Month: November 2011

  • Weapons of the Second Iowa?

    Frequent blog readers probably know that I and a couple of others like Joe Bilby are always trying to confirm CW battle ranges. I recently came across an account of the battle of Corinth (Oct. 3-4, 1862) that talks about it. A soldier in the 2nd Iowa wrote: The Rebel batteries silenced ours, and about […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Thunder Across the Swamp: The Fight for the Lower Mississippi, February-May 1863

    Thunder Across the Swamp: The Fight for the Lower Mississippi, February-May 1863 by Dr. Donald S. Frazier Product Details Reading level: Ages 16 and up Hardcover: 630 pages Publisher: State House Press (September 28, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1933337443 ISBN-13: 978-1933337449 After the fall of New Orleans Civil War history moves away from Louisiana toward […]

  • Lincoln Robbed, O’Reilly Banned

    Truly nothing is sacred to metal thieves, not even Abe Lincoln. Thieves have nabbed a 3-foot-long copper sword atop Lincoln’s Tomb in what is believed to be the first theft at the site in more than a century. An employee noticed last week that the sword was cut from a statue of a Civil War […]

  • Civil War Book Review: DAKOTA DAWN: The Decisive First Week of the Sioux Uprising, August 1862

    DAKOTA DAWN: The Decisive First Week of the Sioux Uprising, August 1862 by Gregory F. Michno Product Details Hardcover: 492 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (July 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714995 ISBN-13: 978-1932714999 Brutal, murderous war Europe’s discovery of North America put Europeans and Native Americans on a collision course.  Tens of millions of Europeans would […]

  • Auction News and Other Takes

    The venerable Scientific American magazine has its archives on line now, all the way back to the first issue in 1845. Normally it would cost you money to look, but for November only they have the 1845-1908 archives available for free. Unfortunately there is no universal search for these early issues altho you can search […]

  • November 2011 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! November 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list The Notorious “Bull” Nelson Murdered Civil War General by Donald A. Clark is a book I have wanted for some time and is part of the CWI Writing Contest prize. A Small but Spartan Band by Zack C. Waters & […]