In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn more about a Civil War site she discovered while traveling in Florida... (Read More)
An article about Confederate Brigadier General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie pleading for Texans to help feed his warriors after the Civil War ended... (Read More)
An article featuring a letter written during the Civil War by a Confederate woman in Tennessee to her prisoner-of-war cousin held in Indiana... (Read More)
In this blog article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak shares some jokes, puns and funny stories she found while searching through newspapers from the Civil War era... (Read More)
An article featuring a Civil War letter written by a Connecticut soldier, Philip W. Hudson, to his father on 17 May 1861... (Read More)
A book review of Myron J. Smith, Jr.’s 2015 book “Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters.”.. (Read More)
Book review for “North Carolina Civil War Obituaries, Regiments 1 – 46,” by E. B. Munson... (Read More)
An article about the surrender of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, ending the first battle of the Civil War with a Confederate victory... (Read More)
An article about the Confederate attack on Union forces in Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, on 12 April 1861 that began the Civil War... (Read More)