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Monthly Archives: September 2009
New Format For Audio Interviews on This Mighty Scourge
Over the past several weeks, I have been investigating ways to improve the functionality of blog posts that include audio interviews. Knowing that most of the readers who follow my blog have high speed internet, I decided to install a … Continue reading
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Interview with Eric J. Wittenberg, author of Like A Meteor Blazing Brightly
I recently finished reading Eric J. Wittenberg’s newest book, “Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short But Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren.” I first became aware of Eric’s excellent books when I read the books he published with J. … Continue reading
Andersonville Prison – A Photo Essay and History
Recently I visited Andersonville National Historic Site. I was fortunate that I had a business meeting in Columbus, Georgia and could take a slight detour to Andersonville on my return to Atlanta. One of the reasons the Confederate government chose … Continue reading
Antietam – One Bloody Day in September 1862
After CSA General Robert E. Lee pushed US Major General George B. McClellan from the peninsula, at the conclusion of the Seven Days, he pushed quickly after US Major General John Pope’s Army of Virginia. The two adversaries would clash … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Antietam, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Civil War, Civil War Battlefield Preservation, Civil War Preservation Trust, George McClellan, Irish Brigade, John Gibbon, Maryland Campaign, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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US Colonel Ulric Dahlgren Quotes
I am in the process of finishing Eric Wittenberg’s newest book, “Like a Meteor Burning Brightly: The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren.” This is the first biography of Dahlgren, who was killed during US Brigadier General Judson … Continue reading
Interview with Dr. Bradley Gottfried, Author of The Maps of First Bull Run
I recently read Dr. Bradley Gottfried’s newest book, “The Maps of First Bull Run: An Atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas) Campaign, including the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, June-October 1861.” This is the second in the series of Gottfried’s … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Interviews
Tagged Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Gettysburg, Book Reviews, Bradley Gottfried, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, First Bull Run, First Manassas, Manassas, Savas Beatie, Ted Savas, The Maps of First Bull Run, The Maps of Gettysburg, Theodore Savas
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James Wiley, Sergeant 59th New York
James Barton Wiley was born in Ohio between 1836 and 1838. By 1850 he was living with his parents, Jacob and Mary Wiley, in Noble, Ohio. He was the oldest of seven siblings. He was the only son of Jacob … Continue reading
Posted in Congressional Medal of Honor, Private and Non-Commissioned Soldiers
Tagged 59th New York Infantry Regiment, Antietam, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, Congressional Medal of Honor, George Meade, Gettysburg, James Wiley, John Gibbon, Medal of Honor, Petersburg, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jackson, Winfield S Hancock
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