“For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; It is not from works, so that no one can boast.”

The United States flag flies high atop a mast at Fort Macon State Park at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina.

As I walked upon the sacred grounds of Tipton-Haynes Historic site, I was fascinated with the preservation efforts of those visionaries who sa…

There is a saying that my mother used to say. It goes, “April showers brings May flowers”. The showers of April 24, 2021, did not dampen the s…

Over the course of my tenure as a living historian, I have attended many events, reenactments, banquets. and other festivities. I have found t…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities have recovered a Confederate monument that had been stolen in Alabama and was the subject of a ransom note…

On June 27, 1864, the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia took place. It was an epic struggle between General Sherman and General Johnston.

There are those you are driven by passion from an early age. There are those motivated to succeed and are determined to be the best at what th…

It was about twenty years ago at the Nashville Fair Grounds, during the Mike Kent Civil War Show, that I first met my dapper ole friend Reece Sexton.

Carl Reece Sexton, age 88, of Knoxville, crossed over the river to rest in the shade of the trees and live in heaven with his Lord on Friday, …

I find there are no words to express my feelings for the loss of Reece Sexton except for shocked and stunned.

Legends come in all size, shapes, and forms. Some are bigger than life even if in a small package.

Some people spend a life time trying to find that mystical formula that endears one person to another.

Though the mountains rang with the sound of shot and shells, a full-blown engagement in Kentucky had not transpired. But all that was about to…

Over the course of twenty-seven years I have attended numerous reenactments, dedications, memorial services and offered presentations to diffe…

The Confederate Belles of Tennessee were pleased to attend the Battle for the Bridge Ladies Tea and Luncheon on Saturday, September 12, 2020 a…

Army of the Potomac

Imagine a road that existed and was known to the locals but not the Federal forces. Imagine how frustrated and puzzled they must have been whe…

Terry began reenacting at the age of nine when he participated in the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1963.

2nd Annual Reenactment on a Portion of the Battlefield