Today, April 27, 2014 I googled back 150 years to see what happened on April 27, 1863.. Union General Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River to attack General Lee's forces. This, as you probably know, resulted in the Battle of Chancellorsville.Lee split [...]
150 years ago, from April 19 to May 3, 1863, Union Colonel Abel Streight and his men attempted a campaign to destroy portions of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, in order to cut Confederate supply lines. University of West Georgia professor Keith Hebert spoke about [...]
The speaker at the Confederate Memorial Day Commemoration today spoke about the true cause of the War of Northern Aggression. He reminded his audience that in 1860 the South, with one fourth of the population of the country paid 80% of [...]
Since its nearly Kentucky Derby weekend I am printing a recipe for Kentucky Mint Julep. Maybe we can make some up and sip it on the front porch at the First White House of the Confederacy. I bet that's what [...]
This may come as a shock to some but there was no electricity in homes in 1861 when the Davis family lived in the First White House. They did have Gasoliers however, and we have not only one, but a [...]
Susan Hathaway of Sandston, Virginia has written an open letter to the Mayor and City Council of Selma, Alabama telling how disappointed she was when she arrived there and found the town almost completely void of any vestiges of its rich [...]
We sell a book at the First White House written by Gulfport, Mississippi writer Mrs. Peggy Robbins, titled "Jim Limber Davis". The story goes that on February 15, 1864, Mrs. Varina Davis, wife of President Jefferson Davis was driving her carriage [...]
My good friend Murfee shared interesting information with me, some of which I blogged about yesterday, regarding the remaining Confederate widow (or widows). He also shared the story of Tyus Kirby Denney, a "Real Son," who died March 6, 2013 at the age [...]
When Alberta Martin died in 2004, she was believed to be the last Confederate widow. She lay in repose at the First White House of the Confederacy and was buried with full honors. But since then another Confederate widow has been located and [...]