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Moses Higgins: A Face from Home In the middle of the Civil War, far from Illinois, my great-grandfather John Newton Prentice recorded a small but meaningful moment in his 1862 diary. On July 19, while camped in Mississippi with the 57th Illinois Infantry, he wrote: “Discovered Moses Higgins to be in our Regiment for the first time.” Moses G. Higgins was a private in Company C, from Elmwood, Illinois. John was in Company A. They had not crossed paths earlier in their service.

Standing Where He Stood: Allatoona Pass, October 2026 One hundred sixty-two years to the day after the guns fell silent, I walked the Allatoona Pass Battlefield in Bartow County, Georgia — the same ground my great-grandfather, John Newton Prentice, defended on October 5, 1864. John was nineteen when he enlisted in Company A of the 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in October 1861. By the fall of 1864 he had survived Fort Donelson, Corinth, the Atlanta Campaign, and Kennesaw Mountain.

Stepping Back in Time at the Battle of Camp Wildcat Reenactment We pulled into the Battle of Camp Wildcat reenactment site near Hazel Patch, just outside London, Kentucky, about an hour before the main battle was set to start. The plan was simple: walk the camps first, see how the reenactors lived the day, then watch the fight. What we found was one of the more complete living-history setups I’ve walked through in a long time. Both the Confederate and Union camps were open.

The Perfect Alignment of Sun, Moon, and Earth Of all the moons in our solar system—hundreds of them orbiting the gas giants and smaller worlds—none produces the precise, breathtaking spectacle of a total solar eclipse the way Earth’s Moon does. The Sun is roughly 400 times wider than the Moon, yet it also sits roughly 400 times farther away. From the surface of our planet, the two disks appear nearly identical in size.

Perryville Battlefield: Kentucky’s Bloodiest Day — On October 8, 1862, the rolling Chaplin Hills west of the small town of Perryville, Kentucky, became the site of the largest and bloodiest battle fought in the state during the Civil War. Roughly 16,000 Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg clashed with about 22,000 Union soldiers from the Army of the Ohio under … Read More

Perryville Battlefield: Kentucky’s Bloodiest Day — On October 8, 1862, the rolling Chaplin Hills west of the small town of Perryville, Kentucky, became the site of the largest and bloodiest battle fought in the state during the Civil War. Roughly 16,000 Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg clashed with about 22,000 Union soldiers from the Army of the Ohio under Major General Don Carlos Buell.

We rolled into Mickville and settled in at Eddie and Cheryl Young’s place, Andrea’s aunt and uncle’s farm. The pond sits right there with ducks and geese working the water, donkeys and cattle on the grass, and the kind of quiet that makes you notice how close the rest of the family lives. Everyone’s nearby. It felt like landing in the middle of something already running. My sixty-sixth birthday landed while we were here.

Day 2 of the ear seeds, and the day behaved exactly the way she said it would. Read Previous Article on Day One Treattment I did not feel a turn. No clearing. No new appetite for the foods I have kept off the plate since the Lone Star tick rewrote the rules. The tiny seeds stayed where she placed them, pressing the points on the ear and never breaking the skin. Pressure only. No needles.

Greetings, readers. Two days ago I told you I had an appointment with Dr. Malisha Craney, N.D., of Clear Pathways to Health in Martinsville, Indiana, for Alpha-Gal Syndrome. Today that appointment happened. This is the first treatment update. I still live without red meat and dairy. That part has not changed in one afternoon, and I am not going to pretend it has.

Coming Home to Paw Paw A family visit, a festival, and the names that keep coming back Some towns you pass through. Paw Paw is the kind you carry. This past weekend we stood in Wyoming Cemetery under Illinois sky and then walked into the annual Pawpaw Festival like we had been expected. We were. The Prentices who still live in the house John Newton Prentice built in 1890 opened the door, and for a little while the 1800s and 2026 sat at the same table.