by Jessica James | Jun 8, 2021 | Old Houses, Uncategorized
There’s no better way to see history than on horseback, and I had just that opportunity on Sunday, thanks to a ride sponsored by the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area. Despite the heat and the loudness of the 17-year-brood of cicadas, it was a great day for seeing the...
by Jessica James | May 12, 2021 | Old Houses, People, Uncategorized
May is a beautiful month, but in Civil War history, it is also a sad one. The South lost both Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and General J.E.B. Stuart in May, one year apart. If you venture off I-95 near Fredericksburg, you can visit the site that was, until...
by Jessica James | Apr 23, 2021 | Old Houses, People
I love stories about women who made significant contributions to American history, so when I visited Walnut Grove Plantation in Roebuck, S.C.,I was happy to get to learn about Catherine “Kate” Barry, a heroine of the American Revolutionary War. As you can see from the...
by Jessica James | Mar 23, 2021 | Old Houses, Uncategorized
During my visit to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, I decided to visit another historic building that is located just south of Frederick, Md., in Urbana. It’s long been on my bucket list because it was visited by the legendary General J.E.B. Stuart...
by Jessica James | Mar 16, 2021 | Old Houses, Uncategorized
Stepping back in time Although the house at Boone Hall Plantation outside of Charleston, S.C., is not as spectacular as other plantation homes I’ve visited (built in 1936), it has some of the most spectacular grounds and gardens in the Lowcountry, and is well worth...
by Jessica James | Jan 28, 2021 | Old Houses, People
We drive by old houses every day. Do you ever think about what took place within those walls? I had the opportunity to spend a beautiful April day in Mosby’s Confederacy at a house that was once the family home of one of Mosby’s Rangers: Major Adolphus “Dolly”...
