Monday, January 26, 2026

A deserter from the 48th Alabama writes the regiment’s history

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No sooner had the last shot of the war ended than there was a push to write a history of the conflict. Edward A. Pollard, a newspaper editor...
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Monday, January 19, 2026

New project - on Robert E. Lee!

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 Robert E. Lee is one of the most written-about subjects in American history. There are scores of books, hundreds of articles, a few documen...
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Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Longstreet's other plan

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Lt. Gen. James Longstreet A lot of ink has been spilt over the decades on Gen. James Longstreet and the Gettysburg campaign. Believing that ...
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Sunday, December 28, 2025

A 9th Virginia Cavalry Trooper Saved by Robert E. Lee

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    Recently, while reading through Charlie Knight’s From Arlington to Appomattox, Robert E. Lee’s Civil War Day by Day, I came across a li...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

The 7th Florida Takes Prisoners to Richmond

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   Several times in the past, I have written about prisons, concentrating on prison guards ( here ) and moving prisoners across the South ( ...
Monday, October 27, 2025

The Confederate graves at Arlington

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    At a recent event, someone posed a question about the Confederate graves at Arlington. His ancestor is one of the ones in Section 16. Bu...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Robert E. Lee’s Compiled Service Record

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    For anyone wishing to research a person, regiment, or just about anything else connected to the War, the first place to stop is the Comp...
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