Month: June 2011

  • Civil War on the Web

    “98.2% of celeb internet quotes are bogus” — Abraham Lincoln Telegraph columnist Christopher Howse checks into yet another plagiarism scandal, then notes how many historical quotes just can’t be verified and are likely false. All the more reason to be suspicious. We are not amused, and they can eat…cake. NOAA and the US Navy are […]

  • HPS Simulations Civil War Wargames

    HPS Simulations The HPS Civil War Campaign game line provides players with a chance to lead an army during a Civil War campaign or battle.  These games have hit the “sweet spot” between realism and playability.  The player is not over loaded with rules but the feel and major considerations of leadership is preserved. The […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic

    The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic by Barbara Gannon Product Details Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (May 19, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807834521 ISBN-13: 978-0807834527 We accept the idea that segregation and discrimination is the norm between the Civil War and the […]

  • Heritage Militaria Auction

    Take a look at the Heritage Auctions web site even if you’re not flush with cash. Lots of Civil War arms and memorabilia if you just won the lottery. One is a “Morgan” rifle said to be a Union sharpshooter weapon and featured the Time-Life Echoes of Glory book.

  • Civil War Book Review: Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age America

    Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age America by James Marten Product Details Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (May 18, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807834769 ISBN-13: 978-0807834763 American mythology states that veterans of “good wars” reenter society with almost no problems.  These veterans ennobled […]

  • A Rifleman’s War, Then and Now.

    The question of just how much rifle practice the average Civil War soldier got has been the subject of much discussion, much of it speculative. I recently came across a Federal order on the subject issued by General Dan Sickles: General Orders No. 7, Headquarters 3d Army Corps, March 9, 1863 The attention of Commanding […]

  • Civil War News from NC

    The subject of Black Confederates is a divisive one that often comes up in surprising ways: Gregory Perry, of Monroe, who learned recently that an ancestor was awarded a pension for Confederate service, says it’s hard to reconcile that fact with what he knows firsthand about being a black man in the South. “I grew […]