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Civil War Posts:
Receiving a Gold Medal for Byway to Danger
Endorsements for Byway to Danger
Announcing Release of Byway to Danger!
Announcing Audio Story “Someone on the Inside”
Chimborazo Hospital-Largest Civil War Hospital in the South
Author’s Inspiration for Boulevard of Confusion
Spies of the Civil War Series Book 2 Releases Today!
Author’s Inspiration for Avenue of Betrayal
Civil War in Washington DC: The Willard Hotel
Civil War in Washington DC: The Willard Hotel and President Lincoln’s Inauguration
Civil War Songs Stirred Patriotic Feelings
Spies of the Civil War Novel Book 1 Releases Today!
Confederate Spy Rose Greenhow Influences Characters in Avenue of Betrayal
Excerpt from A Musket in My Hands by Sandra Merville Hart
A Musket in My Hands Endorsements
An Excerpt from A Rebel in My House
What Story Awaited Me in Gettysburg?
Announcing Not One But Two New Book Series!
First Telegraphed Message from a Hot Air Balloon Happened During the Civil War
Experimental Balloon Flight from Cincinnati Ends Badly During Civil War
Civil War Women: Rebecca Littlepage Thwarts a General
Euphemia Goldsborough, Confederate Nurse at Gettysburg
Interview with the Heroine of A Musket in My Hands
First Union Soldiers in Washington Welcomed at the White House
Dedication of National Cemetery Where Lincoln Gives Gettysburg Address
The Day Before President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Attorney David Wills Prepares for National Cemetery
Civil War Women: Clara Judd, Confederate Spy
Civil War Women: Rose O’Neal Greenhow, Confederate Spy
Civil War Women: Mary Carroll, Missouri Confederate Supporter
Civil War Women: Maria Lewis, Former Slave and Union Soldier
Civil War Women: Bettie Duvall, Confederate Spy
Civil War Women: Kate Cumming, Confederate Nurse and Diarist
Powhatan Beaty, Civil War Medal of Honor
The Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg
Confederates Capture Gettysburg Before the Battle
Before the Battle of Gettysburg-Rumors
Battle of Gettysburg-Railroad Station
Civil War Women: Sarah Morgan Dawson, Confederate Diarist
Future President Abraham Lincoln Visits Cincinnati
Civil War Women: Sister Anthony, Angel of the Battlefield
Civil War Women: Susie King Taylor, Union Nurse and Teacher
Civil War Women: Harriet Tubman, Union Spy
Civil War Women: Mollie Bean, Confederate Soldier
Civil War Women: Major Pauline Cushman, Actress to Spy
Civil War Women: Antonia Ford, Confederate Spy
Civil War Women: Dorothea Dix, Superintendent of Female Nurses
Civil War Women: Rebecca R. Usher, Nurse
Civil War Women: Elizabeth Mendenhall
Civil War Women: Mary E. Shelton
Civil War Women: Annie Turner Wittenmyer, Diet Kitchen
Civil War Women: Mrs. A.H. Hoge
United States Christian Commission
United States Sanitary Commission
Civil War Women: Kady Brownell, Daughter of the Regiment
Civil War Women: Anna Maria Ross, Cooper Shop
Civil War Women: Jennie Hodgers as Albert Cashier
Civil War Women: Sarah Emma Edmonds as Franklin Thompson
Civil War Women: Malinda Pritchard Blalock as Sam Blalock
Civil War Women: Mary Ann Clark as Henry Clark
Attitudes Toward Women Civil War Soldiers
Consequences of Discovery for Women Civil War Soldiers
Civil War Romance Novel Releasing Today!
Civil War Romance Novel Releasing Next Week!
Ways that Women Civil War Soldiers were Discovered
Challenges Faced by Women Civil War Soldiers
Reasons Women Fought as Civil War Soldiers
Women Wanted to Enlist as Civil War Soldiers?
The Most Heroic Union Regiment in the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg: Lee’s Long Line of Ambulances
Fireside Talk Radio Podcast about A Rebel in My House
The Story Behind the Story-A Rebel in My House
Civil War Battle of Gettysburg’s Numbers
Cherokee General Watie Surrenders First Indian Brigade
Hazelelponah Wood: A Noteworthy Puritan Woman
Brig. Gen, Wofford Surrenders Department of North Georgia
“Swamp Fox of the Confederacy” Surrenders at Chalk Bluff
General Kirby Smith Surrenders Trans-Mississippi Department
Battle at Palmito Ranch, Texas
General Maury Surrenders District of the Gulf
Battle at Fort Michilimackinac
Son of Former President Surrenders Confederate Command
The “Gray Ghost” Disbands His Troops
Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston’s Surrender
Confederate Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Civil War General Lee Sends a Frightening Message
Civil War Home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis
Civil War Confederate President Jefferson Davis
Civil War President Lincoln’s Summer Home
Civil War Kansas Soldiers’ Home
Civil War Federal Soldiers’ Homes
Civil War Federal Soldiers’ Home at Togus, Maine
Civil War Confederate Soldiers’ Homes
Civil War Post-War Home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis
Civil War Southern General Hospitals
Civil War U.S. Christian Commission
Civil War Southern General Hospitals
Civil War Camp Letterman: Caring for Gettysburg’s Wounded
Citizens of Gettysburg in the Aftermath
A Pastor’s Perception After Gettysburg
Confederate Generals Hill and Heth Doubt Pettigrew’s Report
Civil War Union Captain’s Thoughts While Marching to Pennsylvania
J.E.B. Stuart’s June 1863 Raid into the North
This Week in History: Greencastle, Pennsylvania and the Gettysburg Campaign
This Week in History: The Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia
Watering Thousands of Horses During the Civil War
Civil War: Hardtack and Salt Horse
This Week in History: Civil War Battle of Franklin
Battle Above the Clouds (Lookout Mountain)
This Week in History: Civil War Battle of Chattanooga (Orchard Knob)
This Week in History: Civil War Battle of Perryville
This Week in History: Civil War Battle of Poplar Springs Church
Other American History posts:
Behind the Scenes: A Not So Persistent Suitor, Book 3
Behind the Scenes: A Not So Convenient Marriage, Book 1
A Not So Convenient Marriage is a Selah Awards Finalist!
Desperate Need for Kindergarten Teachers Inspired Part of Story
Illumination Gold Award Winner Byway to Danger!
Announcing Release of Book 2 in Second Chances Novel Series!
Endorsements for A Not So Persistent Suitor, Book 2
Coming Soon! Book 2 in Second Chances Novel Series!
Bradford Junction, A Railroad Town
Background for A Not So Convenient Marriage
Announcing A Not So Convenient Marriage Book Release!
Sight and Sound Theater, Branson
My Next Historical Romance Series Coming Soon!
Laying the Groundwork for the Transcontinental Railroad
North Carolina’s Mt. Airy is a Trip back to Mayberry
The Chilling Story of the Pied Piper
James Connolly – First Modern Olympics Champion
Ohio’s Greatest Natural Disaster Inspires My Story, Surprised by Love
Radford Gatlin’s Store Gives a Town a Name
When Gatlinburg was known as White Oak Flats
Early Exploration of the Grand Canyon
10 Family-Friendly Things to do During our Stay-At-Home
Transplanted Tree at the Alamo
Announcing New Christmas Book Release!
Trail’s End set in Wild Western Town of Abilene, Kansas
Cincinnati Reds’ Palace of the Fans
Cleaning Up After the 1913 Great Miami River Flood
Another Award for A Rebel in My House!
Eureka Springs, Arkansas-A Fun Way to Spend a Day
Revolutionary War: Washington Battles Supply Shortage at Valley Forge
Revolutionary War: The Fate of Unborn Millions
Revolutionary War: Washington Fights a Smallpox Epidemic
Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks
Revolutionary War: Bryan’s Station, Kentucky
Black Sunday Dust Storm: April 14, 1935
The Great Natchez Tornado of 1840
Searight’s Tollhouse on the National Road
The La Vale Toll House on the National Road
Colonial Travel with Pack Horses
George Washington’s Vision for a National Road
President Washington Ends the Whiskey Rebellion
Examples of Forfeits Paid in Old-Fashioned Themed Parties
Paying Forfeits in Old-Fashioned Themed Parties
Evening Amusements for Old Fashioned Themed Parties – Part 4
Evening Amusements for Old Fashioned Themed Parties – Part 3
Evening Amusements for Old Fashioned Themed Parties – Part 2
Evening Amusements for Old Fashioned Themed Parties – Part 1
These Are the Times that Try Men’s Souls
Mark Twain Learns the Cost of Traveling West
Mark Twain Briefly Holds Property at Lake Tahoe
Mark Twain Writes of a Soda Lake on the Oregon Trail
Mark Twain Glimpses a Pony Express Rider on a Delivery
Mark Twain Comments About Pony Riders
Finding Treasures Along Historic Route 66
Never Buy Flour with a Bluish-White Tinge
Household Hints from the Early 1900s – Part 2
Household Hints from the Early 1900s – Part 1
Cass Scenic Railroad – A Fun Way to Spend the Day!
Feeding a Family of Three in 1949
The War of 1812: When the British Burned Washington
Sporting Events in the Early 1800s
Wedding Traditions in the Early 1800s
Religious Meetings in the 1800s
Militia Forces in the Early 1800s
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