Category: History
General Grant’s Mysterious Matchbox Made of Rifle Shells
A quick search online tells me nothing further about the matchbox that was once General Grant’s. And this story about it seems to have been…
A Union Soldier Buried Among Confederates
The following story takes place after the Civil War, and on a Confederate battlefield. It is one of those touching stories about loss and healing…
Old Photos of Coney Island – Early 1900s
America’s Greatest Playground In 1907, Coney Island was called America’s Greatest Playground. A Sunday Afternoon A Sunday afternoon in the new bowery at Coney Island,…
Henry Renfrew and the Never Surrendered Confederate Flag
I absolutely love the old stories about the Civil War and the numerous people who took part in it. The article below is about Henry…
1899 Memorial Day Poem for Fallen Union and Confederate Soldiers
After the Civil War, newspapers began to regularly publish articles and poems in an effort to heal the nation and to bring us all back…
History of the Battle Cry of Freedom Union Song
The Battle Cry of Freedom was a popular Union song during the Civil War. I’ve included a YouTube video for the song. It was written…
His Last March – Song Set to “While We Were Marching Through Georgia”
“While We Were Marching Through Georgia” was a Union song sung during the Civil War. I’ve included a YouTube video of the original song. In…
Who Designed the Confederate Flag
The following article, published in 1915, shows that the designer of the Confederate flag was in dispute among Confederate veterans and that it basically came…
4 Different Confederate Flags
A brief look into the design(s) of the Confederate flag shows that there were originally over 200 different designs sketched out to represent the Confederacy….
Gruesome US Civil War Amputation Facts
Visiting the Civil War battlefields around Richmond, Virginia raised a lot of questions about the boys and men who were injured during the Civil War….
