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Manhunt Recap and Deep Dive: Episode 2, "Post Mortem"
March 19, 2024
A recap and deep dive for Episode 2 (Post Mortem) of the Apple TV+ miniseries "Manhunt."
Manhunt Recap: Episode 1, "Pilot"
March 17, 2024
A deep dive into Episode 1 (Pilot) of the Apple TV+ miniseries "Manhunt."
165 Years Ago: Monday, March 7 to Sunday, March 13, 1859
March 13, 2024
165 years ago this week: Update on Daniel Sickles murdering Philip Barton Key; Abraham Lincoln gives a speech in Chicago; John Brown gets the freedom seekers to Canada after 82 days, and more.
Apple TV's Manhunt: Trailer Breakdown
March 11, 2024
A deep dive into the Apple TV+ trailer for the upcoming miniseries "Manhunt," created by the talented Monica Beletsky.
165 Years Ago: Monday, February 28 to Sunday, March 6, 1859
March 6, 2024
165 years ago this week: The largest sale of enslaved people in Georgia takes place, now known as the Weeping Time/the Great Slave Auction; Harriet Tubman purchases land for a family home.
165 Years Ago: Monday, February 21 to Sunday, February 27, 1859
February 27, 2024
165 years ago this week: Wanted, A Leader; Congress cuts military budget; J.E.B. Stuart in Kansas; John Brown in Grinnell, Iowa; Daniel Sickles & the murder of Philip Barton Key II.
165 Years Ago: Monday, February 14 to Sunday, February 20, 1859
February 20, 2024
165 years ago this week: Oregon becomes a state; the Lecompton Constitution; President Buchanan wants war powers; fake news about John Brown; horrible consequences for the Doy freedom seekers; a letter in the African Repository.
Vicksburg Civil War Museum
February 18, 2024
We visit a one-of-a-kind, privately owned Civil War museum in downtown Vicksburg, Mississippi for the first time, and the visit leaves us wanting to learn more. Mission accomplished, Mr. Pendleton (owner).
Windsor Ruins
February 18, 2024
The jaw-dropping remains of a once spectacular plantation now hidden in the woods of Mississippi near Port Gibson.
165 Years Ago: Monday, February 7 to Sunday, February 13, 1859
February 17, 2024
165 years ago this week: Arkansas passes a bill to rid the state of all free African Americans; Virginia is not pleased with President Buchanan; Abraham Lincoln as speaker & lawyer on his 50th birthday.
Davis Plantations and Winter Quarters Plantation
February 17, 2024
A quick, rain-drenched visit to the former Jefferson & Joseph Davis plantations and the Winter Quarters State Historic Site in east-central Louisiana.
William Johnson House
February 16, 2024
In downtown Natchez, Mississippi is the William Johnson House, where a former enslaved man named William worked and lived pre-Civil War. William became one of the most successful black men in the state of Mississippi.
Forks of the Road Historical Park
February 16, 2024
Today, in Natchez, Mississippi, we visited the site of the second largest domestic slave market in the Deep South: Forks of the Road.
Memorial Tower at Louisiana State University
February 15, 2024
A quick stop at the LSU Memorial Tower, which houses The William A. Brookshire LSU Military Museum. Outside, William T. Sherman is honored.
Military Science Building at Louisiana State University
February 15, 2024
Today we visited the two Civil War cannons that U.S. Major General William Tecumseh Sherman donated to the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy in late April 1865, which were later moved to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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