Monday, November 14, 2011

A Crisis In Confederate Command

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General Edmund Kirby Smith   On a recent Civil Wargasam my wife bought me the book, The Red River Campaign, edited by Savas, Woodbury...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The Rashness of That Hour by Robert Wynstra

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Book focuses on Iverson's actions at Gettysburg        I've just finished reading The Rashness of That Hour by Robert Wynstra and ...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The Other Virginia: CSS Virginia II

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CSS Virginia II        Everyone remotely interested in the American Civil War has some understanding about the USS Monitor and the CSS Vir...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Alfred Holt Colquitt: A man of many talents

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Alfred Holt Colquitt before his 1862 promotion        Alfred Holt Colquitt became many things during his sixty-nine years on this earth. ...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Excerpt from my upcoming book "Die Like Men": Shy's Hill action at Nashville

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Me standing at the spot where the following occurred         Brigadier General Thomas Benton Smith was young, just twenty-six years old. H...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Confederate General Killed by D.U.I.?

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Brigadier General William Edwin Baldwin Confederate Brigadier General William Edwin Baldwin was born in 1827 in South Carolina. He moved w...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

William Booth Taliaferro: The man who couldn't destroy a Stonewall

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William Booth Taliaferro William Booth Taliaferro (pronounced Tah-liver), was born in 1822 in Virginia.  The man came from a very prominen...
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