Recently, my research journey has taken me along a far different path of warfare than the one I traveled when researching my uncle's...

In last week's post, we began an interview with Joy Neal Kidney, award-winning author of Leora’s Letters: The Story of Love and Loss for...

Someone must take on the task of preserving a family's history. For the Wilson family, the person who stepped forward to assume that role...

Research can lead one to some interesting--and often surprising--sources. Granted, it can also lead to a lot of empty rabbit holes and...

As I sat reading during my daily devotional time one morning, I turned a page of the Bible in my hands and discovered scribbled notes in...

I was reminded recently of a sign I once saw printed on the back of a milk delivery truck. It read, "All we have we owe to udders." That...

The [Confederate] soldiers had an insatiable appetite for reading material, and tracts were especially attractive for them because they...

"The physical price that chaplains paid was enormous. Although most of them did not lose their lives on the battlefield, as did thousands...

When I was growing up in rural East Tennessee, my parents subscribed to a number of publications. Because my father was partner with my...

Practically everyone with even a little interest in the War Between the States has read about the decisive battles, the great generals,...

For some reason, my Facebook page has been inundated lately with memes about books and reading. (Could it be because I am a bibliophile...

"Early on [in the War Between the States], the chaplains of all denominations agreed that their preaching and teaching among the soldiers...

I watched in ignorance from the seat of my mower as my wife was "assassinated." Connie was in the process of removing the anti-bird...

Robert Lewis Dabney's belief in divine providence was well known among the officers of Stonewall's brigade. A story told about him is...

Near the end of July this year, my wife and I were passing through the community where I had grown up and where our family had lived for...

As a reader, author, editor, and former teacher, I don't think I have any greater pet peeve than having otherwise well-educated people...

During my devotional reading the other day, I was struck by the following two phrases: "Sarah lived. . . . And Sarah died" (Gen. 23:1-2)....

Sometimes our kids surprise us. And sometimes they really surprise us. This month was a time when one of our daughters and her family...

A week or so ago, I wrote about finding a surprise in my mailbox: a copy of Joy Neal Kidney's book Leora's Dexter Stories, for which I...

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