1866, Richmond, Virginia: “The Hollywood [Cemetery] Association observed May 31st as Memorial Day. Business was suspended, the stores closed, and the whole city turned out…
Walt Whitman gives beauty to the soldiers dying under his care in the hospital. The goriest, most wrenching passage in his Memoranda During the War…
I’m honored that my article on Fredericksburg National Cemetery is the Memorial Day feature for The New York Times Disunion column. The source of the Walt Whitman quotes…
My article on the Bond Schoolhouse battle between Unionists and Confederate militia in Yadkin County, NC, is published at The New York Times / Disunion The…
My article on the terrain of Fredericksburg, The Fall Line’s Fault is up at New York Times Disunion. Here’s a little gallery of photos I’ve taken at…
Fields of gold and brown, No berries blood red–tarnished lace of grass and weed.