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  • Review: Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick

    Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick Product Details Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (February 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743290259 ISBN-13: 978-0743290258 This is a very well written book about one of our more interesting Civil War generals.  George Thomas has a large vocal fan club […]

  • Review: Hampton Legion Infantry C.S.A. by O. Lee Sturkey

    This is the first of four reviews scheduled for Tuesdays in March.  Each review will cover one of the first four volumes of the South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set series from Broadfoot Publishing Company.  A significant portion of each review will show you how this particular volume compared to the others in the series in terms […]

  • Lincoln and the Laws of War

    John Fabian Witt, a professor of legal history at Columbia University, pens an article in Slate about Lincoln’s Laws of War, and how the Bush administration supposedly attempted to destroy them. This is amusing, since when it comes to prosecuting a war George Bush is a pantywaist compared to the Great Emancipator. Witt wraps the […]

  • Permanent Page for sfcdan’s Excellent Campaign Studies at History Forum

    Long time History Channel forum poster sfcdan has done quite a few multi-post campaign sketches on the History Channel forum.  These posts are a nice change of pace from the constant quarrels over slavery that appear there endlessly, day after day. I thought it might be a nice idea to collect sfcdan’s posts at one […]

  • The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

    I took a night off last night and watched Sergio Leone’s melodramatic western masterpiece The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly on my new wide screen TV. Even though it was released in 1966, and did not reach the US until a year later, it still holds up pretty well. It was the third of […]

  • Review: The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat

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  • Review: Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign

    Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign by Lance Herdegen Product Details Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (October 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714480 ISBN-13: 978-1932714487 The Iron Brigade was one of the premier combat units of the Army of the Potomac.  Comprised of western regiments their distinctive headgear made them […]