Our War

With Meg Heckman, my journalistic colleague, I interviewed dozens of World War II veterans for an oral-history project and book called We We...

Capt, Frank Butler of Bennington was a favorite of Col. Cross. He served in the Signal Corps and on the staff of Gen. William F. Bald...

In response to my recent posts featuring pictures of Fifth New Hampshire soldiers ( here and here ), Dave Morin had a few of his own to add...

In 2008 I retired after nearly 45 years of daily deadlines as a journalist. It seemed to me then that one key to a happy retirement was to s...

The legend on the 14th's monument reads: New Hampshire erects this monument to the members of her brave sons of the 14th Regiment w...

Franklin Pierce came home to Concord, N.H., after his presidency and lived there throughout the Civil War. An engaging challenge in writing ...

James Larkin of the Fifth  [For other Fifth faces, see here , here and here .] Here are more faces from the Fifth New Hampshire. Near...