My Civil War odyssey began in earnest when I found war-era letters from my Confederate ancestors, four brothers and their father, Joseph Wel...

Throughout history, itself a story of war, wayward warriors have used rape as a weapon.   The ancient Greeks even looked the other way.   Wh...

Last week I posted a letter from my ancestor, Elijah M. Welborn.  Elijah wrote the letter to his father, Joseph, who lived in nearby Rando...