9 June - at the beginning of the Gettysburg campaign during the US Civil War, the largest cavalry engagement of the Western Hemisphere was fought at Brandy Station, Culpeper County, Virginia.
General J.E.B. Stuart’s personal Army of Northern Virginia battle flag. In December 2006, this flag, sewn by Flora Stuart, was sold in a Heritage Auction for a world-record price for any Confederate flag, for $956,000 (including buyer’s premium). The 34-inch by 34-inch flag was hand-sewn for Stuart by Flora in 1862 and Stuart carried it into some of his most famous battles. However, in December of that year it fell from a tent front into a campfire and was damaged.
Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi) - the historic post-war home of the former Confederate President Jefferson Davis
Because I lived just south of Memphis for years, the issue of the Confederate monuments there has been of personal importance to me. The city council keeps whittling away at Southern heritage which…
This is a very fascinating article about what some Confederates did to flee their dire situation following the Civil War. From: bernhard1848@gmail.com It is estimated that as many as 20,000 Souther…
Snowball
Over the past week, I have been faced with a personal situation that has left me thinking about my own mortality and about how fragile life is. Since I am a Civil War author, I have read and writte…
I was notified by my publisher, Pelican Publishing, that my new nonfiction book, Horses in Gray, has been accepted and will be sold in several venues. This is very exciting, and is an extreme honor…
Following South Carolina’s secession from the Union, Mississippi seceded on January 9, 1861. Fervor about the impending war grew, with most thinking it would be little more than a skirmish that wou…
