Dana B. Shoaf, Author at HistoryNet

This Antietam Photo Has Been a Mystery for Over 40 Years. We’ve Solved It (We Think) — Part 3.

by Dana B. Shoaf2/23/20224/25/2022

Who were the men in this grisly photograph taken in the aftermath of Antietam, and why were they there? We think we’ve finally solved the mystery.

This Antietam Photo Has Been a Mystery for 40+ Years. We’ve Solved It (We Think).

by Dana B. Shoaf2/23/20224/25/2022

A Prime Accoutrement: The Cap Box

by Dana B. Shoaf8/4/20214/19/2022

Haste Makes Waste

by Dana B. Shoaf3/24/20213/24/2021

‘Shoot and be Damned’

by Dana B. Shoaf3/17/20213/18/2021

How a New York Dentist Developed a Unique “Volley Gun”

by Dana B. Shoaf1/20/20211/20/2021

Review, Stories

Collected Wisdom: The Enduring Civil War

by Dana B. Shoaf1/7/20211/7/2021

How a Dentist Developed a Clever, but Flawed, System for Discharging Firearms

by Dana B. Shoaf12/18/202012/18/2020

Explore the Haunting Remnants of Civil War Prisons

by Dana B. Shoaf11/5/201911/1/2019

Is Civil War History Losing Ground?

by Dana B. Shoaf9/24/201910/2/2019