Tag: Civil War
8 True Horrors About the Camp Sumter Prison Camp – Civil War
During the early part of the Civil War, Union and Confederate soldiers were exchanged, but by 1863, the exchanges dropped to a mere trickle and…
Point Lookout POW Prison Camp of the Civil War
None of the prisons during the Civil War were pleasant places to be kept in, but some may argue that the POW prison at Point…
Counterfeiting Confederate Money During the Civil War
Counterfeiting Confederate one during the Civil War was big business for the Northern pressmen. Printers made their fortunes by robbing the South, rich and poor,…
How Our Secret Service Got Started
How did the U.S. Secret Service get started and why? These questions are answered in the article below that was originally published in 1917. How…
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…
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…
