One of the most dramatic incidents of the War Between the States was the Andrews Raid on April 12, 1862. A party of union spies led by James Andrews detached the Western and Atlantic engine “The General” at the Big Shanty station in Kennesaw Georgia. Their...
On April 14, 1865, just five days after General Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed at Ford’s Theatre in Washington. Among the items Lincoln was carrying that evening were two pairs of glasses, a pocketknife, a...
The central Confederate Government issued bonds to raise revenue for the War effort as well as the general funding of the day-by-day activity of government much like our government does today. State governments as well as local governments along with businesses such...
Revolutionary War General Francis Marion and his men had their secret headquarters in the South Carolina swamp country from where they launched sudden and successful raids upon the British. On one occasion, the British wishing to exchange prisoners, sent one of their...
