A Civil War Surgeon’s Kit

12 years ago

Join us at the Pry Field Hospital Museum for a tour of the instruments used by a surgeon in the…

New Discoveries about the Black Death

12 years ago

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/29/black-death-not-spread-rat-fleas-london-plague

Stephen Douglas, the Little Giant

12 years ago

Stephen Douglas was one of the most important politicians during the two decades leading up to the Civil War. Today…

Great Quotes from the American Revolution

12 years ago

http://allthingsliberty.com/2014/03/favorite-quote/

Is this a Photograph of Lincoln’s Funeral?

12 years ago

For years this photograph languished in the National Archives, part of their collection of the works of Matthew Brady, the…

A Letter from St. Patrick

12 years ago

Today is St. Patrick's day, a holiday to commemorate the death of Patrick, a 5th century missionary to island. Like…

The Story of Andersonville Prison

12 years ago

The story of the prisons of the Civil War is a very sad one. Thousands of men died from disease…

Then and Now at Petersburg Battlefield

12 years ago

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-view-in-petersburg-fort-davis-then.html

Photograph of Andersonville

12 years ago

150 years ago the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, was beginning to fill with Union prisoners. This photograph was taken…

George Washington’s Granddaughter on his Religion

12 years ago

Many words have been written about the religion of George Washington from his lifetime up to the present. One interesting…