Jerry Potter thought he knew everything there was to know about the Civil War in West Tennessee. He was a history major at UT Martin and had extensively researched the
Less than a month after enlisting in the 143rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in April 1864, Private Samuel R. Laphey, 18, was wounded during the…
Local author Dr. Walter B. Curry Jr., founder of Renaissance Publications, LLC, recently received his credential from the National Association for Interpretation as a Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG).
Private Samuel M. Weigel had already seen extensive combat by the time his veteran Union regiment reached the battlefield near Maryland's Monocacy River in July 1864.
There were no government-issued military “dog tags” during the war. So a soldier might write his name on a piece of paper and pin it to his uniform before going into combat.