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Month: December 2011

  • Stonewall Jackson Anecdote

    I was reading the Richmond Daily Dispatch the other night looking for something else when I came across this amusing anecdote of Stonewall Jackson at Fredericksburg. It certainly reinforces his reputation for both eccentricity and asceticism. The Daily Dispatch: January 3, 1863. Anecdote of Stonewall. The Richmond correspondent of the Charleston Mercury gives the following […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Artillery Service in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65

    The Artillery Service in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65 by John C. Tidball, edited by Lawrence M. Kaplan Product Details Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Westholme Publishing; 1 edition (October 28, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1594161496 ISBN-13: 978-1594161490 In 1848, John C. Tidball graduated from West Point entering the U.S. Army as a brevet second […]

  • December 2011 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! December 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** Gift List This is the gifting season any suggestions about what to buy or ask for usually are welcome.  These are some books that a Civil War person should be happy to receive: Eric Wittenberg’s, Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions: Farnsworth’s Charge, South Cavalry Field, […]