Now maybe Amazon.com will finally, finally mail me the Dalhgren book I pre-ordered months ago. ...   Tue Sep 29th, 2009 03:32 am

I love mozzarella cheese breaded, deep fat fried and served with marinara sauce. That is a treat I love, but am forbidden to eat. ...   Sat Sep 19th, 2009 03:24 am

There are some spots at Gettysburg which have given me a really eerie feeling ever since I was a child. One is Spangler's Spring. I ...   Thu Sep 17th, 2009 02:36 am

That was easy! I Googled the topic. Wikipedia has a fascinating story with far more details than I remembered and mentions another woman lighthouse keeper ...   Sat Sep 12th, 2009 02:50 am

I have to check facts, so I am saying this off the top of my head without verification, but I vaguely recall that one woman ...   Sat Sep 12th, 2009 02:32 am

It's strange, but I DON'T get neck hair moments at Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West. And I try really hard to achieve it. I ...   Fri Sep 11th, 2009 02:30 am

I'm actually pouting. All the times I visited Gettysburg as a child and never once saw ghostly reenactors. :( I would love to live near the ...   Fri Sep 11th, 2009 02:07 am

cklarson wrote: A reenactor friend told me about his G-burg ghost. He and his colleague were driving down a Park road and they saw a ...   Thu Sep 10th, 2009 01:41 am

How about a primarily cavalry battle? Check out the Battle of Brandy Station.   ...   Mon Sep 7th, 2009 02:40 am

Hubby and I visited Fort Sumter. While we were there an incredible thunderstorm boiled up. The thunder and lightning were fearsome! It dawned on me ...   Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 02:16 am

Mr Bonds, I'll tell you all ready how much I appreciate that some of your maps show the position of modern day major highways such ...   Thu Aug 27th, 2009 12:46 am

Now there's a coincidence...today I have just received Russell Bonds's new book War Like the Thunderbolt from Amazon. I can't wait to get started. ...   Tue Aug 25th, 2009 01:15 am

I'm thanking my lucky stars the Dolphins had the good sense not to sign that dog torturer and killer... and just as thankful the Titans ...   Mon Aug 24th, 2009 02:20 am

As a whole, movies this summer have been a disappointment to me, even the much vaunted Transformers movie, the GI Joe movie and the Star ...   Mon Aug 24th, 2009 02:11 am

I haven't read that book, but I have read other books by Woodworth and feel he is an excellent historian of events in the Western ...   Mon Aug 24th, 2009 01:33 am

Very interesting list. I must confess I wasn't aware of some of the books lower down on the list. ...   Tue Aug 18th, 2009 01:49 am

I just got a notice from Amazon where I ahve the book pre-ordered. They say the publication releasde will not be until September 9.  Also ...   Mon Aug 17th, 2009 01:59 pm

Very interesting paintings. ...   Thu Aug 13th, 2009 02:25 am

Finally finished Hessler's book today and say it is a MUST READ for anyone who is a student  of Day Two (July 2) at Gettysburg, a ...   Wed Aug 12th, 2009 01:51 am

For some inexplicable reason I am fascinated with  Depression era gangsters,  interstate bank robbers and their molls. I loved both the movie and the book "Public ...   Wed Aug 12th, 2009 01:30 am

Doc, I am fascinated. You have a Civil War ancestor named Jacqueline Marshall who was taken prisoner? I see the abbreviation "surg.?" Does that mean she ...   Tue Aug 4th, 2009 02:43 am

kj3553 wrote: I wrote a bio about my ancestor, Charles Ambrose Hibbard of Co. I, 67th OVI, for my genealogy website. Rather than reprint the ...   Tue Aug 4th, 2009 02:32 am

One of the least effective was the cavalry saber. It required close up and personal exposure to be of any use at all. Even worse ...   Fri Jul 31st, 2009 03:04 pm

Thanks for the heads up. I'm going  to Amazon now to check on my backorder of the book. I can't wait until it comes. ...   Mon Jul 27th, 2009 02:48 am

Mr Hessler, many thanks for stopping by. Your book is one of those I hate to put down and the pages just fly by. I ...   Sun Jul 19th, 2009 12:41 am

Mike, I have listened to the first part and really enjoyed hearing how both you and Hessler became interested in the Civil War by different ...   Sat Jul 18th, 2009 02:27 am

Just received my copy of Sickles at Gettysburg by James A. Hessler and published by Savas Beatie. The subtitle on the cover sums up rather ...   Fri Jul 17th, 2009 02:30 am

There is a Civil War era mental hospital in West Virginia once called the Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghenies. It was used up to ...   Tue Jul 14th, 2009 03:01 am

Yippee! I can't wait! I guess I'd better get busy and check out at least a few blogs now. WOW! I just checked all the lists ...   Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 02:07 am

I really appreciate that, not that I wouldn't have gone to the blogs separately over a period of time. I am really interested to know what ...   Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 02:11 pm

That's a great idea. Is there any chance the lists will all appear in one place, or do we have to go to each blog? If ...   Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 02:47 am

I too was struck with how forthcoming Groom was in saying that the South should have seen the situation for what it was and throw ...   Thu Jun 25th, 2009 12:32 am

OK, now I have read your review. I so agree with you that Groom did an excellent job of describing the riverine navy and its contribution ...   Wed Jun 24th, 2009 03:12 am

Yes, I have read it and confess I enjoyed reading it. I probably learned a lot, but it is hard to know if what I ...   Wed Jun 24th, 2009 02:58 am

I am a purist when it comes to counting strength of the armed forces in the Civil War. I would count African-Americans who fought for ...   Fri Jun 19th, 2009 01:27 am

One way I define a favorite Civil War writer is one whose work is so compelling that I would instantly read any book of theirs that ...   Sun Jun 14th, 2009 12:58 am

In no particular order: Steven Sears, Eric J. Wittenberg and John Petruzzi, Wiley Sword, Steven E. Woodworth, O. Edward Cunningham, Noah Andre Trudeau, Jeffrey D Wert, Russell ...   Sat Jun 13th, 2009 03:07 am

Hamy3 wrote: I'd love to see one of these things fired!! It must be spectacular!! Doug Hamy, this is second best to being there when a thirteen ...   Fri Jun 12th, 2009 07:31 pm

Thanks for posting these great pics. ...   Thu Jun 11th, 2009 02:49 am

Javal and Susan, the book is very dry, just as Javal said. I can take pretty dry writing, but this was over the top. Still, ...   Thu Jun 4th, 2009 12:47 am