Jingle Bells and Its Southern Heritage
A Sleigh Ride in Georgia? At 19 High Street in Medford, Massachusetts, a plaque commemorates the spot where James Lord Pierpont supposedly wrote the popular holiday song, inspired by sleigh [...]
A Tale of Two “Tunnel Hills”
The Battle of Missionary Ridge and the Confusion of Two Tunnel Hills By: David Thomas Things were beginning to improve for the Union Forces “trapped” in Chattanooga, Tennessee [...]
The Unique Roots of Mail-In Voting
Have you ever wondered how mail-in voting started? Early records show that in Massachusetts, men could vote from home if their homes were “vulnerable to Indian attack,” according to historian [...]
The Election that Almost Wasn’t
The United States has never delayed a presidential election. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many people to question if we should have an election this year. There has only been [...]
The Fist Fight That Paused The Civil War
Did you know that a Civil War battle came to a halt because both sides ceased shooting to watch two men fist fighting? There’s just something about two people in [...]
Alfred Waud: Battlefield Sketch Artist
Alfred Rudolph Waud was born October 2, 1828. He was a British-born American illustrator whose lively and detailed sketches of scenes from the Civil War, which he covered as a [...]
The Road Leading to Chickamauga
With the scars from Gettysburg still fresh in the mind of the Union, attentions were turned on September 18-20, 1863, to the Battle of Chickamauga. Along the Chickamauga Creek in [...]
Missing Roswell Mill Women Mystery
Can you imagine what it would be like to be arrested and taken 1000’s of miles from your home just because you worked for a company that someone else had [...]
John Lincoln Clem: Child Soldier
Would you ever run off to join the army, leaving your family behind? That's what nine-year-old John Lincoln Clem does in 1861. Last week we talked about children and their [...]
Lives of Civil War Children
What is your life like? What do you do for fun? During the American Civil War, there were children just like you trying to grow up - while battles raged [...]