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Just watched part of a History Channel show that taps into the article I posted on previously about whether it was really John Wilkes Booth who was shot by Union cavalry. I will summarize it so you won’t have to watch. The man , so ’tis said, was actually James William Boyd, a former Confederate […]
Was it Really John Wilkes Booth?
January 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Categories: Civil War Individuals · Civil War Memory · Political History
Tags: · History Channel, john wilkes booth, lincoln assassination
Short Takes
September 10th, 2010 · No Comments
The Indiana University Press is having a sale next Wednesday, Sept. 15, with 60% off all books not already on sale, so it’s definitely worth a look, especially at the Civil War section. One day only and the discount code is SIXTY. From a letter sent to our local Civil War Round Table: The Sixth […]
Categories: Campaigns & Battles · Civil War Memory · Civil War News · Military History
Tags: · 6th Maryland, indiana university press, lincoln assassination, Mary Surratt, Peterburg breakthrough, Robert Redford, The Conspirator
Odds & Ends: May 22, 2008
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
No real introduction this time. Let’s get right to a look at Civil War news and info from blogs, other web sites, and newspapers. David Woodbury has an interview up with Victoria Bynum, author of The Free State of Jones. In addition to appearing on DW’s Civil War blog, Dr. Bynum was also a guest […]
Categories: Civil War Odds & Ends
Tags: · 150th anniversary of the civil war, 48th pennsylvania, Civil War Blogs, david woodbury, drew gilpin faust, edward hagerman, henry pleasants, john david hoptak, lincoln assassination, paul taylor, reenacting, rene tyree, The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfar, the free state of jones, this republic of suffering, throes of democracy, vicksburg, victoria bynum, view restoration at gettysburg, walter mcdougall, wig-wags, with sword and pen
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