I have just started to re-read Larry Daniel's "Shiloh", a book I read some years ago and have come across something I missed first time ...   Wed Mar 10th, 2010 09:06 pm

"The Patriot"? Cheesy movie? You mean that wasn't a historical documentary. ...   Thu Mar 4th, 2010 04:41 pm

Without doing the research I couldn't tell you what guns they were using but these were the units involved ARTILLERY. Brig. Gen. HENRY J. HUNT. Artillery ...   Wed Feb 24th, 2010 06:38 pm

Vicksburg had not capitulated when? I can't see a time scale in the question. Hancock was indeed a great general and corps commander but I don't ...   Sat Feb 13th, 2010 10:06 pm

U S Grant ...   Sat Feb 13th, 2010 05:30 am

I have a photo, too large for me to scan, in a book called Landscapes of the Civil War, photos from the Medford Historical Society ...   Fri Feb 12th, 2010 08:11 am

csamillerp So what if Jackson had been at Gettysburg and what if he had attacked Culps Hill and been badly mauled by "what if" Federals? How high ...   Fri Feb 12th, 2010 07:50 am

Team of Rivals is an absorbing story but I'm not sure that it would hold a cinema audience but I do agree that the Sickles ...   Sun Jan 24th, 2010 07:36 pm

Great stuff. Really funny. ...   Sun Jan 24th, 2010 04:08 pm

I can only second what Javal said.........incredible! ...   Wed Jan 6th, 2010 03:37 pm

Tim K, Trust your son, he's a good judge, Republic of Suffering is a terrific book ...   Wed Jan 6th, 2010 12:36 pm

OK, so he couldn't spell and his grammar weren't good (although as Hellcat says it would look OK on a modern day kids cell phone ...   Tue Jan 5th, 2010 06:45 pm

I received "Forgotten Voices of D-Day, The History of the Normandy Landings told by Those Who Were There". Snippets from everyone from the all ...   Tue Jan 5th, 2010 06:39 pm

Thanks Mark. As I said, looks easy. I have held Springfield and Enfield rifles but never have had the experience of loading or firing one ...   Mon Jan 4th, 2010 07:11 pm

I understand the nine step sequence to load and fire a rifle/musket and that it is usually written that an experienced soldier could complete this ...   Sat Jan 2nd, 2010 09:13 pm

Hello and welcome ...   Mon Dec 28th, 2009 08:30 pm

I have been reading this thread with some incredulity....never before had I heard of deep frying a whole turkey, sounds awesome! I had to google ...   Sun Dec 6th, 2009 10:14 am

Welcome Tony. You will find that you are not the only Brit around, there are a few of us here. ...   Thu Oct 29th, 2009 08:03 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 09:14 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 07:59 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 04:20 pm

Forgot this little gem Field of Battle,The Civil War letters of Major Thomas J Halsey (11th New Jersey) ...   Fri Oct 16th, 2009 08:38 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 11:53 am

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 08:29 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 01:05 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 05:53 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 06:08 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 08:01 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 03:37 pm

Wow, what great photos, I can't wait to show my grandson ...   Tue Aug 25th, 2009 06:40 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 08:42 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 01:19 pm

Welcome ...   Sun Aug 23rd, 2009 04:16 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 07:04 am

World War 1, The Boer War or any naval conflict sparks my interest. ...   Wed Aug 12th, 2009 11:00 am

connyankee, Great pics.Thanks for sharing ...   Sun Aug 9th, 2009 07:15 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 04:13 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 07:43 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 07:35 am

Have just had a go at playing with the new toy. My humble Gettysburg efforts are now on show ...   Thu Jul 9th, 2009 10:07 pm