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Civil War Book Review: The Battle of the Crater: A Novel

March 12th, 2012 · No Comments

The Battle of the Crater: A Novel by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen & Albert S. Hanser Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books November 2011 Language: English ISBN-10: 0312607105 ISBN-13: 978-0312607104   The Battle of the Crater is not one of the Army of the Potomac’s best moments.  Conceived as the attack […]

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Civil War Book Acquisitions: November 2011

January 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: For those who do not know, my wife had our second son, Brody, on December 30, 2011.  I’ve been away from the blog in an active role for far longer than I would have liked.  In my absence, Jim and Fred have done a fine job.  However, my batteries are recharged and I’d […]

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Odds & Ends: April 19, 2008

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s time for another round of Odds & Ends, including what I think is a strange claim that Stephen Crane was at Antietam, fought ten years before he was born! This is going to be a bit of a long one so I can clean out everything I still wanted to comment on and start […]

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