Looking for the Confederate War

    Several years ago, I wrote a post about the way the Confederate army was racially integrated. Actually, I’ve written on that subject a c...

    Located on Bogue Banks on the North Carolina coast, Fort Fisher was the second fort constructed on this spot. The first was known as For...

  Robert E. Lee once remarked that “I don’t believe we can have an army without music.” [1] Lee was referencing the brass band of the 26 th...

   A friend recently asked the question: “did Southern troops ever live off of Hardtack like Federal soldiers?” That’s a great question!...

Over the past few days, while working on the Feeding the Army of Northern Virginia project, I have spent some time looking through some Vi...

This article appeared in the Herald Dispatch from Huntington, West Virginia, on April 1, 2019. Overall, it's not a bad piece. My thoug...

I recently found the late Arthur Bergeron's Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865 , on my own shelf. Not sure why I...