Looking for the Confederate War

Elizabeth and I will have our first joint book signing tomorrow (Saturday), from 2:00 until 3:00 pm, at Black Bear Books in Boone. If you ar...

As I mentioned earlier this week, I’ve been reading the essays in Escott’s North Carolinians in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction....

Here is another press release from the NCDOAH. But hey, I’m in this one – can you find me? Civil War and …Art? ‘2nd Saturdays’ Series Wraps...

RALEIGH – A free outdoor evening concert on the Capitol grounds will showcase North Carolina’s diverse music and dance traditions on Saturda...

Lately, I’ve been reading a collection of essays, edited by Paul Escott, entitled North Carolinians in the Era of Civil War and Reconstructi...

Someone recently asked me if I worked for the North Carolina Department of Archives and History in Raleigh. Umm, no. Since I live not far fr...

Been traveling as of late, and I’ve been reading – still continuing my “tour” of books relating to North Carolina and the War. I’ve finish...

I had a look around at different online newspapers and here is what I found related to North Carolina and the War: There is an interesting r...

Ok, this post is kind of one of those rambling kind, but the gist of it is a review of the Thomas Day exhibit at the NC Museum of History an...

North Carolina ’s State Historic Sites are well known for the interpretation and preservation of North Carolina ’s Civil War story, but comb...

Several months ago, I purchased a new biography on North Carolina Governor Henry T. Clark, written by R. Matthew Poteat. I read some of it, ...

I hope everyone had a good Fourth of July! It was pretty quiet here on my mountain in western North Carolina. Recently, I finished reading a...

Well, I wish I had an announcement regarding my book on the 58th NCT, but I don’t, so we will skip to more exciting news. I’ve gotten two co...

As many of you know, there are several key events during the war which are connected with North Carolina, i.e., the 26th North Carolina Troo...

There seems to be a lot of stir in the news media about a recent photograph of “slaves” found in an attic in Charlotte. As the story goes, t...

Time again for what has turned into a bi-monthly look across North Carolina for headlines that deal with the Old North State and the War. Re...

Lately, I’ve been exploring the topic of war-time politicians from North Carolina. Probably not surprising is the lack of biographical mater...

DURHAM – More than 625,000 lives were lost in the Civil War, more than half due to sickness, not combat. Diseases were spread through infes...

Home again – I had a great time visiting with the Central Ohio Civil War Round Table and especially with Mike Peters. If you live in the are...

Just a few quick notes – I’ll be speaking tomorrow (Wednesday, June 9) at the monthly meeting of the Central Ohio Civil War Round Table in C...