Friday, December 13, 2013

Excerpt from Smithsonian's, "Last of the Blue and Gray"

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The last veteran who said he fought for the Union was Albert Woolson; Walter Williams said he was the last Confederate. One of them ind...
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Saturday, December 07, 2013

Travelogue: Battle of Apache Pass

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In September I attended the 34th Annual Order of the Indian Wars Assembly in Tucson—“On the Trail of Geronimo"—for a few days of ...
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Friday, November 29, 2013

Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan slept here. Joe Hooker and Kit Carson too. . . my kids are unimpressed

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The operative phrase is, "according to local tradition." But it could have happened. Blue Wing Inn, across the street from t...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Review: Voices of the American West

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Voices of the American West, Volume 1: The Indian Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903-1919 , by Eli Ricker, edited by Richard E. Jenson...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

150 years ago -- the Gettysburg Address

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One of only five known copies of the Gettysburg Address written in Lincoln's hand, this one resides at the Cornell University Library . ...
Friday, November 15, 2013

We pass over the silly remarks of the president

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Timely retraction. . .  In the editorial about President Abraham Lincoln’s speech delivered Nov. 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, the Patriot ...
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Monday, October 28, 2013

Strolling down memory lane: South Bay Civil War Roundtable

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DW, left, and TPS, August 24, 2013 Way back in 1988, my wife and I flew from San Francisco to San Diego where I was excited to attend t...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Indians and Braves, but no 7th Cavalry

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from the Times-Georgian . . . . . .   the Heard County High School football team is hoping to rebound from a frustrating opener this week ...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

Review: Smithsonian Civil War

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Smithsonian Civil War, Inside the National Collection, edited by Neil Kagan and Stephen G. Hyslop (Smithsonian Books, 2013). Establ...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Gettysburg Magazine acquired by University of Nebraska Press

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The University of Nebraska Press will take over publication of Gettysburg Magazine in 2014. They're looking for a new editor . 
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Saturday, October 05, 2013

Review: Decided on the Battlefield, Grant, Sherman, Lincoln and the Election of 1864

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Decided on the Battlefield: Grant, Sherman, Lincoln and the Election of 1864 , by David Alan Johnson (Prometheus Books, 2012). Judge...
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Thursday, September 19, 2013

150 Years Ago: Chickamauga

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150 years ago today: The Battle of Chickamauga. Click on the photo below to visit Chickamauga resources at The Civil War Trust, including a...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Smithsonian article on George Henry Thomas

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 (Rudy Ayordoa / David Perry Collection)  Catching Up With "Old Slow Trot" by Ernest B. Furgurson Stubborn and deliberate, ...
Monday, September 02, 2013

Lee was a traitor, Thomas a man of honor -- thoughts from an unreconstructed Yankee

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“I think that Robert E. Lee, as a traitor and betrayer of his solemn oath before God and the Constitution, was a much greater terrorist t...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

"Articulating the unspeakable: Art-making during wartime"

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This undated handout image provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum shows Frederic Edwin Church's 1861 oil on paper "Our B...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Meanwhile, some good reading from Smithsonian.com

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Sneden Collection, Virginia Historical Society ========== The map, which shows in rich detail not only the engagement, but the layout o...

Back from the Mountain Top

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View of the Rocky Mountains from atop Crested Butte Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorodo.  It's been a busy summer, involving much t...
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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