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Nice article on James Burton, who, as it says, was one of the most important and influential men in firearms design and development, especially regarding manufacture. An American, he also figures prominently in the Civil War. In April 1844, Burton took a job as a machinist at the Harpers Ferry Armory. Coincidentally, the B&O Railroad […]
James Burton and Firearms Design and Development
July 27th, 2018 · No Comments
Categories: Arms & Armament · Civil War Individuals · Military History
Tags: · Burton ball, harpers ferry, James Henry Burton, mass production
I Feeel Good! (About Raiding Harpers Ferry)
November 11th, 2017 · 1 Comment
Lots of bad news all over these days, but I did get a laugh out of this one. The Associated Press had to issue a correction last month after a story suggested that legendary 20th Century musician James Brown, and not fiery abolitionist John Brown, led a raid on Harpers Ferry just before the Civil […]
Categories: Civil War Memory
Tags: · harpers ferry, James Brown, john brown
Assassination, Blame, and Gun Control
January 18th, 2011 · No Comments
In the wake of the recent shootings in Arizona, Wired magazine looks at at a Secret Service study on the motivations of assassins. Although they vary, politics plays a surprisingly small role. Contrary to popular assumptions about public killings, the attackers didn’t conform to any particular demographic profile. But when Fein reconstructed their patterns of […]
Categories: Civil War Individuals · Civil War Memory · Political History · Politicians · Social History
Tags: · abolition, assassination, cooper union, Earps, gun control, harpers ferry, john brown, Secret Six, Sullivan law
Dr. Tom Clemens to Serve as Tour Guide of Phase I of Antietam Campaign
June 11th, 2010 · No Comments
The Save Historic Antietam Foundtaion is putting on a tour of “Phase I” of the Antietam Campaign led by Dr. Tom Clemens, author of The Maryland Campaign of September, 1862, Volume I: South Mountain and Dennis Frye, National Park Service Historian at Harper’s Ferry. This one-day tour will occur on July 31, 2010, covers the […]
Categories: Battlefield Tours · Civil War News · Civil War Research · Preservation
Tags: · antietam campaign, battle of south moutain, burkittsville, crampton's gap, dennis frye, fox's gap, harpers ferry, save historic antietam foundation, thomas clemens, turner's gap
Top 5 Civil War Books on the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862
April 20th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Editor’s Note: There is an updated list of Antietam books I came up with on the 150th Anniversary of the battle. Click here to check it out: The Best Antietam (Sharpsburg) Books I love sharing the knowledge I’ve gained over the years from reading, and reading about, top Civil War books. I’ve also always found […]
Categories: Best Civil War Books · Best of TOCWOC - 2009 · Best of TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog · Civil War Books · Eastern Theater · Military History
Tags: · antietam, harpers ferry, maryland campaign of 1862, sharpsburg, south mountain, top 5 antietam books, top 5 civil war books
Civil War Times Illustrated, September 2006
September 25th, 2006 · No Comments
Civil War Times Volume 45, Number 7 (September 2006) Civil War Times Web Site Page 7 Turning Points: Dr. Letterman’s War by Jeffry D. Wert Army surgeon Jonathan K. Letterman instituted a system to expedite removal of wounded from the field of battle to hospitals and medical stations. Appointed medical director of the Army of […]
Categories: Civil War Magazines
Tags: · antietam, axalla john hoole, civil war times illustrated, david r. jones, engineers, free schools of louisiana, george washington grayson, harpers ferry, henry w. kingsbury, john rankin, jonathan k. letterman, number 7, philadelphia, september 2006, volume 45
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