Category: Anecdotes
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Short Takes
A Lincoln letter, or at least an official copy, has surfaced at the Dallas Historical Society. It’s the famous “Bixby letter” in which the president attempts to console a mother for the loss of her five sons. There are problems, as the article points out—Lydia Bixby was no fan of Lincoln’s; all of her sons […]
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Bruce Catton and how did I get addicted to the CW
Hi all, Once again its been a very long time since I posted here. But I wanted to share some thoughts on a favorite author of mind I was about 12 to 13 years old. So that would have been 1964. For Christmas that year, I recieved the American Heritage book on the Civil War. […]
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Confederate Reminiscences from Texas
The North Texas State Library system has posted Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861-1865. This volume is fairly typical of such efforts, which is really more of an oral history collected about the turn of the century. Use with caution, but there are some good nuggets of information there. There is a search function, […]
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Things you wouldn’t know without the internet
December 2, 1859 – Norton I dismissed Gov. Wise of Virginia for hanging John Brown and appointed John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky to replace him. Who was Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico? Well, he was from San Franciso, which ought to tell you something. To his credit he did […]