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There were five North Carolina regiments at the Battle of Chickamauga, which was fought September 18-20, 1863, in north Georgia. Each of t...

In about a week, I need to submit the paper I am presenting at the Civil War Memory Symposium that is taking place in Raleigh in May at the ...

We had a chance this past Saturday to get out into the field once again. Our local SCV camp tries to take a field trip every year. This year...

Madison County won a little poll that I put up a couple of weeks ago as the county that I would write about next in our survey of the Civil ...

I’ve not had much time to look at the news lately – so, I did this morning. Here is what I found: Rob Neufeld writes an interesting article ...

I think I have said (written) this before: writing history often presents more questions than it does answers. Here is my question of the we...

For our next county survey, I thought we would look at Henderson County. In 1838, the southern part of Buncombe County was taken to create H...

Many of you will be happy to know that I spent most of yesterday working on the 58th NCT book. I've been away from the project for sever...

Earlier, I wrote that I would post the details of my trip. I'll just post bits and pieces from time to time. One of the last places ...

Well, I am in a dilemma. I’ll lay out my facts. According to an article, dated May 5, 1864, found in the Daily Constitutionalist, there were...

If you dig long enough, you can usually find information on a person. I’ve done it for Col. John B. Palmer. I started with a paragraph from ...

Sorry for the lack of deep, meaningful posts lately. I’ve been hard at work on the 58th NCT book. I posted last week about flags for the reg...

After leaving Crow Valley Road, I drove a few miles north to visit the Chickamauga battlefield. I stopped by the information desk, and picke...