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Folks - I’ll be signing books tomorrow, December 1st, at the Carson House in Marion, North Carolina, from 12:00 until 3:00 pm. If you are in...

Folks - I had a reader send me a couple of days ago this piece about the marking of the grave of Col. Isaac E. Avery of the 6th North Caroli...

One of the benefits of my job, at least as I see it, is being able to spend time in some of the most beautiful cemeteries in the South. Ther...

A few days ago, Andrew Wagenhoffer on his blog Civil War Books and Authors had a review of Walter Hilderman’s They Went into the Fight Cheer...

In the current issue of America's Civil War , there is an article by Tonia J. Smith (TeeJ) about Abby House. (Congrats to TeeJ on the ar...

I think that I have almost recovered from my recent excursion. On Monday evening I spoke to the SCV Camp in Lenoir. This is a fine group of ...

Yet another busy past couple of days. On Friday, I had the honor to take my son to Linville Caverns with his homeschool group. Linville Cave...

The program last night at the public library in Spruce Pine was great. Sixteen people gathered and we spent two hours on all aspects of the ...

Last night, I was up at ASU again, continuing my journey through the compiled service records of the 58th NCT. It takes me about three hours...

Do you have an ancestor who served in the Confederate or Union army? Want to know what happened on Bakersville during the War of Northern Ag...

If you have not had a chance yet, please check out the North Carolina Sesquicentennial web site. I am really looking forward to this celebra...

Our trip to Wake Forest was good. However, it rained all day Friday, so I got no sight seeing/cemetery crawling accomplished. On Saturday, w...

Sorry for not posting more this week - been hard at work on the 58th NCT book. I’m off to Wake Forest today. My darling wife is presenting a...

Ok - time to change campaigns. I have this article about the 37th NCT at Gettysburg that I've been tinkering with on and off for about t...

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

Yesterday, I received a letter from Andy Turner, the newish editor ofGettysburg Magazine. Gettysburg Magazine is a publication devotedenti...

Busy weekend as usual. I was at the heritage festival in Spruce Pine on Saturday and had an enjoyable time. Yesterday, after church, I heade...

After leaving Tunnel Hill, I stopped and got some lunch. While I was eating, I pored over a map that I had gotten and found what I was looki...

One of the first places I visited on my trip was Tunnel Hill . I was at Tunnel Hill maybe eight years ago, before the museum and tunnel were...

We got back from our trip west late last night. I did not get to a third of the places that I wanted to or needed to visit. But, I had a gre...