Looking for the Confederate War

  I came across this newspaper piece while researching Civil War Charlotte, and I thought I would share. Make sure you see my comments bel...

It been sometime since I looked at what's going on in the news related to North Carolina and the War - sorry for being behind. For ...

Every once-in-a while, I get to go and play a tourist - I'm not out researching, or trying to give a talk, or selling a book. A coupl...

RALEIGH – Determination, commitment and pride are among many characteristics of North Carolinians depicted in the “ Freedom, Sacrifice,...

Dug this out of the Charlotte Observer (02/01/1903) this afternoon - wish I would have came across it sooner, or maybe even found the Mexic...

Durham -- On Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m., Duke Homestead State Historic Site will host a lecture on the practice of slave leasing in t...

Friends, I'll be out signing twice this week. Tonight (November 15), I'll be speaking to the Capt. Jonas Cook Camp, SCV Camp. They...

Col. L. O'B. Branch was given this order November 18th: "The Governor directs that you arrest Lieut. Col. Bowman, U.S. A., and co...

So what drew me to the story of the battle of Hanover Court House/Slash Church? When I was working on my work on the 27th North Carolina T...

Good news - The Battle of Hanover Court House: Turning Point of the Peninsula Campaign has recently been released in paperback. Follow...

I came across this story a few days ago and I thought I would share. It is from Confederate Veteran , March 1913. This one makes me want to ...

RALEIGH – The pitchers in the World Series probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the Civil War. But a little-known fact is tha...

RALEIGH – A former Union soldier, Albion Tourgée returned to North Carolina to settle in Greensboro in 1865. A lawyer, judge, novelist a...

Great news! The North Carolina Society of Historians, this past Saturday, honored two of my books, The Fifty-eighth North Carolina Troops: ...

My little break is over and it is time to hit the roads again. I hope to see you at one of these events. Tuesday, October 25, Sherrill...

We often hear that people back during the war years were smaller, not as tall as people today. I've often argued against that, largely...

If you follow this blog regularly, you know that I've been on the road lately. A lot. All of this travel, in support of the new North ...

RALEIGH – Colonel Isaac Avery lay dying on the Gettysburg battlefield that sweltering July day. Struck in the neck by an enemy bullet, h...

Yet another busy and great weekend - I love fall in western North Carolina. I got to spend Saturday in Old Salem, signing books at T. Bagg...

So, I thought it might be time for an update - yes, I've been traveling all across our great state the past few weeks, talking to di...