by Jessica James | Feb 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Well, I promised some more photos from Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, so here they are.You have to appreciate the beautiful craftsmanship on some of these monuments and wonder about the amount of time it must have taken to create them. I am always drawn to those that...
by Jessica James | Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
For those who are not familiar with the young Confederate officer John Pelham, I thought I’d do a short post on one of his actions in Fredericksburg, Va. A Major of artillery at the age of 24, Pelham kept Union General William Franklin’s infantry (16,000...
by Jessica James | Aug 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
According to reports, Georgia archaeologists have unearthed a number of rare Civil War artifacts after locating a Confederate prison camp.State officials announced the discovery of Camp Lawton, which was reportedly found by a graduate student studying archaeology at...
by Jessica James | Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
WelbourneI have returned from two of the most wonderful days in my entire life. Really! Looking back on it now, I feel like I was in a time warp, or maybe I dreamed the whole thing. It was just too good to be true. It’s funny since the whole thing was kind of a...
by Jessica James | Apr 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
April is here! Not only is everything finally starting to bloom after a long, cold weather, April also marks one of the most important months in the history of our nation. In 1861, April marked the beginning of the Civil War, and in 1865, it marked the end of the war....
