Southern sensitivity.... I understand.  Sherman did NOT burn Atlanta; Hood did.  Hood did it to keep the Union from using the city as a base ...   Wed Nov 16th, 2005 04:47 pm

Cap, Earlier this past summer I finished reading "Memoirs of W. T. Sherman".  I always liked Uncle Billy, as I feel he was a  no-nonsense military ...   Tue Nov 15th, 2005 05:15 pm

I'm just finishing up "The Road to Guilford Courthouse".  I should be getting a new h/c of Susan Kay's "Phantom" any week now (hopefully); and ...   Tue Nov 15th, 2005 12:54 am

I believe the transcontinental railroad issue in the pre-Civil War era also contributed to the animosity between the sides.  I was never very enamored with ...   Sun Nov 13th, 2005 08:09 pm

I had originally thought that the CSA had decided since they needed gold, they would just go and get it!  They never reckoned with the ...   Wed Nov 9th, 2005 12:04 am

Why was Sibley given a brigade to take to the gold fields of Colorado?  Did the Confederacy really think they could just walk in and ...   Tue Nov 8th, 2005 01:05 am

I had talked to Steve since being a part of Henry's chatroom way back when.  I just never thought of this happening, somehow.  So sad.  ...   Sun Nov 6th, 2005 05:52 pm