Tim Kent's Civil War tales

James W. Jackson        James W. Jackson was 38 years old when the Civil War arrived at his front door. James lived in Alexandria, Virginia ...

Walt Whitman with one of his supposed lovers        We've all heard about Walt Whitman and his homosexuality or bisexuality.   ...

Edwin Stanton        I've recently began re-reading a book called The Lincoln Conspiracy by David Balsiger and Charles E. Selli...

Myth of Forrest by Ashdown and Caudill        I just finished the book The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest  by Paul Ashdown and Edwa...

Virginia Born Winfield Scott        Recently, on facebook, I noticed a couple of guys on my friends list discussing who had more generals ...

The Greatest President ever?        I recently visited several Civil War blogs and only one have I had an argument with. Brooke Simpson ha...

Boston Corbett        Thomas P. Corbett was born in London, England around 1832 and emigrated with his family to New York City. He later b...

       Not long ago, someone asked me what Lincoln and Davis had in common while serving as our Civil War presidents. I replied that they bo...

Confederate General Ben Hardin Helm        Benjamin Hardin Helm, called Ben, was born in Kentucky in 1831. He graduated from the United St...