94 days ago by Editor

Andersonville National Historic Site - Anderson Georgia This is a 515 acre park developed in honor of all those from the Civil War that were imprisoned here. The difficult life for the prisoners and those that were guarding them is commemorated at this park. Located in Sumter County the camp was cho ...

your Georgia Travel Guide - georgiabeautiful.com · Rank: 185,854 · 111 references

114 days ago by Genealogy

Here are news bits and pieces we turned up this week: British subscription site FamilyRelatives.com has added the Civil War Roll of Honor listings of more than 276,000 Union soldiers buried in national cemeteries, soldiers' lots and garrison cemeteries. The East Central Georgia Regional Library's Af ...

Your Family Tree - yourfamilytreenow.com

114 days ago by Genealogy

Here are news bits and pieces we turned up this week: British subscription site FamilyRelatives.com has added the Civil War Roll of Honor listings of more than 276,000 Union soldiers buried in national cemeteries, soldiers' lots and garrison cemeteries. The East Central Georgia Regional Library's Af ...

Your Family Tree - yourfamilytreenow.com

125 days ago by Kim Day

Most of us will never step onto a battlefield. We won't know what it sounds like when artillery whines over head so close you can feel the wake ruffle your hair as it sails by. We'll never know what it's like peer across the confusion of a smoke enshrouded field to hunt for the enemy, only to find h ...

THE 35TH ILLUSION - the35thillusion.blogspot.com

141 days ago by Daniel Sauerwein

Nanzig, Thomas P., Ed. The Badax Tigers: From Shiloh to the Surrender with the 18th Wisconsin Volunteers. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002. ISBN: 0-7425-6019-8 384 pp. $22.95 This book is an insightful look into a company within a Wisconsin Infantry regiment, from its origins, t ...

Civil War History - civilwarhistory.wordpress.com · 32 references

146 days ago by Jerry J. Jansen

Though Mardi Gras had been celebrated for nearly a century and a half in both New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama, as with many things, the Civil War had nearly ended this celebration permanently. Though no one ever gets to know what might have been, one thing is certain, Mardi Gras was no lo ...

Get Foot Loose Blog! - get-foot-loose.com · 1 reference

159 days ago by gretchenaro

Scene in Cleveland - gretchenaro.com/blog · 1 reference

161 days ago by admin

The Confederate Chapter in Local history By Clara Chenault Richmond News, 1971 (I’ve added links below ) Old prejudice and hatreds die hard. The animosity engendered during the civil war was still strong in the South during the ‘90s. A group of women I Nashville, Tennessee in the year 1894 had bande ...

Ray County Historical Society - raycountyhistoricalsociety.com · 2 references

168 days ago by Richard

For a lot of Americans, today is a day of cook outs and fun and a day off from work. But I’d like to talk a little bit about the real purpose of Memorial Day. Originally started as a way to honor Union soldiers who died in the American Civil War, the holiday was known as Decoration Day until it was ...

A Dude's Guide - adudesguide.com · 1 reference

194 days ago by Dale

This is part three of a continuing series on Union soldiers from Florida. To read the previous parts, please scroll down the page or check the archive section. By the end of 1863, there were large numbers of Unionists and Confederate deserters hiding in the swamps of the Choctawhatchee, Chipola and ...

Civil War Florida - civilwarflorida.blogspot.com · 12 references