Looking for the Confederate War

   As far as we can tell, the Confederate government never adopted a National Anthem. That might seem odd, but the “Star Spangled Banner” wa...

    After Stonewall Jackson was wounded and his arm amputated, he was taken via wagon to the Chandler Farm (also known as Fairfield). The fa...

   There was one goal for army commanders: to obliterate the opponent. While this was their objective, it seldom happened. The enemy often e...

   Diaries written by common soldiers provide the best insights into the day-to-day life of soldiers. They were not written for wide publica...

   There have been tens of thousands of books written about the war. Even with that seemingly gluttonous number, there are huge gaps in that...

    I was kind of looking forward to this day – 1,000,000 hits on Looking for the Confederate War (6:00 pm on July 3, 2023). It was a dream ...

   We seem to have this idea about the Overland Campaign of 1864. Overall Federal commander U.S. Grant was going to steal a march on Robert ...

   There was more than one Camp Holmes during the war. In September 1861, there was Camp Holmes  in the Fredericksburg area. [1] Another wa...

Over the past few months as I have worked on the Plymouth project, I discovered that no one really understands the role of Col. James Dearin...