Monthly Archives: December 2019
The Generalship of Robert E. Lee, Part Nine
I found this article from Volume XXII, No. 3 (Autumn, 1992) of Parameters, which is the journal of the U.S. Army War College. Titled, “Lee and the Operational Art: The Right Place, the Right Time,” it’s from the late military historian Jay Luvaas. Page numbers are from the article. In this article we find the source […]
1863 Battle of Ringgold Gap
This is Jerry Desmond, Executive Director of Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Soldier giving a fair presentation on the Battle of Ringgold Gap at Pamplin Park’s 2019 symposium. The video’s description reads, “Pamplin Historical Park executive director Jerry Desmond explored the 1863 Battle of Ringgold Gap, a small engagement in […]
The Blessed Place of Freedom
This book by Dean B. Mahin is about immigrants from Europe and their participation in the American Civil War. We can divide the book into three main parts. The first deals with European immigrants to the North, and a chapter is devoted to major immigrant groups such as Germans, French, Irish, non-Irish Britons, and other […]
CW Talk Radio Episode 1615: Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth
In this episode of Civil War Talk Radio, host Professor Gerald Prokopowicz speaks with Kevin Levin on the black confederate myth. This is a terrific discussion. They discuss Professor Earl Hess’s controversial article from Civil War History in the first segment.
Colonial and Civil War Christmas Traditions
Merry Christmas. This is Brad Stone, a docent at the Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office Museum, discussing Christmas traditions in the Civil War. The video’s description reads, “Museum docent Brad Stone presented this festive look at Christmas traditions from the Colonial Era through the Civil War. Mr. Stone, dressed as a patriotic Santa depicted in an […]
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