Here’s what James Madison had to say in Federalist #46. The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared: “Should an unwarrantable measure…

George Washington’s Family Members who served the Confederate States of America during the War Between The States George Washington was a Southerner…

As 1862 approached its conclusion, the respective war efforts were in a state of flux. Confederate forces remained largely on the defensive. While Federals forces were…

May 8-12, 1781 The homestead that would become known as Fort Motte was originally owned by Miles Brewton, a wealthy slave trader…

Forts were often already positioned in important locations or constructed at strategic points on the landscape.  These locations were often where waterways…

Colonel John Singleton Mosby, son of Alfred D. Mosby. of Amherst county, was born December 6, 1833, at Edgemont, Powhatan county, the…

The home of Richard Corbin and his family, the Moss Neck mansion, stretching 225 feet from wing to wing, sat on elevated…

Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett Often confused with his cousin, Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett, who was killed…

  Richard Rowland Kirkland (August 1843 – September 20, 1863) Like many young men from what is now known as Kershaw County,…

Enlisting in the Palo Alto Confederates in 1861 from his home in Palo Alto, Mississippi, at the age of fifteen, Andrew Martin…

A bit of Natchez, Mississippi history during Union occupation that conveniently gets swept under the rug, as it destroys the narrative of…

The history of Christmas traditions kept evolving throughout the 19th century, when most of the familiar components of the modern Christmas including St.…

Tensions were high in 1861, and deviations from Quakerism were made when Friends, both Northern and Southern, had to choose whether to…

It is accepted among some historians that Hessian soldiers who fought alongside the British first introduced the Christmas tree to the colonies…

“Christmas in Camp,” an illustration by Thomas Nast for Harper’s Weekly By the mid-19th century, most of today’s…

After attending preparatory school at Baylor University, he enrolled at the Bastrop Military Academy.. Sam Jr. inherited his mother’s artistic ability and…

On a hot summer day in 1861, Union and Confederate troops lined up along Bull Run Creek preparing to fight the first…

Events leading to the Battle of New Market Heights began during the blistering summer of 1864, when overall Federal commander Lt. Gen.…

Secretary of State William Seward wrote it and Abraham Lincoln issued it, but much of the credit for the Thanksgiving Proclamation should probably go…

  After the failed socialist revolutions of 1848 which encompassed most of the European continent, many German, English, Hungarian, Bavarian, etc. atheistic…