The small site at Locust Grove with only 27 plots represents an era in Louisiana's romantic history. The cemetery is all that is left of what was once the vast acreage of Locust Grove Plantation, owned by the family of Jefferson [...]
Tornados tore through the South yesterday bringing death, destruction and devastation to Alabama and other parts of Dixie. Pictures of Tuscaloosa show areas that look as if they had been bombed. We grieve for those whose lives have been lost or turned upside-down in [...]
Today, April 26th, is Confederate Memorial Day (even though the State of Alabama took "yesterday-Monday") as its holiday celebration!!! Regardless, the First White House was open yesterday, April 25th and we hope some of you visited.. We are excited that the Ladies Memorial Association [...]
Got a little mixed up on my facts in my last blog about the downtown Montgomery buildings. I inquired about these from Mary Ann Neeley, Montgomery's premier historian, and she has kindly given me the correct information. First, the Inaugural Reception was in [...]
In our May 11 blog I mentioned Mary Ann Neeley's Civil War Walking Tour in downtown Montgomery. I mentioned some of the sites we visited, but other important places also need mentioning, and one of them is where the Alabama Confederate Prison was, near the [...]
Abram Joseph Ryan (1838-1886) was an American Poet, an active proponent of the Confederacy and a Roman Catholic Priest. Wikipedia says he has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South". A dear friend "introduced" him to me and I am [...]
It is amazing how many photos from the War have survived. Click on http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/index1024.htm and view them. They absolutely take your breath away. Credit goes to Guy DiCarlo Jr. for this display.Here is what he says: "These pictures are very profound. [...]
The Civil War Trust was elated to hear that on April 14th the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board rejected a second proposal to bring casino glambling to the doorstep of Gettysburg National Military Park. A statement was issued by Civil War Trust President thanking [...]
Its been all over the web, newspapers and television, and we have written much about it on our blog. At 6:45 this morning, reenactors fired a mortar toward Fort Sumter to commemorate the start of "Mr. Lincoln's War," 150 years ago [...]
Yesterday I went on a walking tour of Civil War sites in downtown Montgomery, in commemoration of the part Montgomery played during the War. As we all know, Montgomery served as Capitol of the Confederacy for a little over three months [...]