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Editor’s Note: I originally meant for this post to go out yesterday, the 150th anniversary of the Confederate surrender at Fort Donelson, but spending time with two very small boys and a busy work schedule caused me to post a day late. I beg forgiveness and hope you still find this post useful. Confederate Surrender […]
Exploring Fort Donelson in Civil War Books and Games
February 17th, 2012 · 4 Comments
Categories: 150 Years Ago in the Civil War · Campaigns & Battles · Civil War Books · Civil War Games - Info · Civil War Wargames · Military History · Western Theater
Tags: · benjamin f. cooling, campaign shiloh, fort donelson, fort henry, HPS Simulations, kendall d gott
Review: Jubal Early’s Raid on Washington
January 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Jubal Early’s Raid on Washington by Benjamin Franklin Cooling Product Details Paperback: 344 pages Publisher: Fire Ant Books; 1 edition (January 28, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0817354751 ISBN-13: 978-0817354756 By the summer of 1864, the Army of Northern Virginia is pinned and slowly being bled to death. Robert E. Lee understood that his army and […]
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Brightwood Heritage Trail Opening
July 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Dr. B. F. Cooling, author of several Civil War books and probably the foremost scholar of Washington’s Civil War defenses, sends along the following news item. I’m glad to see some recognition of Fort Stevens, site of a battle between Jubal Early’s Confederates and Union defenders on July 11 and 12, 1864. President Lincoln himself […]
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