My great-grandfather served in the Confederate forces. I recently came across my great-grandmother's application for a widow's pension. He died in...
We visited a couple of places on the Albemarle Tour a few summers ago. Among the various sights to see, I think there were some Civil War sites on...
I always associate those Godey's Ladies Fashions illustrations when I see them with the Civil War. Do others do the same thing? I think the magazine...
I find some of the Southern Claims petitions filed after the war for reimbursement incredibly interesting. I learned in just one file that Union...
Although I loved "Gone with the Wind," by Margaret Mitchell, one of my favorite novels about the Civil War is "House Divided," by Ben Ames Williams....
I am interested in reading more about the immediate effects on the economies after the Civil War in places like downtown Wilmington, North Carolina,...
I do wish some of the material being taught in the school more accurately stressed the difference between propaganda and what the states were really...
I absolutely loved the book, "Cold Mountain," by Charles Frazier. The opening gives such a vivid description of the battlefield and what it was like...
One of the unsung tragedies coming out of the Civil War is that of Matthew Brady. I love looking at his Civil War photos. His images are indelibly...
I'm from eastern North Carolina. My brother and some of his friends like to go metal detecting. They have found things from the Civil War like...
I have people in my ancestry who were blockade runners during the Civil War. They worked out of Wilmington and nearby Southport, along the Cape Fear...
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