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Civil War Book Review: Invaders in Our Town: The Battle of Gettysburg Through the Eyes of Some Who Lived It

Invaders in Our Town: The Battle of Gettysburg Through the Eyes of Some Who Lived It Author James M. Faber Paperback 548 pages Color illustration and Maps Available from www.invadersinourtown.com for $22.95 Readers of history can forget that people make history. Each event has tens, hundreds, thousands or millions of people with hopes and dreams […]

March 18, 2013
Civil War Book Review: Fury on the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg

Fury on the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg by John M. Archer Product Details Paperback: 80 pages Publisher: Ten Roads Publishing, LLC. (June 13, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0983721394 ISBN-13: 978-0983721390 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches Starting July 4, 1863 and continuing until they died the participants wrote and talked about Gettysburg. The […]

February 25, 2013
The Red Legged Devils of the 14th New York

THE RED LEGGED DEVILS OF THE 14th NEW YORK Here is an excerpt from the History of the 14th Regiment. When revile sounded the morning of July 1st the regiment awakened to a blood red sunrise, the prophecy of a hot summer day. At 7 A. M. an aide galloped hurriedly to Colonel Fowler’s tent […]

September 20, 2012
The Second Battle of Gettysburg – The Fight for the Monuments

Gettysburg National Military Park has hundreds of monuments and markers to commemorate the courageous acts and sacrifices of the men who fought so gallantly there. They appear in such a large quantity that in can be quite overwhelming. With every turn of the head, the view of the battlefield is disrupted by a stone structure […]

April 23, 2012
Did Lee Tell Ewell To Halt on July 1 at Gettysburg?

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately looking through old issues of the National Tribune, THE Union veterans’ paper after the Civil War. My main goal is to find articles pertaining to the Siege of Petersburg, but I’ve found a lot of other fascinating things, and I’ve only reached early 1882. The paper was […]

February 26, 2012
Civil War Book Review: Over a Wide, Hot…Crimson Plain: The Struggle for the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg, July 2nd and 3rd, 1863

Over a Wide, Hot…Crimson Plain: The Struggle for the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg, July 2nd and 3rd, 1863 (Hardcover) by Elwood Christ Product Details Hardcover: 247 pages Publisher: Stan Clark Military Books; 2nd edition (April 1998) Language: English ISBN-10: 0935523316 ISBN-13: 978-0935523317 They often say good things come in small packages and this book illustrates […]

February 7, 2011
The Battle for the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg: July 3, 1863

The Battle for The Bliss Farm: July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg by James W. Durney Gettysburg is the most studied battle in American History, Noah Andre Trudeau in “Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage” apologized for adding to the weight of books on the battle and called writing about Gettysburg a cottage industry. […]

January 31, 2011