Excerpts from the closing argument of Z. Alexander Looby and lessons for today's political climate

For the last two years, I have been writing about the links between Stephenson family, the Jim Crow Era, Middle Tennessee, the Great Depression, the Second World War, and the Columbia Race Riot of 194...

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I must admit, sometimes I take my study of the Civil War too seriously. This is not only my career, but it is in many ways, my hobby as well. I love to read about obscure figures, dive into often unta...

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Joseph Ricci and Bo Trisler come together on Home Brew History to talk history, pop culture, and most importantly, what's in their cup? From ancient times, to the Second World War, and the history of

Hastings, Beevor, Ambrose, Irving - the historians we know best, just how might THEY have recorded the Oval Office exchange for posterity?!

The "Race Riot" That Shocked Tennessee and the Nation

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A long drive over flat farm fields on straight roads in western Indiana brought me to Armstrong Chapel Cemetery not far from Green Hill in Warren County. The wind blew gently across the quiet graveyar...

When one considers the immense carnage and destruction wrought to the Army of Tennessee on November 30, 1864, at Franklin, it is difficult to dispute the oft-told claim that Franklin “was where the Ol...

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ECW welcomes back guest author Joseph Ricci. “Which one is your favorite?” asked my wife Katharyn. I responded, “I don’t know. Probably this one on Lincoln,” pointing to my well-tattered copy of Ron C...