Scottish Highland Fact:Despite popular use of the term, there is no such thing as a “Miniature Highland Cow.” Scottish Highland cattle are simply shorter than most beef breeds because they have been bred for health and hardiness rather than size. Most “Miniature Highlands” advertised for hig...
Semmes was on his way home when he received word from Stephen Mallory, Secretary of the Confederate States Navy, that Bulloch was more useful on land than at sea, and Semmes was to “...assume command of the new ship which was being built on the Mersey, to be called the Alabama.”...