Welcome Tony. You will find that you are not the only Brit around, there are a few of us here. ...   Thu Oct 29th, 2009 09:03 am

Harpers Ferry was defended by anything from 10,000 to 14,000 troops (depending on which account you read)led by an inept Colonel, Dixon S Miles, who ...   Sat Oct 24th, 2009 10:14 am

LU Student wrote: question: Was this letter written before the "Battle in the Clouds"? It seems to me that it is because the Federals drove ...   Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 08:59 pm

I had to revive this thread as I have just finished reading Mr Hesslers "Sickles at Gettysburg" and wanted to add my thanks to him ...   Fri Oct 16th, 2009 05:20 pm

Forgot this little gem Field of Battle,The Civil War letters of Major Thomas J Halsey (11th New Jersey) ...   Fri Oct 16th, 2009 09:38 am

Welcome buckeyeinfl. Great story, what a labour of love. I have checked out the book and its favourable reviews and have added it to my ...   Tue Oct 13th, 2009 12:53 pm

For more info on Spies you could read Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War by Donald E Markle which gives short histories of dozens ...   Sat Oct 10th, 2009 09:29 am

javal1 wrote: "I'm a believer in poetic justice. I hope he DOES score the winning touchdown. And on his way to his Mercedes, or Cadillac ...   Sat Sep 26th, 2009 02:05 pm

t4tillerman wrote: Does anybody know of definitive information on where Stuart was during Gettysburg? For a complete account of Stuart's Gettysburg campaign you should read "Plenty ...   Fri Sep 18th, 2009 06:53 am

It was the sunken road at Antietam that did it to me and earlier this year I got that spine tingling feeling whilst standing ...   Thu Sep 3rd, 2009 07:08 pm

There are many sites that bebunk the Ellicombe story as a myth,and that suggest neither Ellicombe or his son ever existed. The story of the ...   Wed Sep 2nd, 2009 09:01 am

Fifty years after the ACW, in WW1, soldiers were marching across open fields into the teeth of machine guns for all the same reasons as ...   Sun Aug 30th, 2009 04:37 pm

Wow, what great photos, I can't wait to show my grandson ...   Tue Aug 25th, 2009 07:40 pm

Great story CKL. I'm sure those women deserved to be transported to the Colonies, probably got hungry and stole a loaf of bread or something just as ...   Tue Aug 25th, 2009 09:42 am

Thanks for that CKL. There are many stories about Grants drinking habits but a lot of them are many times removed from original sources and I ...   Mon Aug 24th, 2009 02:19 pm

Welcome ...   Sun Aug 23rd, 2009 05:16 pm

I have recently read Edward G Longacre's biography of Grant which talks a lot of the authors conviction that Grant was an alcoholic and cites ...   Fri Aug 21st, 2009 08:04 am

World War 1, The Boer War or any naval conflict sparks my interest. ...   Wed Aug 12th, 2009 12:00 pm

Many happy returns Javal. All the best from this side of the pond. ...   Mon Aug 10th, 2009 10:09 pm

connyankee, Great pics.Thanks for sharing ...   Sun Aug 9th, 2009 08:15 pm

The best telling of Hancocks encounter with Howard that I have read is in David G Martins' excellent "Gettysburg July 1" (pages 483-487) where ...   Wed Aug 5th, 2009 05:13 pm

Last night I watched Jim Hesslers' mini video tour of the Sickles story on the Gettysburg Daily site. I'll be ordering the book today and ...   Sun Jul 19th, 2009 08:43 am

Given that pschosis is a mental disorder characterized by symptoms that indicate impaired contact with reality, was the attack on Franklin pschotically aggressive? The reported ...   Sat Jul 18th, 2009 08:35 am

Have just had a go at playing with the new toy. My humble Gettysburg efforts are now on show ...   Thu Jul 9th, 2009 11:07 pm

Susan, I have to agree with you. Cut out all the dross between those two scenes and we'd have a very short , but watchable, ...   Sat Jul 4th, 2009 02:54 pm

Maybe you should reconsider and take that trip to Shiloh. It won't fix your a/c but slug burgers and chicken livers (in any form ) ...   Fri Jun 26th, 2009 08:21 am

bschulte, Thanks for that, I'll have a search for it ...   Fri Jun 12th, 2009 10:20 pm

Stephen Sears, Shelby Foote, Wiley Sword, Bruce Catton, for me, all great authors. John J Hennessy, I can only find the one by him ( Return ...   Fri Jun 12th, 2009 08:33 pm

I recently stayed at the Quality Inn at General Lees HQ. It is the last building in town on Buford Avenue and sits overlooking the ...   Tue Jun 9th, 2009 06:27 am

Went to see the cyclorama late on a Tuesday afternoon about an hour before closing. Me, my wife and only seven other people, were able ...   Fri Jun 5th, 2009 08:03 pm

Well over here in England we would never have got to play Germany in the 1966 World Cup Final (and beat them for those that ...   Fri Jun 5th, 2009 07:08 pm

Didn't I see a movie about this "Terminator. Rise of the Machines" ...   Thu Jun 4th, 2009 08:26 am

Whilst on holiday recently I picked up a book by John Baldwin and Ron Powers called "Last Flag Down", the story of the commerce raider ...   Wed May 27th, 2009 04:01 pm

Just got back yesterday from the trip, had a great time ( and great weather) on your side of the pond. Took a lot of ...   Mon May 25th, 2009 08:12 pm

Victoria, This might not be what you are looking for but it is a good quote ...   Sun Apr 26th, 2009 06:52 pm

You need someone other than Rosecrans to tell that story. He was too busy running away! ...   Sun Apr 26th, 2009 05:26 pm

I haven't been for about 5 years and can't wait to see what a difference the tree cutting has made as well as the new ...   Mon Mar 30th, 2009 04:34 pm

"I predict that large-scale amphibious operations will never occur again." Truman's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Omar N. Bradley, October 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We'll never ...   Sat Mar 28th, 2009 12:35 pm

Javal, Yes I do use blue cheese with cauliflower but not in great quantities, just add to your own taste. ...   Thu Mar 19th, 2009 06:58 pm

Javal, Great recipe, nice soup. Also good when you use cauliflower instead of broccoli and blue cheese instead of cheddar. ...   Thu Mar 19th, 2009 12:09 pm