by Jessica James | Jan 9, 2014 | Blog
St. Paul’s ChurchIn the early hours of a frigid Sunday, January 10, 1864, a column of Mosby’s Rangers stealthily made their way over the snowy roads Between the Hills, stopping to collect themselves at St. Paul’s Church. Then they headed off the...
by Jessica James | Nov 24, 2013 | Blog
I’m pleased to announce that my new Civil War novel Above and Beyond was a Finalist in the 2013 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS contest in the Fiction/Religious category!Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of USA Book News, said this year’s contest yielded more than 1,500...
by Jessica James | Nov 24, 2013 | Blog
I’m pleased to announce that my new Civil War novel Above and Beyond was a Finalist in the 2013 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS contest in the Fiction/Religious category!Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of USA Book News, said this year’s contest yielded more than 1,500...
by Jessica James | Oct 31, 2013 | Blog
This post is a bit off topic for Life in the Past Lane, but I thought it was interesting enough to share. It’s about a new book titled, The Council of Light: Divine Transmissions for Manifesting the Deepest Desires of the Soul.It’s written by Danielle Rama...
by Jessica James | Sep 25, 2013 | Blog
Dr. Mary WalkerSince Gettysburg just hosted the National Medal of Honor convention last week, I thought it would be interesting to do a post on one recipient who is not very well known.Her name is Mary Edwards Walker, and she was born in 1832 in Oswego, N.Y....
by Jessica James | Sep 24, 2013 | Blog
Anyone out there ever heard of Dick Poplar? I hadn’t until a few weeks ago when I found out that a memorial service was held at Memorial Hill in Blandford Church Cemetery in Petersburg, Va., in honor of “Dick Poplar Day.”Dick Poplar was a Black...
