2010-01-03 21:37
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I am in the process of making the great leap to a separate domain for my Wig-Wags blog. The new site is up and running but I’m still in the pro… Read More
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Journal of a graduate student in military history and the American Civil War
2009-12-13 17:38
Peter A. Hansen
One of my readers is researching General Grenville M. Dodge and asked for information. I, of course, turned promptly to my buddy Peter A. Hansen who knows more about rail his… Read More
2009-12-12 18:04
W. J. Wood called Braxton Bragg the “most complicated of all the Confederacy’s generals.”(1) A graduate of the academy, where he excelled, he displayed skills as an admin… Read More
2009-12-06 21:24
Every once in a while, a movie comes along that takes the visual depiction of battle to a new level (Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan). John Woo’s epic film, Red Cliff, does jus… Read More
2009-11-29 01:33
It’s always a pleasure to receive a book about military history that’s a bit outside of my primary focus because invariably I learn something that informs my study. The good folk… Read More
2009-11-28 20:51
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, a color lithograph by Currier & Ives; (SCALA/Art Resource)
Lincoln and McClellan
In class, we’ve been discussing how the decisions o… Read More
2009-11-26 15:30
The good folks at Oxford University Press recently sent me a copy of the new paperback edition of James McPherson’s This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War. First publ… Read More
2009-11-22 02:39
I’ve made a number of new acquisitions over the past few weeks. I bought this book to assist with an assignment on the command skills of Abraham Lincoln. Author Eliot A. Cohen (left)… Read More
2009-11-21 18:15
I’ve been catching the WWII in HD series running on The History Channel when I can today. Much of the footage has never been seen on television. Good study guide on History.com along… Read More
2009-11-04 03:46
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: National Geographic (October 20, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1426203470
ISBN-13: 978-1426203473
Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 10.7 x 1.1 inches
The good… Read More
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