by Jessica James | Apr 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
In honor of Confederate Heritage Month, I found this reply to an editorial that appeared in a Chicago society periodical, calling for bands to stop playing “Dixie.” The response to that editorial appeared in Confederate Veteran (1897), and here is part of...
by Jessica James | Apr 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
In seeking ways I could help promote Confederate Heritage Month and bring attention to the month of the year when the War Between the States both ended and began, I did what I always do as a historical fiction author – I turned to the voices of the past. After...