Holt Collier was born into slavery, rode with the 9th Texas Cavalry, killed over 3,000 bears and guided Theodore Roosevelt on the 1902 hunt that created the teddy bear.
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The story of Traveller, General Robert E. Lee’s famous gray war horse: his breeding, his battles, Lee to the Rear at the Wilderness, Appomattox and his grave beside Lee Chapel.
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Many Americans do not realize how much Confederate heritage is woven into the official flags of the Southern states. Several state flags still carry designs inspired by the Confederate battle flag or the national flags of the Confederacy, while others were designed by former Confederate soldiers. Here is a state-by-state look at the flags that
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Union General Garrard’s cavalry had occupied Roswell, Georgia. The tiny town had two cotton mills that manufactured sheets, canvas and rope. But they also made grey-colored cloth used for Confederate uniforms. The men off to war, women and young girls were doing the mill work. A Frenchman had temporary ownership of one of the mills.
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Judge Carlos Moore, a Mississippi municipal judge, removed the old state flag from his courtroom on his first day because of the confederate emblem displayed on it. Judge Moore did this in defiance of multiple death threats. A new Stennis flag, without the emblem, has taken it’s place. Judge Moore unsuccessfully has tried to sue
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Sherman was confident of a quick and easy victory. He had forced General Hood back, at the Battle of Kolb’s Farm north of Atlanta. The Union General was only a couple of dozen miles from Atlanta, sure that the Rebels were now stretched too thin to resist him. At eight in the morning 27 June
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Major John Harman (above) was described as a “man of strong convictions and uncompromising in his beliefs, caring little for the opinion of others.” A good summary, but I would add he was short-tempered and his language turned the air blue. Harman had been many things before the Civil War: butcher, farmer, and stage line
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It happened just south of Nashville, right in the middle of Tennessee. The Rebels called it the Second Battle of Murfreesboro. The Federals called it the Battle of Stones River. (The Union Army frequently named battles after rivers and creeks that played a role in the fighting. Confederates generally used the names of nearby towns
“Shoot! They are Yankees!” Read More »
Late Spring 1864: Grant wanted to take the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. He had been trying to slip around the Rebels, but the wily Lee kept blocking him. Now Grant made a wide swing to flank the Rebels and seize Cold Harbor. Not a real town, Cold Harbor was just an intersection of
“We felt it was murder, not war…” Read More »
