Category: Miscellaneous
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Civil War Book Review: At the Precipice: Americans North and South during the Secession Crisis
At the Precipice: Americans North and South during the Secession Crisis (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era) by Shearer Davis Bowman Product Details Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (September 30, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807833924 ISBN-13: 978-0807833926 Difficult but Rewarding The author, who died in December 2009, spent his […]
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The Fate of Guerrillas and Their Sympathizers
Guerrillas posed a major problem for Union occupiers, who resorted to harsh (but ultimately ineffective) measures to suppress them. Here is a circular letter from Maj. Gen. David “Black Dave” Hunter that was delivered to suspected sympathizers in the Shenandoah. Just how they were to refute these charges or stop guerrilla activities is unspecified. IN […]
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Time For Another John C. Calhoun?
All old ideas are suddenly new again. This time it’s pundit/author Thomas E. Woods on Nullification. Woods defines state nullification as the belief that states can and must refuse to enforce federal laws they deem to be unconstitutional. Though the federalist notion of “state’s rights” is often perceived as mere code for defending segregation, Woods […]
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Victorian Steampunk Machines
I mentioned steampunk submarines in a previous post, but there’s more. T’was an elegant age in which designers were not afraid to make things beautiful as well as functional. There is a movement afoot in Britain to finally build Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine. Babbage, one of the age’s greatest geniuses, designed but never completed a […]
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While I’m Away…
The family and I are packing up and heading out on a much deserved vacation. Due to limited internet and email access, I’ll be taking a short break from blogging for the next two weeks. Fred and Jim may make the occasional post while I’m gone. I’ll be back hopefully refreshed on Monday, July 26. […]
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861ai: Confederate Forces Battle of Bull Run 21 July 1861
Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Confederate Forces Battle of Bull Run 21 July 1861 Commanding Officer: Brigadier General G.T.Beauregard 1st Brigade: Brigadier General M.L.Bonham 11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment 8th South Carolina Infantry […]
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We Remember
By Mark Acres Wars fade from memory, but they fade very, very slowly. “For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns […]