2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the …
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Who crossed your Civil War ancestor’s path?
The history of a place and the people in it can sometimes yield stories about your Civil War ancestor. For …
What was Christmas like for your Civil War ancestor?
After hard fighting at Chickamauga and Chattanooga, General James Longstreet’s troops camped for the winter of 1863-64 a couple of …
Feel like I’ve been through the Civil War
I feel like I have been through the Civil War this week. In the midst of taking care of an …
Did your Civil War veteran suffer from ‘Soldier’s Heart?’
Large numbers of Civil War veterans retired during the early 1900s because of poor health. The war left many veterans …
