Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Jimmy Carter -- first president from the Deep South since the Civil War

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Back in April I spent a day at the Andersonville prison site, near Americus, Georgia, as reported in this blog post . The next morning, a ...
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Saturday, June 29, 2013

When I think baseball, I think Custer bobblehead

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The first 1,000 fans through the turnstile at tonight's Hagerstown, Maryland Suns game (Class A farm team for the Washington National...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Prison Times, volume one, number one

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From Slate.com's, " The Vault ," comes this rare gem: " Confederate prisoners of war confined at Fort Delaware  produce...
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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Pilgrimage to the Greasy Grass

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Friday night, with the Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield, we had the amazing opportunity to get off the trails and walk cross-cou...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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==============   Shortly after the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, two Frenchmen on bicycles managed to cross the perimeter of the Unit...
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Monday, June 17, 2013

High-tech methods used to conserve big guns that fired on Fort Sumter, opening US Civil War

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(Photo: AP/Bruce Smith) "Ten massive guns from Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island, which is part of the Fort Sumter National Monume...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Book Review: Shiloh, 1862, by Winston Groom

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Though Winston Groom’s latest contribution to the Civil War bookshelf is well written and engaging, I am hard-pressed to think of a reade...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Memorial Day -- some Indian scouts at Custer National Cemetery

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

"Rebel" -- the saga of Loreta Velazquez airing May 24 on your local Public Broadcasting Station

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The signature image for "REBEL" is a composite of two portraits of Loreta Velazquez passing as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, sol...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

150 years ago -- the May 22nd assaults at Vicksburg

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Assault on the Great Redoubt Ranger Will Wilson describes the Union position at Battery de Golyer on the morning on May 22, 1863 More pi...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Andersonville National Historic Site

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Bronze panel on the rear of the New York Monument. I made my first visit to Andersonville National Historic Site a couple weeks ago, onl...
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Sunday, May 05, 2013

Dave the Slave, up close and personal

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Back in November of 2009, I posted an interview with author Leonard Todd, discussing the subject of his book, Carolina Clay, the Life and ...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Charleston 2013 Reunion: Day Four

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Fort Sumter, from Fort Moultrie Some of the big guns at Fort Moultrie Breech Inlet on Sullivan's Island, where the Hunley la...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

Charleston 2013 Reunion: Day Three

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Soldier graffiti, Secessionville Manor  Pat Brennan leading the troops, Secessionville Manor Pat Brennan, Battle of Secessionvil...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Charleston 2013 Reunion: Day Two

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Seeing the Hunley at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center Pat Brennan discussing his experience at the raising of the Hunley, and pre...

Charleston 2013 Reunion: Day One

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Major Steven Smith at the H.M.S. Seraph Memorial, Citadel Campus Clay pot by "Dave the Slave," Charleston Museum. See this ...