What is your ancestor’s dollar worth today?
In 1864, a tall, skinny 17-year-old Joseph Pulitizer, who would become famous as a newspaper publisher after the Civil War, …
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Betty Fladeland: Historian of the Abolitionist Movement.
With the broadcast of the three-part PBS series The Abolitionists beginning Jan. 8, this is a good time for a …
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 …
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 …
Facts to look for in researching your Civil War ancestor
What kind of facts should you record when you research your Civil War ancestor? Here are a few thing to …
Walk the ground your Civil War ancestor fought on
To better understand what your Civil War soldier ancestor went through, walk a mile or two on the ground his …
Civil War scrapbooks tell stories about their compilers
Did your Civil War ancestor make a scrapbook about the Civil War? If so, then you may have a window …
