Month: June 2006
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American Civil War Magazine & Journal Index Updated
The American Civil War Magazine & Journal Index has been updated again today. I added several issues of North & South, Volumes 8 & 9 (w/summaries) to the North & South Section, started the Charge! Section, and added Issues 1-6 of Charge! (w/summaries).
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Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Part 10
Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Part 10 Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia by Fred L. Ray ISBN-10 0-9649585-5-4 ISBN-13 978-0-9649585-5-5 6 x 9 inch hardback – 450 Pages 43 Maps, 59 Illustrations Footnoted / Indexed / Complete Bibliography Publication date: Winter 2005 Price $34.95 In my […]
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Rifles and Sharpshooters
I wanted to follow up on something Brett mentioned in his last post on my book – that armies often times spur innovations by their opponents. One example I mention early on is the formation of rifle units in the British Army, which did so in large part because of its experiences in America. Now […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 12, 1864
June 12, 1864 Action at Long Bridge, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, begins to move the Army of the Potomac across the James River towards Petersburg, VA. Skirmish at Piney River, by Amherst Court-House, VA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign. Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, USA, is repelled by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton, […]
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Blue & Gray, Spring 2006
Blue & Gray, Spring 2006 Vol. 23, Issue 1 Blue & Gray Web Site Page 6 Into the Mouth of Hell: Farnsworth’s Charge Revisited by Andie Custer Licensed Battlefield Guide Andie Custer sets out to revise the commonly held views of Farnsworth’s Charge late on July 3, 1863, during the third day of the Battle […]
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Battlefield yobs
Few things get me as angry as battlefield vandalism. A few Americans seem to have a hard time understanding that there’s something special about a place that men a lot braver than them bled and died. Journalist Jack Wilkenson has a look at the problem in the Atlanta Constitution-Journal: “How could anybody feel it’s an […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 11, 1864
June 11, 1864 The raid on Arrington’s Depot, VA, by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign. Skirmish at Lexington, VA, including the burning of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign. Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, dispatches Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, to the […]