Year: 2008
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A Merry Christmas to All
Santa Claus as Thomas Nast pictured him in Harper’s Weekly in 1865 All the best to you and yours this Season and through the New Year. I’m also thinking of our troops in harm’s way this Christmas Eve, and look forward to having them back safe and soon.
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There’s a name for it
Is blogging evolving, or am I just looking for validation of my own tendency to post less often? In between the slow bloggers and the rapid-fire ones, there is a vast middle, hundreds of thousands of writers who are not trying to attract advertising or buzz but do want to reach like-minded colleagues and friends.…
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Battlefield Illumination 2008
If you can get to the battlefield, and especially if you’ve never done this before, make a point to be there on Saturday, December 6. It’s the 20th Annual Memorial Illumination. It will be stunning. You’ll be awestruck, I promise. Volunteers place over 23,000 candles on the battlefield; each representing a casualty from the bloodiest…
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Antietam: Blogger’s Tours 2009
It’s below freezing and we’ve seen snow flurries here in Northern Virginia. A good time to burrow in and wish for Spring. Or at least for warmer battlefield tramping weather. I am inspired to plan some serious hikes by the news that the new Three Farms Trail is open at Antietam National Battlefield. Roulette, Newcomer…
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Command of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry at Antietam
Eric Wittenberg has put up a fine post featuring James Childs, Colonel, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, killed at Antietam on 17 September 1862. Elements of the Fourth were among the few Union cavalrymen engaged at Sharpsburg that day – the Federal mounted arm was not a major factor in the battle. Eric’s study – and that…
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Wiki Wiki
It is alive. I’ve installed and configured a wiki for like minded folk to discuss using blogs as a means of getting history online. And anything else that relates to practical digital history. This seems like a good tool for remote collaboration, and stems from a rash of recent posts and comments on the subject…
