My wife, son, and I visited Gettysburg this weekend. The weather was incredible both days, 75 and crystal clear. There were huge crowds in town, in the restaurants, on the battlefield, everywhere. There were license plates from Ohio, Jersey, Maryland, Florida, Iowa, even California. I thought it odd, though, that I saw very few blacks. I probably […]
Observations From Gettysburg
October 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Categories: Battlefield Tours
Tags: · gettysburg, gettysburg battlefield, gettysburg cyclorama, gettysburg visitor center
Civil War Odds & Ends: July 26, 2008
July 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Yesterday’s Odds & Ends took a look at the latest in the Civil War blogosphere. As promised, here is a bonus Odds & Ends covering the rest of the latest Civil War news across the rest of the World Wide Web. I am also going to start calling this column “Civil War Odds & Ends” […]
Categories: Civil War Odds & Ends
Tags: · 54th massachusetts, abraham lincoln museum, alexander's bridge, atlanta cyclorama, battery wagner, caution and cooperation, charleston, chickamauga, civil war movies, civil war museums, drew gilpin faust, george g. meade, gettysburg cyclorama, phillip e. myers, reenacting, richmond, secession, southeast tennessee's civil war trails, this republic of suffering, tredegar iron works
Odds & Ends: April 26, 2008
April 26th, 2008 · No Comments
If you’re a regular reader, you’re well aware of my Odds & Ends column. For anyone new stumbling on this post after a search, let me briefly explain. Odds & Ends is a semi-regular series which attempts to pull together some of the recent interesting happenings and news about the Civil War. You might see […]
Categories: Civil War Odds & Ends
Tags: · ambrose bierce, genealogy, george b. mcclellan, gettysburg cyclorama, glory, gone with the wind, monocacy, Song of the South, stephen crane, the devil's dictionary, the red badge of courage
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