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The Mystery of Mexico’s Sacred Mushroom
The article, published in 1916, gives a look at how the U.S. goverment was beginning to look into the magic mushrooms of Mexico and how…
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….
The Girl Who Ate the General’s Letter – Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War General Greene needed to get a message to General Sumter, but after none of his men volunteered for the job, an 18-year-old Emily…
9 Brutal Realities of America’s Civil War
It is estimated that anywhere between 620,000 to 850,000 soldiers died in America’s Civil War from 1861 to 1865. while the war between North and…
