• The Gettysburg Advance / WV Statehood   As I move around today and this weekend here in Washington County, MD, I am sure my thoughts will at [...]

  Confederates Invading Maryland – 150 Years Ago

  June 22, 2013
• I had a chance to make arrangements to be in Vicksburg on the exact dates of sesquicentennial events in a few weeks – with a conference I could [...]

  The Second Battle of Winchester – June 13-15 of 1863

  June 15, 2013
• The largest cavalry battle of the Civil War occurred in Virginia 150 years today – June 9, 1863 – with the Battle of Brandy Station, engaging [...]

  The Battle of Brandy Station – 150 Years Ago Today

  June 9, 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

• On this date of June 3, 1863 begins what is essentially the Gettysburg Campaign.  On this Wednesday of that year, Lafayette McLaw’s Division [...]

  First Movements toward Gettysburg

  June 3, 2013