Monday, July 31, 2006

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new [military history] under the sun.

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Of course, that's not to say it can't be told in a more interesting, and accurate fashion. A couple of entries ago, I mentioned that...
Saturday, July 29, 2006

"Before leaving Washington I had been authorized to promote officers on the field for special acts of gallantry. By this authority I conferred the rank of brigadier-general upon Upton on the spot, and this act was confirmed by the president."

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— U. S. Grant, Memoirs For people fascinated by history — and I would hope a couple readers of this blog fit that bill — visiting the sit...
Sunday, July 23, 2006

Something Old, Something New, Something Gray, Something Blue. . .

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Many of my fellow Civil War bloggers have weighed in on the idea of a "New Military History," and the tension that some perceive...
Thursday, July 13, 2006

Don't know much about a science book / Don't know much about the French I took

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I watched Jeopardy the last two nights. How is it that the people who win so many thousands of dollars know everything about everything, exc...

I phoned James McPherson to ask what caused the war

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Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until a...
Friday, June 16, 2006

Grant and Lincoln are Big, Sherman is Bigger

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I keep thinking I'm ready to move on from the Sierra Nevada, John Muir, and the big trees, but yet another Civil War connection presen...
Thursday, June 08, 2006

Honest Abe, Tree Hugger

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While the Muir-related theme of environmentalism and conservation still echoes through the blog, it bears mentioning that Abraham Lincoln h...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

The Walk to the Sea

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I was slow to come to appreciate the magnitude of John Muir's contribution to conservation, his role in the early establishment of the...
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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Go West, Young Monitor!

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[Naval Trivia, #1] The U.S.S. Camanche , Passaic class monitor, was built in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1863. Come November of that...
Thursday, April 27, 2006

“The sight of 2,000 ghostly, pallid faces upturned in the chilling waters of the Mississippi, as I looked down on them from the boat, is a picture that haunts me in my dreams.”

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– J. Walter Elliott, 10th Indiana, 44th USCT "The horrors of that night will never be effaced from my memory—such swearing, praying, ...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

A Horse Named Fly

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I've seen a few Civil War horses in my time, all stuffed. Winchester , for one (nie Rienzi), — in the Smithsonian, and Stonewall Jackso...
Monday, April 10, 2006

Comments Enabled

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What the hey. I've decided to diverge from the Dimitri model and allow comments on this blog. I've gotten some worthwhile feedback v...
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What if there was a war and nobody came?

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This just in — the 141st anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Selma is officially cancelled. After peaking with upwards of 2,000 regist...

Counting, Remembering, U.S.C.T.

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A couple of weeks ago, when the Civil War Forum visited Nashville, our first stop was the Nashville National Cemetery to see the new monum...

141 Years Ago, at Appomattox

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General R.E. Lee, Commanding C.S.A 5 P.M., April 7th, 1865 The results of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further r...
Friday, March 31, 2006

Crescent City Gentrification

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Poolside slave quarters. And "beautiful" to boot. I took this photo in 1988 on my one and only visit to New Orleans, where my s...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006

"The dead are heroes, the living are but men compelled to do the drudgery and suffer the privations incident to the thing called 'glorious war.'"

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—quote by Sam Watkins Photo: Carter House, Franklin, Tennessee Turns out our tour guide on Saturday has fit in a stop for ...
Thursday, March 09, 2006

Tennessee, Tennessee / There ain't no place I'd rather be / Baby won't you carry me / Back to Tennessee

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"Tennessee Jed," words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia , copyright Ice Nine Publishing Old Glory is back in town. What...