What would you have done? Just suppose you were the Commander of the notorious Andersonville Prison Camp. Your name is Henry Wirz and you have just succeeded John Henry Winder, who has died of exhaustion. It is February, 1865. Your camp was designed [...]
Did you know that the First White House of Montgomery which stands at the corner of Union (can you believe Union street?) and Washington Ave. across from the Alabama State Capitol was moved in 1921 to its present location?That's correct [...]
Here are a few of the facts about Jefferson Davis that were presented by Senator James O. Eastland in the U.S. Senate on June 9, 1971, and were published by Robert McHugh in the Daily Herald, Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss. He was [...]
Whenever I am down at the First White House ( in the day they called it the "Jeff Davis" House), I am struck by the number of visitors that come through daily. It is truly amazing, and they come from all over [...]
Jefferson Davis had a long and wearying trip from his home at Brierfield to Montgomery where he was inaugurated Provisional President of the Confederate States of America on February 18, 1861.He left his home and went by river to Vicksburg [...]
I hope you will all read my friend Richard's comment on the July 21 blog "Thursday, July 21, 1861 was a bloody victory for the South". It is excellent and I appreciate it.Have you wondered what happened next? Richard touches [...]
We call it First Manassas and the Yankees call it the First Battle of Bull Run. It was the first real battle of the War Between the States (It was not a Civil War - there was nothing civil about [...]
The bright yellow paint of the woodwork and the black of the baseboards and mantels have been restored in the relic room as they appeared when the house was build. In this room are many belongings of President Davis and [...]
At the Museum of the Confederacy's website there is a fine exhibit showing Conrad Chapman's scenes from Charleston Harbor during the War Between the States. Chapman sketched Fort Sumter where the war began in 1861, as well as batteries around [...]
The Battle of First Manassas (or as the Yankees like to say The First Battle of Bull Run) was fought on July 21, 1861. We will commemorate its 150 anniversary on Thursday this week. The Union officials thought it would [...]