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Someone named Thomas has popped up in the American Civil War blogosphere this week with My Civil War Notes.

His first serious notes are about William Baya, a name I know from the 8th Florida Infantry. In September 1862 Baya was a Captain and ascended to command of the Regiment after two more senior officers were killed during the battle of Sharpsburg.

I look forward to more–

Greetings and good hunting, Thomas!

Cadet D.W. Flagler (c.1856-61)

I was looking for someone else, actually, when I noticed the name D.W. Flagler on the list of Burnside’s staff at Antietam.

Then I came upon this superb photograph of him, preserved and displayed by the fine folks at Gettysburg College. It really struck me as that of a man who knows what he’s about, even if still fairly young.

Cadet Flagler had entered West Point from New York in June 1856 and did well, graduating fifth in the Class of ’61. He spent the rest of his life in the Army.

Visit a lovely timeline-based exhibit of US Presidents of the 20th Century from the folks at the Learning Technology Center, University of Texas at Austin, and Terra Incognita Productions— developers of “interactive educational experiences”.

Lieutenant Harry S Truman, 1917

Is it good education (Jeremy? Paula?)? Don’t know, but it sure has lots of good things to to look at.

See more in the February 15th launch announcement.

edit 3/14: removed extraneous punctuation from caption above.