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"We Fought Western Men:" A Mississippian Remembers the Battle of Shiloh
April 6-7, 2021 mark the 159th Anniversary of the battle of Shiloh, and as this fight was the first major combat for many Mississippi...
"Knapsacks Packed and Ready to Move Forward:" The Diary of Christopher Adams, 18th Mississippi
In August 1927, Mrs. Henrietta Adams, age 76, filled out an application with the Lauderdale County Chancery Clerk to obtain a Confederate...
Leander Stillwell Sees the Elephant at Shiloh
I like to read letters, diaries and memoirs of Civil War soldiers, as there is no better way to understand the life of someone that...
I Have no Heart to Paint the Awful Picture: An Account of the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
Graphic Account of the Battle of Franklin [From a Private Letter] To students of the Civil War in the Western Theater, the date November...
By Ballot and Bullet: The Election of 1864 in Vicksburg
The presidential election of 1864, much like the election taking place tomorrow, offered the citizens of the United States two distinctly...
A Midnight Apparition
As it is Halloween, I thought I would share this ghost story from the Vicksburg Daily Herald, July 22, 1864: Singular Development Are...
A Simple Little Story: A Girl's Recollections of Corinth
In the fall of 1862, eight year old Maud E. Morrow of Bainbridge, Ohio, went on the adventure of a lifetime. Her father, a physician with...
The Uncertainty of Life: The Last Will & Testament of A Civil War Soldier
In the summer of 1861, John E. H. Buford walked into the Lafayette County courthouse, went to the circuit clerk's office, and made out...
Sweep Those Woods: The 21st Mississippi Infantry at Sharpsburg
One hundred fifty-eight years ago today, thousands of Mississippians fought at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the bloodiest single day of...
This Vile and Ignorant Command: The Press vs. Newton Knight
In January 1874, the Mississippi legislature elected Blanche K. Bruce to the United States Senate, making him the second African American...
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