Tag: gettysburg
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The Power of Mother Nature
Cross-posted from my blog: Several weeks ago, the monument to the 6th New York Cavalry on McPherson’s Ridge at Gettysburg took a direct hit by a bolt of lighting, which nearly blew the monument apart. I took this photo on October 21. Here’s a press release from the National Park Service relating to the damage […]
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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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Gettysburg Magazine
This was cross-posted on my blog earlier tonight. I own the complete run of Gettysburg Magazine, all 37 issues. For those keeping score, at two issues per year, that makes 19 years’ worth of magazines. It’s the ONLY magazine that I’ve EVER purchased where I’ve kept every single issue, including North and South, where I […]
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A forgotten part of the Gettysburg Campaign
There are more than 1,000 books that have been published over the past century and a half concerning the Battle of Gettysburg, and thousands of magazine and newspaper articles, as well as other written prose on the fighting. Only a handful focus on the retreat from Gettysburg (with Eric and J.D.’s new book in 2008 […]
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It’s Showtime!
I’m “doing” the battle of Gettysburg with my US History II today. I’ve passed out pictures of Lee, and the kids did a chart of the Eastern Theater battles. A good lesson, but I was little crestfallen when one of the students asked at the end of the lesson, “Lee was on our side, right?” […]
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n00b’s Gettysburg Scenario 2: Heth’s Confederate Division
File: GB2 – To Feel the Enemy – Heth (C-Division).mmg Author: n00b Mad Minute Games Mods Home Page Mad Minute Games Scenarios Page
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n00b’s Gettysburg Scenario 1: Reynolds’ I Corps
File: GB1 – The Devil to Pay – Reynolds (U-Corps).mmg Author: n00b Mad Minute Games Mods Home Page Mad Minute Games Scenarios Page