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Rosemont Plantation
February 14, 2024
Continuing our trip down south, we stopped by the boyhood home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis just outside of Woodville, Mississippi.
Touring The Civil War Trail in Meridian, Mississippi
February 13, 2024
Today we spent an afternoon in Meridian, Mississippi. This was the first town Union Major General William T. Sherman used his "Total War"strategy on in February 1864.
Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island, Alabama
February 12, 2024
A day at Fort Gaines at Dauphin Island, Alabama, where the Battle of Mobile Bay took place, August 5-23, 1864.
Memorial Hall: Louisiana's Civil War Museum
February 11, 2024
A visit to the largest collection of relics related to the people who fought for & served the Confederate States of America.
Beauvoir/The Jefferson Davis Presidential Library & Museum
February 10, 2024
A trip to the last home of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, his wife Varina, and his daughter Winnie. A Presidential library & museum for the sole President of the Confederacy is also on the property.
Happy 215th Birthday, Mr. Lincoln!
February 9, 2024
A video showcasing Abraham Lincoln sites around the country in honor of his 215th birthday.
First Stop this Month: Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
February 9, 2024
An unexpected find in northeast Mississippi.
165 Years Ago: Monday, January 31 to Sunday, February 6, 1859
February 6, 2024
165 years ago this week: Major General John F. Reynolds writes to his sisters back home; the Battle of the Spurs in Kansas; Our American Cousin starring actress Laura Keene; the slave market of New Orleans.
165 Years Ago: Monday, January 24 to Sunday, January 30, 1859
January 30, 2024
165 years ago this week: A women's abolitionist group celebrates 25 years; William Seward talks about Buchanan's $30 million bid to purchase Cuba; John Doy & his freedom seekers are captured; a Republican thinks ahead about 1860 election & what is needed to win.
165 Years Ago: Monday, January 17 to Sunday, January 23, 1859
January 23, 2024
165 years ago this week: John Brown and twelve freedom seekers leave Kansas; Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first female doctor in Britain; Ulysses S. Grant starts a new job; the Statue of Freedom starts to arrive in New York.
165 Years Ago: Monday, January 10 to Sunday, January 16, 1859
January 16, 2024
165 years ago this week: The Felon's Feast in Oberlin, Ohio, and how thirty-six men were charged in helping freedom seeker John Price escape capture due to the Fugitive Slave Act.
165 Years Ago: Monday, January 3 to Sunday, January 9, 1859
January 3, 2024
This week in 1859: US Senator Jefferson Davis & the Pacific Railroad; Ohio Governor Salmon P. Chase gives his State of the Union address; John Brown writes to major newspapers about his recent actions; William T. Sherman is unhappy in Leavenworth, Kansas.
165 Years Ago: January 2, 1859
January 2, 2024
This video focuses on the famous abolitionist, John Brown; his background, history as an abolitionist, his role in Bleeding Kansas, and the challenges he is currently facing.
165 Years Ago: January 1, 1859
January 1, 2024
What happens before the Civil War is just as important as the war itself, so I've launched a new series of YouTube Videos that go back 165 years to 1859. This video will talk about where the country stands at the beginning of 1859.
Retracing History: Lincoln Home National Historic Site
January 1, 2024
A deep-dive into the Lincoln Home in Springfield, Illinois, and the family who lived there for seventeen years.
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