• Withdrawal to Washington, September 2, 1862 Dispatches from Pope to Halleck revealed a commander in total loss and near breakdown. There was [...]

  150 Years Ago Today: Army of Virginia Withdrawal to Washington

  September 2, 2012
• The following is from a draft of my long-planned and maybe never to be completed (??) book on Abner Doubleday. The text alternates between [...]

  Marching Around Virginia in August 1862 – part 3

  August 22, 2012
• August 9th marks the 150th anniversary of the Virginia battle called Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter’s Mountain – named after a man [...]

  150 Years Ago – Battle of Cedar Mountain

  August 10, 2012
• Though I have lived now within a few miles of Antietam for the past 18 years, and though I’ve been especially interested in this battle of the [...]

  Civil War Mortars in Phillipsburg, NJ

  July 30, 2012

• At this point of the Civil War during this summer season of 1862, now 150 years ago, not only had the temperatures risen, so had the varied [...]

  Taking Off Kid Gloves / The 2nd Confiscation Act

  July 17, 2012