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  • Consequences of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid

    What were the consequences of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid? In operational terms, not much. Casualties were minimal and the raid accomplished little. The indirect consequences, however, were important. For one, it convinced the Confederates to strengthen Richmond’s defenses and move their POWs away from the capital, thus removing a tempting target for raids. The biggest fallout […]

  • Leading the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid (not just anyone will do)

    Eric Wittenberg scored a coup in Like A Meteor Blazing Brightly by finding a letter from former Confederate John Mosby about meeting Col. Isaac Wistar after the war. Wistar confirmed to Mosby the truth of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren’s raid’s purpose—assassination—which he’d heard from Judson Kilpatrick himself. Wistar also claimed to have been ordered to do the […]

  • Reading Abe Lincoln on the Kindle

    Mike Kienzler at the always interesting Abraham Lincoln Observer has a blog entry up concerning Abraham Lincoln related literature available on Amazon’s new Kindle reader.  As Mike relates, what Amazon promises regarding Abe and what they actually deliver offers up mixed results.  Go check it out! I was also interested to note that Barnes & […]

  • Currency and the Press

    It starts with a fake article in a minor newspaper. The dollar drops, gold surges, and the administration panics. In the shadows someone who’s bought gold makes a bundle. Perhaps you’re thinking of a story earlier this week, when an article by Middle Eastern correspondent Robert Fisk in the British newspaper The Independent sent the […]

  • Fake Photos Revisited

    The venerable New York Times carries a section today about fake photos, including Lincoln’s head pasted on John C. Calhoun’s body and a really elaborate paste-up of US Grant made from three photos. There’s an excellent web site devoted to this sort of fakery, The Museum of Hoaxes. Photo fakery started as soon as the […]

  • New-York Historical Society Lincoln Exhibit Opens October 9

    Timothy Wroten of the New-York Historical Society (yes the hyphen is meant to be there) sent in a nice message detailing the opening of a new Abraham Lincoln Exhibit set to occur on October 9, 2009.  The exhibit will explore Lincoln and his relationship with New York City and will run until March 25, 2010.  […]

  • The Words of Abraham Lincoln

    Shapiro, Larry (ed.). The Words of Abraham Lincoln. Newmarket Press (April 14, 2009). 113 pages. ISBN: 978-1557048301 $11.95 (Paperback). In this 200th anniversary year of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, we’ve seen an explosion of Lincoln titles on the market.  Included in this list is The Words of Abraham Lincoln, a short title in the […]