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Far From Home and Nowhere to Turn by Todd Jobson, II (Clinton Public School) In a land we all know Americans, even brothers fought side by side Some were foe.At the battlefields like Antiedam, the Confederate soldiers gallantly marched As the Union soldiers were extremely parched.All prisoner of a common enslavementThey thought of what their […]

Farmer Cheese by Linda (Sheboygan, WI) This is a simple cheese that is easy to make and delicious to eat! I prefer to use goat milk for this cheese, but it can easily be crafted with cow, sheep, or any other raw farm fresh milk you have on hand. This recipe is adapted from one […]

Share Your Favorite Gettysburg Visit My favorite Gettysburg visit is to have a picnic at the battlefield amphitheater area on a warm, sunny spring day when the trees are in bloom and birdsong fills the air. Then I’ll go shopping downtown until the sun is about to set, when I’ll head back to the battlefield […]

Field Hospital Display by Amy (Maryland) Capt. Surgeon Robert Urban and Undertaker Tom Abbott This photo of members of the Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table was taken at the Carroll County Public Library’s Finksburg branch on April 24, 2010. This room featured a large display about field hospitals and how surgery and medicine improved […]

Come Home Dad by Meghan G It’s been a year, And I am still full with fear,Since I have seen him,Only praying for God’s protection life and limb, Helping ma in the field, over the hills, long endless nightsTrying to keep my sibling’s hopeful,And keeping them from frost bite, It’s hard to raise money and […]

Confederate Civil War Uniforms The Confederate Civil War uniforms were anything but uniform in color and style since they were homemade and dyed by different methods. For uniforms of the Civil war, officers and some Conferederate soldiers wore grey, but the majority wore mixed shades of brown and khaki, earning crazy rebels the nickname “butternuts” […]