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Special: Weider History Group, “1861″
I received a copy of Weider History Groups 1861: Hell Breaks Loose in the mail a couple of weeks ago. This $9.99, 106 page magazine features “31 stories of the Civil War’s first year by those who lived...
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Manassas Sesqui in the News
Check out this WaPo article on Manassas and the sesquicentennial. Nice photo gallery.
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Because folks keep asking…
…I have no plans to be at Manassas National Battlefield Park for the anniversary. Friend Robert Moore has tentatively agreed to provide a guest post on the happenings there.
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Civil War Legacy Project – Fairfax County
The good folks at Visit Fairfax have passed along the following info regarding the Civil War Legacy Project: Civil War 150 Legacy Project Comes to Fairfax County Statewide Initiative Strives to...
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Bull Run Sesqui on the Web
Over the past week or so I’ve been sharing on Facebook and retweeting on Twitter various articles, images, and videos relating to the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) that have swamped the web as the...
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First Bull Run Sesqui Video
NPS video promo Trial By Fire recaps sesqui events. See more here.
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Justice Antonin Scalia at Gettysburg
Yesterday, as I watched via live streaming video and the commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Gettysburg Address at Gettysburg National Cemetery drew to a close, it struck me that I was...
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Homeboys at Ford’s Theater, 4/14/65
Check out this interesting post about four soldiers from the vicinity of my hometown, McKeesport, PA, who were pressed into duty on the fateful evening of April 14, 1865. Note that they were...
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The Boundaries of Your American Civil War
As what appears to the general public to be the end of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial has drawn, or draws, to a close, discussion (chiding? lecturing?) abounds on just what areas of history...
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