• Here between the sesquicentennial commemorations of Chickamauga in September and Lookout Mountain in November, it seems appropriate to write a [...]

  General George H. Thomas – Among the Greatest

  October 29, 2013
• I will begin by declaring myself to be the second most Civil War history-engaged graduate of my college, now named Cairn University – a small [...]

  Book Review: Gettysburg – the Last Invasion, by Allen Guelzo

  June 4, 2013
• This book review was actually posted by me in December of 2012. For some reason, it is the subject of multiple spam comment attacks on a daily [...]

  “38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow and the Beginning of the Frontier’s End,” by Scott W. Berg

  May 30, 2013
• Like the vast majority of people interested in the American Civil War, my interests and focus are upon the great land battles. Living near [...]

  Naval War: McPhearson’s “The War on the Waters”

  February 16, 2013