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Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia was a most depressing place to be in March of 1865. The doctors and staff were in dire straits,...

Joseph A. Waddell wrote a rich history of Augusta County, Virginia: Annals of Augusta County, Virginia - From 1726 to 1871. Trained as a...

Yesterday was Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller's birthday. Puller was a USMC Lt. General and considered one of the best and bravest marines...

I finally finished my essay on Johnny Reb which will be published at the Essential Civil War Curriculum website soon. I've been putting...

I bought this Buck knife for a grandson who's turning 13 next week. His father owns a hunting lodge in Canada. My grandson can skin a...

He buried history to save it . . . On the 12th of June, 1864, Union General David Hunter ordered the burning of Virginia Military...

I believe I've recommended before, but if you have grown weary of activism posing as history, I'd invite you to check out our friend,...

One of my favorite historians is my friend, Kent Brown. I only subscribe to a few podcasts, but Kent's Witnessing History is one of them....

The latest issue of American Digger Magazine will be mailed out soon. This issue includes a piece I wrote about the history of the Minié...

In a recent Youtube video produced by the American Battlefield Trust, Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski does a superb job of...

Yesterday, January 21st, was Stonewall Jackson's 195th birthday. When Jackson was seventeen years old, he and his friend Thaddeus Moore...

Today marks Robert E. Lee's 212th birthday. This was posted last year in the Civil War Trust's (now American Battlefield Trust) Facebook...

I have a piece coming out in American Digger Magazine later this year which explores the evolution of the Minié ball and its use and...

Legendary Southern historian Shelby Foote's critics recoil at what they consider to be a "Lost Cause" romance story. Foote is so passé,...

I recently read, with great interest, an article about the 50th Gettysburg Reunion held in 1913. As I read the piece, I could not help...