The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 both dealt with states' rights. The South especially disagreed with the Federal government's right to decide important matters within a state.The Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution states that "the powers not [...]
If you are a regular reader of this blog you may notice that I have take a break from blogging for several weeks while I worked on a special assignment for the First White House of the Confederacy, but I [...]
From the Journal of Confederate History Vol. 1. No. 1, Summer 1988, Dr. John McGlone wrote: "It is safe to say that Southerners of 1861 did not think of themselves as rebels, traitors, or slavery advocates. Rather they thought of [...]
I want to thank our readers for their comments. We always appreciate them. They are thoughtful and thought provoking.I was asked to post pictures of the Yacht Clock and I will do so as soon as I obtain them from [...]
John Brown is remembered as a revolutionary abolitionist who engineered a slave rebellion and tried to capture the armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). At the time his efforts electrified the nation. Southerners alleged that his rebellion was the [...]
Did you know the Mason-Dixon Line was named for two British surveyors, who surveyed it between 1764 and 1767? Guess what their names were? Mason and Dixon.What is it regarded as today? Of course - the demarcation point between the [...]
William Davis Hayes (later the family adopted the surname Hayes-Davis) was the son of Margaret Davis Hayes, daughter of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America. Many of the Davis family heirlooms inherited and preserved by William Davis [...]
Hello Readers,On August 9th we will have been blogging for one year. We have had a total of 5,246 page views since we started and we have had hits from ten countries.We have twelve "friends" and would like many more, so [...]
Montgomery is so blessed to have had both great "game changing" events in our country's history having begun in Montgomery, the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.It is so nice that the custodians of these wonderful attractions work so well together [...]