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   Following the war, veterans organizations sprang up all over the nation. Memphis seemed slow to join the various groups. Prominent in the...

Confederate Monument, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis    Any great influx of men brought about numerous cases of disease, some of which led to dea...

   “Notorious for its cruel and unsanitary living conditions” is how the Irving Block Prison in Memphis has been described. The building was...

    Even before Tennessee left the Union, there was a call to build defensive works along the Mississippi River to protect the city of Memph...

   Hospitals in the United States were few and far between in the 1860s. Most large cities would have some type of public hospital. These fa...

   There are many celebrated Southern spies. Rose Greenhow, Belle Boyd, and Henry Harrison come to mind. Sisters Lottie and Ginnie Moon are ...