Yesterday’s Odds & Ends took a look at the latest in the Civil War blogosphere. As promised, here is a bonus Odds & Ends covering the rest of the latest Civil War news across the rest of the World Wide Web. I am also going to start calling this column “Civil War Odds & Ends” so that it better describes the material.
- A Meade impersonator keeps a crowd entertained. Hat tip to Dimitri for this one.
- Historic Alexander’s Bridge on the Chickamauga Battlefield is deteriorating. Officials are asking for local public opinion.
- Those in the Richmond area can attend what looks to be a very interesting “Civil War in the Cinema” event at the Tredegar Iron Works on Sundays in August, starting on August 10.
- Waldo Jaquith reflects on the mostly American (and British) habit of reenacting wars.
- Tennessee is seeing some activity for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Southeast Tennessee Tourism Association has produced a new brochure entitled Southeast Tennessee’s Civil War Trails, Fighting for the Rails.
- PhDiva looks at the 54th Massachusetts’ assault on Battery Wagner near Charleston, SC on July 18, 1863.
- It’s been awhile since we last had a This Republic of Suffering book review on Odds & Ends, but here’s another one from Panorama of the Mountains.
- Click here for an H-Net review of Phillip Myers’ book Caution and Cooperation, which covers British-American relations during the Civil War.
- The holdings of the former Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana are being sought after by various museums around the country.
- Do you feel there is a contradiction between the American Revolution and the American Civil War? Ask500People.com wants to know.
- The Atlanta and Gettysburg Cycloramas do battle. Okay, not literally, but you get the picture.
- 22% of Americans believe in the right of secession. Ann Althouse isn’t fond of that 22%!
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