For a president renowned for his literary skills, President Lincoln’s message to the Army of the Potomac following its loss at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, stands out as a particularly feeble piece of writing. Certainly the lopsided loss was disheartening enough, but to have it come as it did so close to Christmas must have ( Read more... )

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"The past is gone even though it defines the present."

-- Stephen King, Doctor Sleep

“The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums.”

-- Arthur Koestler

My friend Chris Kolakowski posted the following observation at ECW yesterday ( Read more... )

I’ve been quiet for a while, I realize, but only on the blog front. Behind the scenes, I’ve had my editorial hat on, working on the final polishes of Lee White’s upcoming book Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga-the latest title in our Emerging Civil War Series from Savas Beatie ( Read more... )

I’m in third grade. Hershey Elementary School. We all pile onto a row of big yellow school buses that rumble down Route 322 to I-83 to Route 15, which goes southwest from Camp Hill to Gettysburg. This is my introduction to the Civil War ( Read more... )

Although I’ve done a fair amount of hiking in the past few months, I haven’t had my hiking shoes out of their box since I wore them to Uganda back in January. Flecks of Uganda’s rust-colored clay still line the crevices of the shoes’ treads ( Read more... )

I don't know much about the Rev War beyond early 1777, so I had the chance today to see some totally new stuff for me. I visited Guilford Court House National Battlefield today, which happened to be the 232nd anniversary of the battle ( Read more... )

In a recent post at Emerging Civil War, James Broomall spoke of a panel discussion he’ll be moderating at the upcoming conference at Gettysburg College, “The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the 150th.” Jim will be focusing on the future of battlefield preservation and some of the management issues that will raise ( Read more... )