Tag: ulysses s. grant
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Odds & Ends: May 3, 2008
It’s time for another edition of O&E for your browsing enjoyment: The Civil War bread riots in Richmond (hat tip to the latest History Carnival) at Axis of Evel Knievel Lee White at Army of Tennessee links to an excellent Grady McWhiney talk on Braxton Bragg An interesting interview of Joseph W. Glatthaar about his […]
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Grant Finally Underestimates the South
I never quite grasped where such strong feelings towards the Confederacy come from. Some southerners (certainly not all) pine for and bemoan a government that barely existed 150 years ago- a country founded in war and never tested for its mettle outside that war. As a “northerner” born and raised in the heart of Yankee […]
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Civil War Times Illustrated, August 2006
Civil War Times Volume 45, Number 6 (August 2006) Civil War Times Web Site Page 7 Turning Points: Civil War Photography by Jeffry D. Wert Photography was only thirty years old at the time of the Civil War. The first recorded instance of men slain in battle was taken by Alexander Gardner and James F. […]
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North & South Volume 9, Number 3
North & South Volume 9, Number 3 (June 2006) North & South Web Site Page 4 Editorial Page 8 Albert A. Nofi’s Knapsack Al Nofi’s Knapsack is a regular column in North & South that features vignettes and other reminiscences of the late War Between the States. In this issue, Al discusses topics ranging from […]
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Civil War talk Radio: December 17, 2004
Air Date: 121704 Subject: John Y. Simon: Sober Grants and Rubber Lincolns Book: The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volumes 1-28 (and continuing) Guest: John Y. Simon Summary: Dr. John Y. Simon, editor of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, tells us what’s wrong with the way Abraham Lincoln is presented to the public. Brett’s Summary: Dr. […]