In the AikenStandard.com website yesterday I read the following about the White House in Richmond: "Mrs. Davis's drawing room last night was brilliant, and she was in great force. Outside a mob called for the President. He did speak - an [...]
There is just something magical about the First White House of the Confederacy, because it is such a part of history - the history of the antebellum South and of course the War Between the States. I especially enjoy the Rear [...]
John Napier III has written a fine article on Confederate Memorial Day, in which he tells that at the end of four bitter years of conflict about 350,000 Confederate soldiers lay dead, scattered throughout Dixie, an area the size of Western [...]
I am reading Shrouds of Glory by Winston Groom, the author of Forest Gump, and a Civil War history buff. He got interested in the Atlanta to Nashville campaign, a riveting account of Confederate General John Bell Hood's audacious attempt [...]
Estelle Hall in downtown Montgomery, was the venue for Confederate President Jefferson Davis' Inauguration reception 151 years ago last month. The building still stands, and photos of it in its present condition can be seen on the "Times Gone By" facebook page. You [...]
The Montgomery Advertiser reports today as follows: "The sword that Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had at his side when he surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is returning to Appomattox as the centerpiece of a new museum examining [...]
After writing about "rallying around the flags" yesterday, I was surprised to read in this morning's Montgomery Advertiser an article about a Confederate flag being returned to a Georgia fort after it had been in Maine for 150 years.The Yankee [...]
Five hundred forty five captured Confederate flags were sent to the US War Dept after the War Between the States ended, and the government began cataloging them with plans to return them to their states of origin, according to an article in [...]
In the March/April issue of Alabama magazine there is a very nice article on the First White House of the Confederacy with beautiful photography, some by Robert Fouts of Montgomery and one or more from the Historic American Building Survey..Counting the pictures, the [...]
There is a great interview with our "Go To" Guy, who keeps the First White House open on Saturdays and other times when we need him. His name is Henry and he is a re-enactor. The kids love him because [...]