Category: Miscellaneous
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It still teaches, if we will only listen.
My life over the last 14 days has been incredible. In that span of time, I have experienced once again the joy of being among friends, the peace of the Battlefield and hiked the Longstreet Counter march, and the path of the 44 Alabama as it attacked Devils Den. I have seen the quizzical looks […]
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Grant Finally Underestimates the South
I never quite grasped where such strong feelings towards the Confederacy come from. Some southerners (certainly not all) pine for and bemoan a government that barely existed 150 years ago- a country founded in war and never tested for its mettle outside that war. As a “northerner” born and raised in the heart of Yankee […]
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The Sound of the Guns
I am heading out to Winchester tomorrow morning to begin preparations for the North-South Skirmish Association’s 116th National Skirmish, which will be held October 3-7. For those of you unfamiliar with the N-SSA, we shoot live ammunition in Civil War military arms ranging all the way from revolvers to cannon. Twice a year, the third […]
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Wow…
I’m back from the bachelor party. Remind me never to go to an Irish game in person again. That was ugly from the opening kickoff on. At least we all had a good time for most of the weekend, especially the Michigan fans. The blog entries should be back to normal after a few days […]
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Let’s Go Irish!!!
In case you haven’t already guessed, this post is going to have nothing at all to do with the Civil War. I’ll be heading out of town for the weekend on a bachelor party to South Bend, Indiana for the showdown between #2/#3 Notre Dame and #11/#13 Michigan. My brother and I are lifelong Notre […]
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for Cause and for Country Update
The Franklin chapter of Eric Jacobson’s Franklin and Spring Hill study for Cause and for Country is taking me longer than I had expected, but it should be up this weekend some time.
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I’m Back
My little sister is off to Penn State to start her career as a History grad student. Thanks to Fred for keeping the blog going in my absence. I intend to slowly ease back into regular blogging over the next week or so. You should see a book review and probably one or two other […]