WF, Civil War Surgeon & My Greatgrandfather

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million1857? 378. To prevent Wounds from mortifying.–Sprinkle sugar on them. The Turks wash wounds with wine, and sprinkle sugar on them. Obstinate ulcers may be cured with sugar dissolved in a strong decoction...

Laughing Your Way Through WWII

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for Million 1857? 2555. Every one of these suggestions may be regarded as the centre of many others, which the earnest mind can not fail to discover. Laughter the Best Civil Defense? Having gone through the orange warning...

Finding History in the Corners

I got in to history because of my great grandfather William F. Osborn’s Civil War journals. He was an assistant surgeon with the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and was, for a few days, a prisoner under Confederate guard during the Battle of Gettysburg. My...

History in The Making

Something happened on the way to writing this blog. I guess it was history with the historic election of Barrack Obama. It was easy to get sidetracked. As a young person I had seen history unfold with the assassination of John Kennedy. I was in high school near...

Pin It on Pinterest