Mary Hamilton
One big reason for our tour of the Civil War battlefields was a painting that has been handed down from Great-grampa Hamilton. It depicted a place called Champion’s Hill, but no one in the family knew the significance of it, or even its location. Once we started reading the letters from Great-uncle Robert, we discovered …
Memorial Day I’m jumping out of sequence here on my Civil War travelogue, partly because of Memorial Day and partly because of a recent trip to Gettysburg. Did you know that Memorial Day was first observed (not celebrated) in 1868, just three years after the Civil War ended? It was intended as a day to …
During our tour of some of the western Civil War battlefields, I came to suspect that God was working “behind the scenes” to keep the United States together. There seemed to be too many coincidences. Confederate Mistakes Sometimes, it was a matter of poor decisions on the part of the Confederate generals. For example …
Our tour of Civil War battlegrounds where my husband’s great-grandfather and uncle fought under General Grant’s army continued from Belmont, Kentucky to Ft. Donelson, Tennessee. The Confederate fort was built to defend the Cumberland River against Union attacks. Twelve miles away in a low area that often flooded, Fort Henry defended the Tennessee River. …
