You are a very astute Confederate if you answered all twelve correctly (see prior blog)1. West Point2. Mexican War3. Secretary of War under Franklin Pearce4. Montgomery, Alabama (we are known as the Capital of the Confederacy)5. Richmond, VA6. One Six [...]
Sunday's paper had a "test" for those who had seen "Les Miz". It was so much fun to take, that I thought I would make up a test for you to see how much you know about Jefferson Davis. I will give the answers [...]
Here are some amazing facts about the Confederacy which were gleaned from the Internet. I believe you will be as interested as I was to know: The states included in the Confederacy, in order of secession, were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, [...]
Since we sell hand held fans (19th century looking) our own Henry Howard found the "Language of the Fan" on the Internet. I wonder if Varina "spoke" fan language? I bet she did. Here is some fan language:To hold the fan [...]
152 years ago today, Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as Provisional President of the Confederacy, on the front portico of the Alabama State Capitol, across the street from where the First White House of the Confederacy is located [...]
Did you know that our Capitol Building in Washington, as we know it today, would probably not have existed if not for Jefferson Davis? My friend Richard had written me about this and I pulled up an article titled "Humanities" on the Internet [...]
I read an article by Hong Min Zou, called "Resurrection Morn", from The Marks Collection, which was in our files (There are lots and lots of articles in our files at the First White House of the Confederacy. We have been [...]
My good buddy emailed from Decatur, Alabama: "Have you written about Grant's funeral and the Confederates that participated"? Her question stirred my interest. I hope it does yours.I read that Ulysses S.Grant's pallbearers were William Tecumseh Sherman and Phillip Sheridan, who had fought [...]
I was just thinking about what I would have done after the War, had I been Jefferson Davis. What would you have done? First of all, he might have escaped to Mexico, but he chose to try to keep the [...]
Several books have been written about the Confederate ship H.L. Hunley, which sank in the waters off Charleston, S.C.in 1864, after successfully sinking the Housatonic, becoming the world's first successful combat submarine. It was discovered in 1995 and raised five years later and taken [...]