Catch Me If You Can
Discover how what was to be a mere distraction proposed by John Hunt Morgan became the longest, albeit unauthorized, raid of the Civil War.
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The Trowbridge Files
Thrown a genealogical curveball, Nicholas Redding took it in stride when he learned that Civil War ancestor George Duane Trowbridge was not what he...
Edward Ratcliff's Legacy
This past summer, we joined brother Damon and Edward Radcliffe brothers on a journey through their extraordinary ancestor’s footsteps, visiting the...
Chinese-Americans in the Civil War
Though the Chinese-American population was primarily concentrated on the West Coast in the mid-19th century, a significant population of Chinese...
Presidents in the Making, Buckeyes in the Heat of Battle
We know their stories in the White House, but five of Ohio’s future U.S. Presidents fought in the Civil War before heading to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
Better Late Than Never
Learn about two Civil War Medal of Honor recipients – Andrew Jackson Smith and Alonzo Cushing – and their long-winding journeys to the Medal of Honor...
The War that Almost Started at Pensacola
During the secession winter of 1860-1861, members of the Regular Army stationed at federal forts in the south, and civilians in the surrounding...
Canals in the Civil War Era
After the United States won the War of 1812, Americans wanted to develop a domestic economy. Domestic manufacturing and improved transportation would...
The History of Williamsburg
Tsenacomoco and the Powhatan Chiefdom Long before European colonization, the land bounded by the western fall line and the rivers known today as the...
Common Diseases of the 18th and 19th Century
In an age before modern medicine, getting sick from disease was a scary but normal part of life. There were several common illnesses that were found...
The 130th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
By the summer of 1862, most Americans had resigned themselves to the reality that the Civil War would not be over as quickly as they’d hoped. As...
Major James Horace Lacy
During the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee looked at Chatham and supposedly said in answer to James Horace Lacy, “[Major]...