Looking for the Confederate War

For the fourth time in my writing career, I'm chronicling the events of the battle of Hanover Court House, fought May 27, 1862, just n...

I recently sat down and looked through the rosters of the regiments in the Branch-Lane Brigade during the months (February - April 1862)...

KINSTON, N.C. – The CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center will host the USS Underwriter Expedition Symposium and Navy Living History...

Over the past few weeks, I've endeavored to share what I have learned in writing regimental histories. As you probably know, I'v...

Back when I was working on my first book, the internet was just becoming popular. At the same time, I was working in the library at the ...

In 2004, Robert K. Krick reviewed my first book, The Thirty-seventh North Carolina Troops, a review that appeared in America's Civil W...

So who is best suited to write a regimental history, a professor, or maybe a historical interpreter? Well, both, and neither. But before...

Friends, my last two book signings of the year are: Thursday, December 5, 2013 - The Market on Oak, Spruce Pine, 6:00 pm. Friday, ...

Looking back over my shelves, I've noticed a few other tomes that you might want to consider for your toolbox. One might be Tracy Po...

This is the second part of a series on writing regimental/brigade histories, and this post is all about what you need to have in your ...

In the past couple of weeks, I have read Waters and Edmonds' history of the Florida brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia ( A Sma...

Someone mentioned to me last night that we lost Michael W. Taylor a few weeks ago. Taylor, a lawyer who was living in Chapel Hill, was t...

Friends, we'll have a few more occasions to get together and talk about the War before my almost hibernation mode sets in for the ...

For years, people have asked my why I got into writing. Well, it surely isn't for the money.... Someone asked me the other day this ...

You would think, after so many years of doing this, I would still not be dumbfounded at the lack of material in some aspects of our hist...

On Monday afternoon, I dropped off at the post office manuscript number nineteen. This is a manuscript I mentioned sometime back. It dea...

A few of you probably know this, but for some time, I've been writing articles for a local magazine, Carolina Mountain Life. At the...

My latest book, Watauga County in the Civil War , will be hitting the stands soon - as in next week. This project really means a great d...

Folks, I'll have a busy week ahead of me this next week. This includes: Monday, September 16, Unicoi Historical Society, Erwin, T...

If you follow me on facebook, you probably know that I have been working on a photo history about Grandfather Mountain for Arcadia Publi...