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WHEF is postponing the “Bragg’s Invasion of Kentucky, 1862” tour, possibly until April 2022.

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Good evening: I have difficult news to share. On Tuesday, September 7, 188 ICU beds were available in Kentucky.  On September 9, that number was reduced to only 90 available ICU beds at present, due to a surge in COVID-19 and its variables, including Delta. https://www.wlwt.com/article/covid-19-just-90-adult-icu-beds-still-available-in-kentucky/37532441# I have consulted with my Board of Directors, my […]

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CAROLINE ELIZABETH WINDER MCGAVOCK: HEROINE OF THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN

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Franklin, just south of Nashville, is a beautiful Tennessee town.  On November 30, 1864, during the Nashville campaign in the American Civil War, the people and the land were impacted forever by a ferocious battle. Some say the attacking Confederate forces were larger in number than those involved Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. A heroine who […]

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KATE SPERRY: WARTIME REPORTS FROM WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA

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Women in the American South during the Civil War offer a valuable perspective on war that is often overlooked. Southern women, slave and free, have a unique experience in the American historical landscape. They are the only women who experienced the Civil War, not as combatants, but by living in an occupied territory, the Southern […]

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