The Magical History Tour

To write the blog, I travel as much as I can so that I can visit historic sites and give a first hand experience of the site and it’s history. The travel costs money, and so does the upkeep of my website. I love to bring my readers more information about the amazing history that…

Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania played a major role in the American Civil War although no battles were fought in the region. The Pittsburgh area strongly supported the Union cause politically and physically. Many volunteer Union regiments would come from the Pittsburgh area. A large portion of the weapons and ammunition for the Union side would…

On November 19, 1863, A cold autumn wind blew across the hills of South Central Pennsylvania. The nation was still at war that divided families, states and the country itself. On one chilly Gettysburg hill, people gathered to remember the dead from a now infamous battle, opening a new cemetery on 17 acres purchased by…

At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the war ended.  What would be called the first world war ended after four years of fighting, mostly in trenches along the front in Europe. A war that began with the taking of land from others, became a total war, effecting the daily…

A few weeks back, I encouraged readers to attend a work day at Fort Loudoun, a French and Indian War era fort outside of Chambersburg PA. I attended the work day and I was impressed with the beauty of the site, and the number of hometown volunteers that attended the work day.  I arrived at…

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I will very rarely express opinions on my blog, but there is something I see in the study of history that is in some ways dying off. Living Historians (Reenactors), those who go out and portray the people of the past are dwindling in numbers. They portray those things you can’t learn from a book.…

In the rise of the British Colony of Pennsylvania, tensions between the early settlers and the native population ran high. England approved a line of forts to be built to help and protect the settlers in the colonies. Fort Loudoun in South Central Pennsylvania was a response to this edict from England. The fort was…

The United States Civil War was an incredibly divisive time in the history of this country. It placed families on both sides of the war. The war caused significant destruction to many cities and towns and caused a vast loss of life.  As the United States built up towards what would be a Civil War,…

In the farms and fields outside of Frederick, Maryland sits a quiet visitor’s center and museum for a battle that could have completely changed the American Civil War. In an effort to lower the pressure on Confederate forces in the siege at Petersburg, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee dispatched Lt. General Jubal Early up the…