by Jessica James | Sep 2, 2013 | Blog
I can’t believe I’m writing this on Labor Day, 2013! Why, just yesterday we were commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and celebrating the Fourth of July! I got a good bit of writing done over the summer, but did not make my...
by Jessica James | Aug 31, 2013 | Blog
Very pleased to announce that my new Civil War novel ABOVE AND BEYOND was reviewed in a recent issue of Publishers...
by Jessica James | Aug 18, 2013 | Blog
Walnut Grove Plantation As many of you know, I took a quick trip to South Carolina to research my new book on the Revolutionary War. One of the interesting places I visited was Walnut Grove Plantation in Roebuck, S.C., home of Catherine “Kate” Barry, a...
by Jessica James | Jul 25, 2013 | Blog
Reproductions of cabins used by soldiers at Valley Forge. It seems like I have been running non-stop since leaving town the last week of June to attend a book signing in Elizabeth City, N.C. From there I spent a few days on the Outer Banks, and then it was back to...
by Jessica James | Jun 21, 2013 | Blog
Had to share this beautiful poem that was printed on June 30, 1863 in the Poughkeepsie Eagle in New York. Author unknown. Send Them Home Tenderly Send them home tenderly,The sleepers at rest,With hands meekly foldedOn each silent breast;Let them come back to...
by Jessica James | Jun 12, 2013 | Blog
Belle Grove, home of Amanda Edmonds during the Civil War. I had a spectacular time in Virginia last Sunday, touring homes that were known as Mosby Safe Houses during the Civil War. As many of you know, Confederate officer John S. Mosby was the inspiration for the...
