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June 5, 2018
Fathers Day Novel Gifts – Asunder Splintered
Fathers Day Novel Gifts The history of Fathers Day as seen today is not even a hundred years old. Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd of Spokane,Washington is credited with pushing for the special day in the US. She was not satisfied with just Mothers Day to honor mothers. However, some scholars argue that Fathers Day […]
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May 9, 2018
Mothers Day Special and Freebie
Now that Mothers Day is Approaching, what better gift than 2 great books and music to go with the gift. highly memorable characters and an incredible story. When you purchase both Asunder and Splintered, you get the following: 1. Both books signed by the author, 2. sent to the address you set, 3. no shipping […]
April 11, 2018
Amazing Some of the Firsts of the Civil War #histfic, #historical #fiction
Some of the firsts of the Civil War include: the first periscope (used in trench warfare), the first successful submarine (the Hunley named after the inventor and made from an old steam boiler), the first repeating rifles, the first rifle scopes, first ironclad navies, first army ambulance corps, first workable machine gun, first cigarette tax, […]
March 28, 2018
#Battle, The #CivilWar in New Mexico
On this day in 1862, Union forces by a stroke of luck halted the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico, at that time including Arizona. The Confederates hoped to capture New Mexico and other parts of the West. There were other reasons, but the cash-strapped Confederacy wanted the western mines for the gold and silver. From San Antonio, the […]
March 25, 2018
Using a Medical Endoscope to Peek at the Past
A not too well-known Union general did something unusual following the Civil War. General Montgomery C. Meigs fought in the war, but he is most known for his architect work later. What he did was create a massive time capsule with one of his structures. In the 18801’s, for the US Pension Building in Washington […]
March 20, 2018
Historical Fact, Historical Fiction -The Crimps, Not Talking About Hairstyles
Did you know that criminal agents kidnapped Canadian men for service in the union army in the civil War? During the war, certain civilians, called “Crimps”, enticed unknowing Canadian men with too much drink or drugged them, then enrolled them in a regiment in the Union army. Though some were captured and taken to the […]
January 30, 2018
Wow! Facts About the Civil War
Did you know…? General Joe Hooker wanted the men to have additional comforts during their marches and camping, so he allowed “ladies of the evening” to accompany the troops. These trollops set up tents outside the camps, hung a red lantern and made a handy profit. The biggest killer in the Civil War was disease. […]
January 25, 2018
#History for #Millenials
I was reading recently in a recent poll of Millenial aged persons that half of them said they would rather live under socialism or Communism rather than capitalism. They don’t know about how the leader of the Communist party, Nikita Kruschev, in the 1960’s banged his shoe at the UN and said to the US […]
January 17, 2018
Devastating Battle Scenes! Complicated Romance!
Sigel’s Federal troops, mostly German speaking, overrun the sleeping Confederates, caught off guard. The Rebels try to mount a resistance, aided by a few of the mounted cavalry of the Third Texas. Read the down to the last detail battle described where Sara, a Southern sympathizer, is caught between the two armies.
January 3, 2018
Christmas Almost Got Swept Away by Nazis
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