Looking for the Confederate War

A couple of folks have tagged me in the 10 favorite book challenge on facebook. So, here is my top ten, in no particular order: The Lif...

Recently, I had the opportunity of attending the first Emerging Civil War symposium in the Spotsylvania area of Virginia. It was great expe...

I've not talked about North Carolina Confederate hospitals in quite some time, but this past Friday I found a document that's go...

Why so few blog post as of late? I'm not so sure. For someone who sets his own schedule, I certainly do seem pressed for time as of lat...

Friends, I'll be out and about over the next week. Here are a few places I will get to visit. Sunday, August 9, North Ca...

Recently, I have acquired three new books that deal with North Carolina and the War. Let's take a brief look at the three. The ne...

It always seems to surprise people, when I am out giving a talk, about how small Charlotte was in 1860. So, here is a list of the popula...

While rooting around the other day, I came across the few lines below, reportedly delivered by Jefferson Davis from the front steps of t...

Certain parts of the internet are all ablaze this morning on the news that the Confederate flags surrounding the statue of Robert E. Lee in...

My work on the Branch-Lane brigade has been at a standstill the past few weeks. Between putting our house on the market and traveling to...

Friends, please find below what I believe to be an updates list of modern (post-1960) North Carolina Regimental histories. If you see so...

Last night, I picked up one of my favorite books for a re-read. That book is Harsh's Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee and Confedera...

In my quest to fully understand and write about the role of the Branch-Lane brigade, I recently finished reading the only two books on the...

Folks - I'll be at these places this week. If you get a chance, come on out and say hi! Tuesday, April 29 - Matthews Historical S...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- As our nation commemorates the sesquicentennial (150th  anniversary) of the Civil War, volunteers across the country will ...

For the past three years, Our State magazine has been publishing a series of articles on the War. The ones that I have read have not been ...

KINSTON, N.C. - This Monday, March 10 at 10 a.m., the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources' State Underwater Archeology team will be o...