As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Writer, December 26, 2006 One of the most unique moments of the Civil War occurred on the eve of the Battle of Stones River. Let us set the scene. Both the Federal Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Writer Wednesday, December 10, 2006 When you enjoy all of those holiday treats, think about the not-so-delectable foods devoured by Civil War solders encamped outside Murfreesboro during the winter of 1862. They “dined” on the staples long associated with cowboy movies…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Writer Wednesday, December 10, 2006 In the days before Christmas 1862, little Murfreesboro was the scene of one of the most glamorous and romantic moments of the Civil War. The war-time wedding of dashing Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan and socialite…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Writer Wednesday, December 3, 2006 Murfreesboro is in the midst of a joyous Christmas celebration, 2007 style. Some 145 years earlier, the jubilation was similar, but for a much different reason. The President was coming to the bustling little town of Murfreesborough,…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Writer Wednesday, November 28, 2006 FRANKLIN – The Carter House Association Inc. announces the acquisition of a key part of Franklin’s battlefield—a portion of the homestead garden of Fountain Branch Carter—from Chris Waller in a transaction that closed on Nov. 14,…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Writer Wednesday, November 26, 2006 The Union had its modified “Anaconda plan,” but did the Confederate States of America have a master strategy when it launched the Civil War? That question is even more complicated than it appears. Yes, Confederate President…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Writer Wednesday, November 19, 2006 Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding Ohio Volunteers, Cincinnati, Ohio: SIR: I have read and carefully considered your plan for a campaign and now send you confidentially my own views, supported by certain facts of which…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Writer Wednesday, November 19, 2006 It’s time to talk a little strategy. Just why did Union forces decide to attack on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers and force their way into Middle Tennessee during the early part of the Civil War?…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Writer Wednesday, November 12, 2006 First ordered to active duty in Bowling Green, Ky., Joseph B. Palmer’s regiment was largely inactive until one of the first major conflicts in the Western theater of the Civil War – the siege of Fort…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor Wednesday, November 5, 2006 One of the stateliest houses on East Main Street does little to reveal the character of the battle-scarred general who built it. Brigadier General Joseph B. Palmer, a prominent state military and political leader, built the Italianate…