A website dedicated to the men of the largely forgotten unit which fought in the Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War.

Update:

August 1, 2006
Added the new Roster, Roll of Honor Why are we doing this sections. For something really neat, check out Buried in Andersonville under the Roll of Honor Section.

June 8, 2006
So much new stuff has been added the last week and we are not even close to finishing. Touch the Elbow went from a small blog just on the 18th, to a general civil war blog. The first full day it was listed on The Civil War Top 100, it ranked number 3 for all sites and number 1 for blogs. We also started a forum page, just waiting for you to start posting. Keep coming back, there is so much more to come.

June 1, 2006
    Relaunch phase one - After a few months of nothing, we are slowly rolling out the new site page by page. 
    About Us, Lost History, History and Battle pages rolled out

The Civil War Research Guide

Stephen McManus, Donald Thompson and Thomas Churchill

From the creators of the 18thMass.com website comes the definitive guide to researching the American Civil War. 

Over the years these three authors have spent considerable time gathering information on the Civil War from all over the United States. Learn from their hard work on how easy researching the Civil War truly can be.