Month: March 2009
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War Without Violence (even pretended)
In a move sure to please pacifists everywhere, the Appleton, WI, schools have banned the mock battle from their day-long Civil War program. The battle segment was scratched after a group of parents raised concerns it conflicts with violence-prevention efforts and a district policy banning look-alike weapons at schools. If you don’t like history, just […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: March 13, 2009
Air Date: 031309 Subject: What if the Confederacy Had Won? Book: The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been Guest: Roger L. Ransom Summary: Roger Ransom talks about counterfactual history, specifically what might have happened if the Confederacy had won the Civil War. Brett’s Summary: Civil War Talk Radio has a new home for […]
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TOCWOC Poll Results: What Type of Blog Entry Do You Enjoy Reading?
As many of you have already noticed, I removed the recent poll asking what type of blog entries you enjoy from the left sidebar and replaced it with a new Age Poll. It’s time now to look at the results of the blog entry poll. First, let’s take a look at the final results: [poll […]
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Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: March 2009
I missed going over the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers for February 2009, having last looked at them in January. I’ve enjoyed keeping an eye on this list to see how books move over time, and the Amazon.com Top 10 Civil War Books has become a monthly or every other monthly feature here at […]
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Lincoln Tales and Photos
A hidden message in Abe Lincoln’s pocket watch? Or so watchmaker Jonathan Dillon told his descendants. Truth or fable? Today they opened the watch to see… U.S. Grant’s descendant looks in great-grandpa’s photo album and finds a previously unknown photo of Lincoln in front of the White House. UPDATE: More here with a look at […]