Ironsides and ironclads… are common vernacular from the American Civil War. Ironclads…
Category: Mississippi
The two deadliest nightclub fires in the U.S.
Of the two deadliest nightclub fires in the United States, I unintentionally…
Biloxi’s bloody wade-in and an unknown victory
The beach close to the lighthouse in Biloxi was the site of…
About lighthouses and fish skeletons
I made it to Biloxi just in time to see the sunset…
Civil Rights Violence & the Case of Wharlest Jackson
The next stop on the road trip is Natchez, Mississippi… a small…
Vicksburg: So many of these men are unidentified
It upsets me every time I see so many rows of tiny…
Vicksburg: These hills have ghostly memories
Driving through Vicksburg is upsetting. More upsetting than visiting the Preston Castle…
Vicksburg: The little house in the middle of the battle
The first stop on the Southern U.S. road trip was Vicksburg: once…
The coffin receiving place and those stump grave markers
The Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson is one of those weird places where…
East Coast? West Coast? It’s all the Best Coast.
In the chaos of the past two months, I neglected to write…