Category: Social History
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A Sharpshooter at Fort Stevens
Today is the 143rd anniversary of the battle of Fort Stevens. The heaviest fighting, mostly in the area now occupied by Walter Reed AMC, took place today until it sputtered out at dusk. One of those observing the action was a battlefield tourist, Lucius Chittenden, a treasury official who had used his connections to get […]
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Society for Military History call for papers
The Society for Military History is calling for papers for their 2007 conference. Seems like a natural for the “new” historians. Fred Call for Papers Society for Military History 74th Annual Meeting Frederick, Maryland April 19-22, 2007 The Catoctin Center for Regional Studies located at Frederick Community College will host the 74th meeting of the […]
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Old Military History in New Bottles
I may as well weigh in on the military history debate also. My take, speaking as a reader and after reading a lot of it, is that at present amateurs write the best military history. By far. By amateurs I mean “not professional historians.” Some examples are Gordon Rhea and Eric Wittenberg, both lawyers who […]
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New Military History: My View
In three interesting posts, Kevin Levin, Eric Wittenberg, and Drew Wagenhoffer have weighed in on New Military History. I posted my feelings on the subject on all three blogs, and I thought it might be interesting to share my thoughts on my own blog as well. The following few paragraphs are my comments, verbatim: Drew, […]