Looking for the Confederate War

    For many, remembering the war brought painful thoughts of the past. Commanders of companies and regiments frequently had to relive the w...

   According to the Library of Congress’s Civil War Desk Reference, there were 211,411 Federal soldiers taken prisoner during the war. Of...

  Cumberland Gap The War years are full of interesting stories and sad coincidences. Part of the latter may be found in the story of Daniel ...

   It is an often-repeated phrase: women left behind in various Southern states had to adapt, often performing a wide range of tasks beyond ...

  Lay down boys, take a little nap Lay down boys, take a little nap Lay down boys, take a little nap 14 miles to the Cumberland Gap! ...

 Many times, people ask where I get ideas. And to be honest, many of my ideas are connected. That first book on the 37 th North Carolina le...

  At times we get caught up in the bigger War, epitomized by places like Chancellorsville or the Atlanta Campaign. There was, however, anoth...

   Over the years, I have collected quite a few volumes on the War. They include general reference works, biographies of military and poli...

When we think of refugees during the War years, Vicksburg always comes to mind. Residents in the besieged city were forced out of their ...

As I travel about and talk to folks about the last days of the Confederate government in North Carolina, the fate of the gold and silver of...

This past weekend, I was in Gettysburg, and I found a good deal on a used drum for living history/reenacting programs. I had a drum when...

Lately, I've been slowly reading through Rable's God's Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War. I c...

If you have the read this blog for any length of time, you probably already know a great deal about Avery County and the war. For the past t...