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Since we are honoring presidents today we might take a moment of two to do it with spirit(s). The two whose birthdays fall near today—George Washington and Abe Lincoln—both liked to imbibe a wee dram now and again. Washington even made it and was by some accounts at one time the largest distiller in the […]
A Patriotic Tipple
February 20th, 2012 · No Comments
Categories: Anecdotes · Political History · Politicians · Social History
Tags: · abraham lincoln, george washington, whiskey
Odds & Ends: July 8, 2008
July 8th, 2008 · No Comments
This Odds & Ends contains quite a few links from the Civil War blogs. I’m trying to fill in just a bit for the recently retired This Week in Civil War Blogs formerly run by Civil War Interactive, but I doubt I’d ever have time to fill in on a permanent basis. I’d like to […]
Categories: Civil War Odds & Ends
Tags: · 48th pennsylvania monument, alan nolan, antietam, battle of champion hill, brent nosworthy, civil war antiques, eric wittenberg, fredericksburg campaign, front royal, gary ecelbarger, george washington, gettysburg, lee considered, nathaniel banks, peter cozzens, roll call to destiny, shepherdstown, sid champion v, sun tzu, the art of war, they died with their boots on, ulysses s. grant, william t. sherman, winchester, winfield scott hancock
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