Please visit www.nawcc.org for more information on this important new exhibit, one of the first to feature Civil War pocket watches as the main subject matter. The 162-page hardcover, lavishly ...

The silver watch case shows signs of wear, an indicator that Dr. O'Farrell wore it and consulted it, perhaps to measure a patient's pulse My colleague Diane Wendt's excellent work on a Civil War ...

Not a Civil War buff Mellen, 55, was not a Civil War buff before all this. But old pocket watches have fascinated him since he and his daughter, Maren, now 15, bought one at a thrift store in 2008.