710: A New Project

Seven hundred and ten. That is the number of slaves counted in the 1860 Federal Census for Catoosa County (GA). As one can imagine, there have not been too many histories published about this single northwest Georgia county. What little histories there are, make little to no mention about the seven hundred and ten slaves counted

Fort Sumter Rages On….somewhere else

Due to the discussions about Fort Sumter on this blog (here and here), Al Mackey took on the task to address the arguments often thrown around when discussing this topic. You can read his work below. H/T to Al. A Fort Sumter Series Introduction Who Owned Fort Sumter? Was There A Peace Agreement in Charleston