Freedman Jourdon Anderson Writes A Letter To His Old Master
Jourdon Anderson was born a Tennessee slave around 1825. When he was only seven or eight-years-old he was sold by his first owner to General Paulding Anderson of Wilson County, Tennessee. General Ande...
10 Apr 202310min
Mules In The Civil War
Mules are sturdy, strong, and durable animals and in the Civil War they provided a lot of brute strength to get tough, backbreaking work done for both the North and the South. In the 19th century mul...
18 Mar 202313min
William Faulkner’s Pickett’s Charge Quote
The Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee made a fateful charge from Seminary Ridge attacking the Union lines on Cemetery Hill on July 3, 1863. This was Pickett’s Charge. If the Johnn...
9 Mar 20238min
What Slave Life Was Like And Slave Quotes
Slaves were not treated as human beings in the slave-holding South. They were treated as animals, nothing more than beasts of burden to their owners. The lives of the slaves were like hell on Earth. T...
25 Feb 202311min
Powhatan Beaty: African-American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
Powhatan Beaty was born into slavery on October 8, 1837, in Richmond, Virginia. Beaty’s African-American parents were free, but baby Powhatan was a slave because freedom was not granted to children of...
13 Feb 202312min
Andrew Johnson Drunk at Lincoln’s Second Inaugural
"Andy ain't a drunkard." - Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural on March 4, 1865 was held on a miserable, windy, rainy, and muddy day in Washington, D.C. The inaugural ceremonies were p...
5 Feb 20236min
John Brown Quotes
Learn Civil War History from quotes by and about the radical abolitionist John Brown. Was he a hero or a terrorist? Historical information about the background of the quotes is included. Visit my Lea...
2 Feb 202316min
