of Battlefields and Bibliophiles

Reflections, observations, random thoughts and bon mots, relating to the literary and geographic landscapes of American history. And book reviews too.

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Historians Recall Favorite Unit Histories, pt. 1

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(ten years ago, or so) In 1995, Civil War Regiments quarterly surveyed a host of oft-published authors, historians, battlefield park rang...

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

The War, On Christmas.

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Happy Holidays. And I do mean holidays. Sticking an "s" on the end of "holiday" creates a plural form of the word, and t...

Monday, December 19, 2005

Favorite Historians and Guides, part one

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Sunrise on Custer's Battlefield, photo by Richard Throssel (d. 1933); Created/Published 1911. Dramatic view of sunlit tombstones inclu...

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Benteen Come on. Big Village. Be quick. Bring Packs. W.W. Cooke P.S. Bring pacs

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Did I mention that I need you to bring the packs? Pronto? That’s one little note I’m glad was saved. It is, of course, Custer’s last message...

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

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—From Requiem for a Nun by William Faulkner For Confederate fortunes on August 25, 1864, there was a fleeting moment of success, and one...

Friday, December 02, 2005

W W A B D?

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Precisely. I woke up this morning and asked myself the same question: “ w hat w ould A mbrose B ierce d o?” He’d start a Civil War blog, of ...

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