Month: April 2008
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Odds & Ends: April 22, 2008
It’s time again for another round of Odds & Ends. As usual, there are a wide variety of topics covered. Blogger and author Dale Cox announces his latest book, The Battle of Massard Prairie Blogger and author Bryan S. Bush announces his new book A Historic Tour of Louisville During the Civil War, due out […]
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Berdan’s Civil War Elite — Conclusion
Hiram Berdan left on a more or less unauthorized leave after Gettysburg and never returned to the army. He eventually resigned, leaving the 1st U.S.S.S. under the command of his long-suffering subordinate, Lt. Col. Caspar Trepp. Though the Swiss-born Trepp was a fine soldier, he lasted only until late November 1863 before falling victim to […]
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Campaign Antietam Screen Shots: Groveton and Second Bull Run
Several weeks ago, I showed readers some South Mountain screen shots of HPS‘ newly released Campaign Antietam. As I explained there, despite being given the name “Campaign Antietam”, the game actually covers quite a few more battlefields, including First Bull Run (including Blackburn’s Ford, Henry Hill, and Matthews Hill), Second Bull Run (including Cedar Mountain, […]
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Was Hiram Berdan really Flashman?
Roy Marcot has wisely refrained from passing judgment on Hiram Berdan, preferring to present the evidence and let the reader make up his own mind. Still, the evidence is damning and I found myself wondering if I was not reading an early draft of one of James McDonald Frazier’s novels about Flashman: a self-described and […]
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My first visit to the new Gettysburg Visitors Center
I spent a couple of hours yesterday touring the new Gettysburg National Military Park Visitors Center, highlighted by the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War. Very impressive! For a half dozen photos and my commentary, please visit my Charge! blog entry.
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Roy Marcot on Berdan’s Sharpshooters
I’ve bought a number of books lately on the Late Unpleasantness and will posting reviews as time permits. Speaking of which I should have a bit more now that my house is more or less completed (still working on the landscaping) and I have finished the awards process for a non-profit on whose board I […]
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Odds & Ends: April 19, 2008
It’s time for another round of Odds & Ends, including what I think is a strange claim that Stephen Crane was at Antietam, fought ten years before he was born! This is going to be a bit of a long one so I can clean out everything I still wanted to comment on and start […]