Interview With John Hoptak – Author of “Our Boys Did Nobly”
The Maryland Campaign has always been one of my favorite campaigns in the eastern theater. CSA General Robert E. Lee’s first incursion on northern soil was designed to take advantage of the momentum...
View ArticleThe Maryland Campaign – Edited by Thomas G. Clemens
After 100 plus years, the first full length analysis of Ezra Carman’s 1,800 page history of the Maryland Campaign will be released. Published by my friends at Savas Beatie, LLC, it will inevitably...
View ArticleNews From the Civil War Preservation Trust: Most Endangered Battlefields
Recently the Civil War Preservation Trust released its list of the most endangered Civil War battlefields. It should be no surprise that the Gettysburg and the Wilderness battlefields lead the list –...
View ArticleSave Historic Antietam Foundation – Phase I Tour Announced
Fellow Civil War blogger (Bull Runnings), Harry Smeltzer, asked me to pass along information on the Save Historic Antietam Foundation’s (SHAF) upcoming Phase I tour. The tour is scheduled for...
View ArticleInterview With Tom Clemens, Editor of The Maryland Campaign of September...
I recently finished reading “The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Vol. 1: South Mountain.” This is the first of a two part series edited by Tom Clemens. Clemens is a professor of history at...
View ArticleThe Battle of South Mountain – September 14, 1862
Today is the 148th anniversary of the Battle of South Mountain. After winning a decisive victory against US Major General John Pope’s Army of Virginia, at the Second Battle of Manassas, CSA General...
View ArticleU.S. Colonel Ezra A. Carman (Soldier Profile series)
Ezra Ayers Carman, U.S. Colonel Birth Date: February 27, 1834 Birth Place: Oak Tree, Middlesex County, New Jersey Date of Death: December 25, 1909 Location of Death: Washington City, District of...
View ArticleWisconsin Civil War Era Graves -a photo essay
This past week I had the opportunity to visit several historic cemeteries in Wisconsin. I was in Milwaukee and Green Bay for business and drove between the two locations. As you can probably imagine,...
View ArticleBattle of South Mountain -149th Anniversary
Today, September 14, is the 149th anniversary of the Battle of South Mountain. Part of the 1862 Maryland Campaign, it is more often than not overshadowed by the Battle of Antietam which followed three...
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