Looking for the Confederate War

   In the minds of many, the War of the 1860s was a stand-up fight. Early on, armies met each other on a field of battle, duking it out unti...

  Patrick Cleburne    Churches occupy important places in our society. Many of them, and the grounds that surround them, are packed full of...

   Chances are, you have probably never heard of Ephraim Clayton. For many in Southern Appalachia, he is an important 19 th century carpent...

    For some people, Fort Sumter is the start of the war, the place where the first shots were fired. It is convenient to have a “beginning”...

Bank of Washington, NC         Paper currency dates back centuries in America. The Massachusetts Bay Colony issued notes to fund military ex...

       This is a second part of a series on “Northern aggression.” You can read the first part here . These first two parts deal with the ...

   What do you call the war? What did they call the war? Recently, the folks over at Carnton House in Franklin, Tennessee, posted an interes...

   It is an often-repeated phrase: women left behind in various Southern states had to adapt, often performing a wide range of tasks beyond ...