Looking for the Confederate War

I started my reading this past weekend on Braxton Bragg - are there any "good" books on Bragg? I’ve started with the two-volume Br...

Gloomy day here in the mountains of western NC. It seems that we have tried to make up for our year-long rain deficit in the last couple of ...

For most of you who have been reading this blog for some time, you know that I’ve taken an interest in Vance’s Legion. Now I’m trying to dec...

Yesterday, I answered about 35 emails concerning the 58th NCT, and two concerning the 37th NCT. I am trying hard to get the emails from my r...

This past Saturday, I had the privilege of going out with a fine group of folks to place VA grave markers on the graves of Confederate soldi...

I started a new blog yesterday. It is called Glimpses of Avery County and is a place to show off some of my local photography. Last night, ...

What a trip - I left home Wednesday morning at 11:00 am, and got back home Thursday afternoon at 12:45 pm. I drove to Ashland, Virginia, did...

A couple of days ago, I wrote a paragraph, a nice long one, on the bridge burnings in east Tennessee and their connection to the formation o...

New Book - Just Released Folks - I am happy to announce the release of my eighth book - Remembering Avery County: Old Tales from North Carol...

I got an email from a friend a couple of days ago. He is interested in a group of Georgians stationed along the coast of North Carolina in A...

I’ve spent the past few days on "vacation" in east Tennessee and Kentucky. I know many people would not consider the constan...

A few days ago I advanced a theory on the bridge burnings in east Tennessee as being an impetus behind the formation of the Mitchell Rangers...

I really enjoy being a writer. Yesterday, I left out about 9:30 am, onmy way to the Caldwell Historical Museum in Lenoir. I had to sign book...

Ok - question of the day. Did the bridge burnings in east Tennessee have a direct influence on the formation of the Mitchell Rangers? The br...

Good morning folks! - I found the below story on my morning internet hunt. It was found on a TV station’s web site in Minnesota. Civil War ...

Last week was another busy week. I had book signings in High Point (Tuesday) and Albermarle (Thursday). Wednesday was a research day. This p...

The Civil War Trails signs meeting last Thursday went well. The money for two markers has been appropriated, and we put together a small com...

Thanks to the Civil War Interactive web page for the mention of this blog. I’m off to two meetings this afternoon. The first is our regular...

Eric Wittenburg wrote on June 3: The primary source material from the Civil War that continues to surface never ceases to amaze me. It also...

What a great weekend. The Avery County Heritage Festival was good. I had a chance to talk to quite a few people about the old 58th NCT. On S...