Category: Civil War News
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Google Settles Suit
I use Google a lot, both for searches and for research on Civil War topics. Google book search is now an immense and impressive repository of 19th Century books, including a great many on military matters. I’ve found some very scarce regimentals as well as many books on rifles. The other big advantage of the […]
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Review: The Women Will Howl by Mary Deborah Petite
The Women Will Howl: The Union Capture of Roswell and New Manchester, Georgia, and the Forced Relocation of Mill Workers by Mary Deborah Petite ISBN 978-0-7864-3168-7 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2008 187 Pages – Hardcover (7 x 10) – $45 Photos & Illustrations, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index Information wanted: My widowed daughter, Eliza Ray, […]
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Brightwood Heritage Trail Opening
Dr. B. F. Cooling, author of several Civil War books and probably the foremost scholar of Washington’s Civil War defenses, sends along the following news item. I’m glad to see some recognition of Fort Stevens, site of a battle between Jubal Early’s Confederates and Union defenders on July 11 and 12, 1864. President Lincoln himself […]
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John Y. Simon Obituaries Begin to Appear
Obituaries of renowned Grant scholar John Y. Simon have started to appear. Hat tip to Brooks Simpson for pointing out the following links. Brooks takes issue with the New York Times obituary, especially some of the comments attributed to Harold Holzer. He recommends two articles coming out much closer to Simon’s home in Carbondale, Illinois. […]
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Grant Expert Professor John Y. Simon Passed Away Today at the Age of 75
I was greatly dismayed to hear today of the death of U.S. Grant expert Professor John Y. Simon. Although I’ve lived within an hour and a half of the University of Southern Illinois in Carbondale almost my entire life, I never had the pleasure of meeting a man who by all accounts was as gregarious […]
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Hey y’all
Hello. My name is Matthew Young, and I’m a Civil War junkie. That’s why this blog appealed to me so much to begin with. I found it totally by accident while browsing in the AGEOD ACW Forums. The more I read, the more I enjoyed it. I wrote to Brett asking if I could contribute, […]
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How To Read Three Gettysburg Books At Once
Sometimes books just go together well, doing in tandem what each individually is incapable of alone. This definitely applies to the three books I’ll be discussing today. Bradley Gottfried’s books The Maps of Gettysburg and Brigades of Gettysburg obviously can be used together. Throw in Larry Tagg’s The Generals of Gettysburg and you have a […]