Month: November 2007
-
Civil War Talk Radio: November 30, 2007
Air Date: 113007 Subject: Civilian Reactions to Sherman’s March through the Carolinas Book: When Sherman Marched North from the Sea: Resistance on the Confederate Home Front Guest: Jacqueline Glass Campbell Summary: Jacqueline Glass Campbell speaks with Gerry about how Confederate women in the Carolinas reacted to Sherman’s march north from Savannah in early 1865. Brett’s […]
-
How Everton Conger helped start the American Red Cross
I’ve been busy the past few weeks going through about 1,000 pages of documents surrounding Everton Conger’s suspension in 1883 from the Territorial Supreme Court bench in Montana, so I haven’t had time to do much in the way of blog work. But since I feel like I need to carry my weight here a […]
-
I love sarcasm!
I am a political cartoon junkie! When I was a kid, I used to clip out the best cartoons from the local newspaper, the Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder. I grew up in the Vietnam War era –a time of long-haired sloppy-looking dropouts, fervent anti-war protestors, spaced out dopeheads, greedy TV preachers, frustrating Ohio sports teams, […]
-
A Veterans Day thank you to our vets!
I posted some comments regarding Veterans Day on one of my blogs today. I extend my personal thanks and my deepest gratitude to TOCWOC readers and contributors who have served in the armed forces. Thanks!
-
Civil War Talk Radio: November 9, 2007
Air Date: 110907 Subject: Thoughts on the Civil War Book: This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War Guest: James M. McPherson Summary: James McPherson discusses his new book This Mighty Scourge and offers other thoughts on the Civil War. Brett’s Summary: James McPherson, as Gerry says in the opening to this episode, needs no […]
-
Sacred Ground
I spent last weekend driving over a good bit of Warren, Loudoun, Fairfax and Fauquier counties with a tour group from Michigan. We were visiting Mosby sites, from the Oakham Farm, where Mosby’s partisan career started, to Salem (Marshall), where he disbanded the command rather than surrender it to the enemy. We did walking tours […]
-
Civil War Talk Radio: November 2, 2007
Air Date: 110207 Subject: The 15th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.) Book: The Battle Rages Higher: The Union’s Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry Guest: Kirk C. Jenkins Summary: Kirk C. Jenkins discusses the battles inside and outside of the 15th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.). Brett’s Summary: Kirk C. Jenkins, a lawyer in Chicago, is a native of Kentucky. His inspiration […]