysburg Campaign. Ryan, a former U.S. Department of Defense intelligence employee and the author of “Lee is Trapped and Must be ...