Monday, September 17, 2012

"Death and the Civil War" -- September 18th

›
Tomorrow evening, September 18, 2012, will see the debut of a new documentary, Death and the Civil War, an installment of PBS’s outstandi...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

A crossroads near the farm of Charles Monroe, deep in the heart of Fort Bragg

›
Last March, a number of regulars from the CompuServe Civil War Forum made a visit to the North Carolina battlefield of Monroe's Crossro...
1 comment:
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Broderick-Terry duel, 1859

›
The last duel in San Francisco occurred 153-years-ago today, when anti-slavery Senator David C. Broderick squared off with former Chie...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

Does the governor of New Mexico hate The Boy General?

›
Col. George Armstrong Custer (Courtesy Wikipedia.org); Pat Rogers, Republican National Committee leader (Courtesy Modrall.com); Gov. Sus...
1 comment:
Monday, August 20, 2012

BBC America's, "Copper" series

›
From a New York Times review: "Ostensibly the new series is about a former boxer and Civil War veteran turned police detective...
3 comments:
Sunday, August 19, 2012

WKUK: The American Civil War on Drugs

›
Taken from season 5 of The Whitest Kids U' Know, a full movie is constructed about the American Civil War on Drugs.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The westernmost casualties of Vicksburg?

›
Downieville is one of the best preserved of the enduring California Gold Rush towns, and one of the northernmost of the Mother Lode min...
4 comments:
Friday, July 20, 2012

Boonsborough Museum of History

›
Ranger Mannie, on his blog, My Year of Living Rangerously , has posted an interesting photo gallery of some of the treasures in the loca...
2 comments:
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Confederate Invasion of Iowa

›
The "invasion"? Really? The text of a historical marker in Bloomfield, Iowa, just above the Missouri border, reads: Site...
8 comments:
Sunday, July 15, 2012

McPherson on The Rock

›
I borrowed this from the Alacatraz Facebook page (yes, of course they have a Facebook page). Here's a letter from James McPhe...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Antietam from an Oktokopter

›
. . . found at Brooks Simpson's Crossroads blog: This video of Antietam National Battlefield was acquired on July 5th, 2012 using an ...
Sunday, July 08, 2012

Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield

›
A very worthwhile organization. I attended the annual meeting last month at the battlefield, and the highlight of my trip was the Friends...
Thursday, July 05, 2012

Little Bighorn Battlefield, 136th anniversary

›
Some select photos from my recent Montana trip. These, and quite a few others (46 total) can be viewed here . Looking down to the scene o...

Review: The Long Road to Antietam

›
A review of The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution , by Richard Slotkin. Found at the Lawyers, Gun$ and Money...
Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Battle of the Rosebud, Prelude to the Little Bighorn

›
About a week ago I drove down to the Rosebud Battlefield State Park from Hardin, Montana—headquarters from my Little Bighorn sojourn—and spe...