Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Gettysburg: Armored Warfare

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It was only a matter of time, I suppose. " "The outcome of the Civil War is in peril. Weapons, armor and machinery have been ...
Monday, March 26, 2012

“Patriotic Gore is Not Really Much Like Any Other Book by Anyone”

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Interesting article by David Blight at Slate.com. . . =============== Revisiting one of the most important and confounding books ever wr...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the candy?

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Most everyone, by now, has heard about the kerfluffle over the John Wilkes Booth bobblehead that was briefly put on sale in the visitor...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Johnny Reb on Mars spells trouble for Disney

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Note to self. . . ditch the Confederates in Space screenplay. The marketplace has spoken. "The Walt Disney Co. said Monday that it ex...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Walk the Ground: Bentonville and Fort Fisher

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There’s still room on the bus! 16th Civil War Forum Battlefield Conference The Battle of Bentonville Wilmington & Fort Fisher March ...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Lincoln and Lancashire

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Lincoln statue, Lincoln Square, Manchester, England "Whilst the 150th anniversary of the American civil war continues to provoke con...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

"When General Grant Expelled the Jews"

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By Jonathan D. Snarna. Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 7:00 a.m. EST On Dec. 17, 1862, as the Civil War entered its second winter, Gen. ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

On the naming of the U.S.S. Kearsarge

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Who came up with the name of the USS Kearsarge , and which New Hampshire mountain does it honor? This is another of those enduring Mysteries...
Monday, March 12, 2012

"The Battlefield and Beyond" — forthcoming essay collection from LSU Press

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PRESS RELEASE, March 12, 2012: LSU Press to Publish Collection of Civil War Essays in May 2012 Leading Civil War Historians Link Past and...

Confederate Captain Saves Princess, on Mars

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from The Dialog blog : A risky and on the whole successful venture, “John Carter” was adapted from “A Princess of Mars,” the first of 11 b...
Friday, March 09, 2012

"John Ross's Big Mistake"

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This grossly inaccurate Currier and Ives print of the Battle of Pea Ridge shows members of the Five Nations decked out in Plains Indians ...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Battle of Pea Ridge, 150 years ago

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Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch, McCulloch's Division, Army of the West To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of ...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Spotsylvania Civil War Blog

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by John F. Cummings is one of the better Civil War blogs going, in my estimation. It's fresh, cleanly designed, beautifully illustrated...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

protophotoshopping: General Grant at City Point

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General Grant at City Point. 1902. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction Information: Reproduction Nos.: LC-DIG-ppmsca-15886 (di...

Clams and Steam Beer Since 1861

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In December of 1861, the Old Clam House (originally called the Oakdale Bar and Clam House) opened for business in San Francisco. One hundred...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Dred Scott rocks

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When I want some serious antebellum, prelude to the Civil War history, I turn to Don Fehrenbacher . When I want some serious, world class ro...

On this day in 1862, Unconditional Surrender . . .

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                         Hdqtrs, Army in the field                          Camp near Donelson, Feby 16, 1862 Gen. S.B. Buckner,  Confed....
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Mrs. Lincoln, I Presume? Well, as It Turns Out ...

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Left, the altered portrait depicting Mrs. Lincoln; right, the restored image, an unknown woman without a Lincoln brooch. Photographs ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012

The Atlantic's 150th anniversary Civil War issue is now online, with expanded content

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The Union Veteran's Son Who Fixed Lucille Ball's Appliances

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Hilbert J. Gramelspacher And not just Lucille Ball's. This son of a Hoosier infantryman also fixed appliances for Jerry Lewis and Jo...
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