• I’ll introduce my rather scant summary remarks on Chickamauga by stating that I have found it to be one of the most interesting campaigns of [...]

  Chicamauga, and the Rock Thereof! 150 Years Ago

  September 20, 2013
• So here on the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, I am a bit predisposed. I’m not at the Battlefield – as I was last year, [...]

  Antietam at 151 / The Hospital Experience

  September 17, 2013
• In consequence of being asked to speak on this subject for a political event (actually in a rental of the Mumma Barn on the Antietam [...]

  Civil War Era Political Complexities in Maryland

  September 12, 2013
• On this date of September 9, 1863, the critical rail and river center of Chattanooga, Tennessee was entered by General Rosecrans’ Army of the [...]

  Chattanooga Seized by the Union: 150 Years Ago Today

  September 9, 2013

• It is now the day after Labor Day, marking the traditional end of the summer season. Apart from one beastly hot week, it has not been as warm and [...]

  The Summer of 1863 in Washington

  September 3, 2013