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  • Civil War Talk Radio: January 23, 2009

    Air Date: 012309 Subject: Lincoln’s Views on Race Book:  The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War) & The Price of Freedom: Slavery and the Civil War – Volume II Guest: Professor Edna Greene Medford Summary: Professor Edna Greene Medford of Howard University discusses Lincoln and his views on […]

  • Short Takes

    A Lincoln letter, or at least an official copy, has surfaced at the Dallas Historical Society. It’s the famous “Bixby letter” in which the president attempts to console a mother for the loss of her five sons. There are problems, as the article points out—Lydia Bixby was no fan of Lincoln’s; all of her sons […]

  • Review: Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

    Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James McPherson Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (October 7, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1594201919 ISBN-13: 978-1594201912 Lincoln is always right, the generals always wrong. “James M. McPherson is, without any second thoughts, the premier author of the civil war, the […]

  • Civil War Smackdown!

  • Odds & Ends: July 25, 2008

    It’s been a little while since our last Odds & Ends, so I figured it was high time we took another look around the Civil War blogosphere and also skim through other Civil War related items of interest.  We’ll tackle the Civil War blogs today and have a bonus Odds & Ends on Saturday dealing […]

  • Odds & Ends: July 17, 2008

    This version of Odds & Ends can teach you about the Emancipation Proclamation, tell you about some upcoming events at Petersburg National Battlefield, see what kind of Zouave you’d be, and even shed some light on strange steam engines and weapons of the Civil War Era.  Read on to find out how: Rea Andrew Redd […]

  • A. Lincoln Blog Returns!

    I was disappointed when Brian Dirck shut down his excellent and self-explanatory A. Lincoln Blog.  Well, good news everyone!  Brian is back and promising to post but at a reduced but steady rate, much like I did earlier this year.  I never removed Brian’s blog from my Civil War blogroll, so feel free to continue […]