Sunday, December 19, 2021

Robert E. Lee’s Christmas Letters Home

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   Confederate general Robert E. Lee spent all four of the war-year Christmases away from his wife Mary. Three of his Christmas Day letters ...
Monday, November 22, 2021

Jefferson Davis and Proclamations of Thanksgiving

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Jefferson Davis      During the war years, it was fairly common for presidents, or army commanders, or a congress to call for days of thanks...
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Monday, November 15, 2021

Confederate Hospitals in Alabama

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  Marker for the Confederate Hospital in Greenville, Alabama    In the past, I have written about Confederate Wayside and General Hospitals ...
Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Robert E. Lee’s Wartime visit to Florida

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    It is hard to fathom, but in 1861, the Confederacy’s most celebrated general was shunted to a seemingly backwater command. Of course, af...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Biographies on Confederate governors

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     Knowing what is available is an important thing to both the reader and the researcher. That is why I create these lists: to see what is...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Is my library complete?

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    Many decades ago, in an old Dixie Gun Works catalog, I gained a bit of wisdom. The editor was writing about building a library. A librar...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Southern Lighthouses and the War

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    While we view lighthouses as interesting pieces of history, they also served a vital role in commerce in the 19 th century. These light...