The Notorious General Hood
An ill-mannered man with streaks of wildness, nonconformity, and sometimes [...]
Memorial Day’s Civil War Roots
Memorial Day was born out of need after the Civil [...]
The Rich Man’s War
Grover Cleveland, future President of the United States, never served [...]
Captured in Women’s Clothing? Fact or Fiction.
Almost 200 years ago, General Benjamin Dudley Pritchard and the [...]
Unrequited Love and General Sherman
On the banks of the Etowah river, which runs through [...]
Andersonville: Hell on Earth
“I don’t know for whom I am keeping this Diary,” [...]
“Hellmira” Prison Camp
On July 6, 1864, 400 Confederate prisoners of war marched [...]
Fort Sumter: Small Battle, Big Results
This week’s blog will explore the bombing on Fort Sumter. [...]
Union Blue, Confederate Gray but with a Dash of Pink
The blue and gray of the Civil War had a [...]
Can’t Tame a “Wild Rose”: D.C. Socialite and Confederate Spy
Rose Greenhow was a society woman in D.C. who became [...]
Phoebe Pember: From Southern Belle to Hospital Matron and Whiskey Protector
To end our hospital blogs and turn our focus to [...]
Amputations: The Fear of Every Civil War Soldier
“The limbs of soldiers are in as much danger from [...]
The Brave Men of 44th USCT
For our final blog honoring Black History Month, we are [...]
Susie Taylor King: Georgia’s First African American Nurse
Today we will learn about Susie King Taylor. She like, [...]
From Slavery to Naval Nurse: Unwavering Ann Bradford Stokes
Nursing was not a woman’s job before the Civil War, [...]
The Determined Dr. Augusta Paves the Way
We know that nearly 300,000 black soldiers helped the Union [...]
Civil War Soldiers and the Mystery of the Glowing Wounds
Have you ever seen a person glow in the dark? [...]
Quarantine and Cleanliness: Friend or “Beast”?
The quarantine or “stay at home” order we lived under [...]
The Real Killer During the Civil War
When the Civil War broke out, men and boys from [...]
Georgia’s Rocky Path to Secession
On January 2, 1861, a miserably rainy day, Georgia voters [...]
Santa’s Civil War Origins
Santa in the Camp: Civil War Christmas You could [...]
Jingle Bells and Its Southern Heritage
A Sleigh Ride in Georgia? At 19 High Street in [...]
A Tale of Two “Tunnel Hills”
The Battle of Missionary Ridge and the Confusion of Two [...]
The Unique Roots of Mail-In Voting
Have you ever wondered how mail-in voting started? Early records [...]
The Election that Almost Wasn’t
The United States has never delayed a presidential election. The [...]