The stone observatory on the Bloody lane is now finished and ready for visitors. The view from this point alone is worth a visit to the famous Bloody lane as you can take in the entire right to the left nearly four miles. There will be, when all planted, nearly four hundred markers, giving one a good idea of the entire battle field with the advantage of the good roads. Every body ought to visit it and make a study of this great battle.
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Again, for those on October’s Artillery Tour (and for those not, as well), Craig Swain has another post up on artillery tactics per Prof. Mahan. Good post. Be quick. Bring packs.
Good Friend Jim Morgan (of A Little Short of Boats fame) has relocated to Charleston, SC, and helped found the new Ft. Sumter Civil War Round Table. The group’s inaugural meeting will be February 5, 2019, 6 PM at The Citadel’s Daniel Library Museum Reading Room, with author Gordon Rhea speaking on the Overland Campaign. […]
The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War
[Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Publishing Co., 2018]The 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, although perhaps the best known, was certainly not the only unit raised primarily in Schuylkill County during the American Civil War. Companies A and C of the 50th...
[Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Publishing Co., 2018]The 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, although perhaps the best known, was certainly not the only unit raised primarily in Schuylkill County during the American Civil War. Companies A and C of the 50th...
Any of you who were on the Bull Run Artillery Tour this past October should head on over to Craig Swain’s To the Sound of a the Guns for this article on artillery tactics. Heck, even if you weren’t on the tour you should check it out.
Head on over to Damian Shiels’s Irish in the American Civil War for this fine article on non-69th NYSM Irish-American soldiers at Bull Run. These other Sons of Erin, North and South, will also be discussed to some extent during the fourth Bull Runnings tour on May 11, In the Footsteps of the 69th NYSM […]
I’ve updated the Book Me, Danno! page for my 2019 speaking/tour engagements (so far). On April 25, I’ll be presenting the Future of Civil War History program at the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) hall in Peninsula, OH. Interestingly enough, I’ll be presenting much of that program again two days later at the Carnegie […]
Alexander PiperHistorians have not written much about the artillery leadership of the Army of Virginia. Henry Hunt the prolific artillery chief of the Army of the Potomac left comprehensive reports after each of his campaigns. His counterpart in the Army of Virginia left no report on the Second Manassas campaign.
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Bio of William H. P. Steere William H. P. Steere at Ancestry.com William H. P. Steere at Fold3 William H. P. Steere at FindAGrave
Head on over to Damian Shiels’s site and read about the efforts of the 69th NYSM officers to provide for the families of fallen of First Bull Run.
Some interesting stuff going on over on John Cummings’s blog, Spotsylvania Civil War. John takes a look at the current placement of the guns representing Jackson’s artillery “line” on Henry Hill, and how they match up to some historical documents. Check it out here.
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