Year: 2008
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Over from print, a new WaPo blog on the ACW
I’ve been poked by Molly Gannon of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), alerting me to the new blog by columnist Linda Wheeler. I’ve enjoyed her newspaper articles for some time, and look forward to what she’ll be doing online. Civil War columnist Linda Wheeler brings her successful A House Divided writings to washingtonpost.com after a” 10-year run…
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On the trail of the Corn Exchange Regiment
146 years to the day after the historical events, a lucky group of us tracked the unlucky 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers to the places and views of the Battle of Shepherdstown Ford (20 September 1862). Under the capable guidance of Dr Tom Clemens and members of the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association (SBPA), we waded the Potomac,…
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Stalking the wild model 1857 12-pound light gun-howitzer
Mannie sneaks up on the prey I drove through the fog to Sharpsburg yesterday, much earlier than is usual for me to be up on a Saturday. Arrived too early for the ANB Visitor’s Center to be open, in fact, but in time to catch Mr. Mumma cutting blossoms to place inside. Ranger Mannie was…
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Get to the best battlefield park on the planet
Still no time to blog, more’s the pity. Life intervenes. But I’m making time for a couple of trips to Sharpsburg in this Anniversary month. I hope some of you can join me. Next weekend – the 13th and 14th – will be the biggest of the year at the Park. The Park Service page…
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Jumpin Antietam
Tim Buck and Robin Willhite are the musicians of The Gothic Rangers. Tim dropped a note to let me know about their new CD Omen. Among the collection of folk-rocky songs is a strangely upbeat Antietam. Can’t be all that many songs out there with that title … The pace and feel are “jaunty”, as…
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Welcome Steve’s stompin’ blog
Battlefield tourer Steven Mynes has begun a new blog at CW Battles and Battlefields to share his adventures. His first post is of particular interest, being a presentation of the action of Fire on the Mountain: last weekend’s artillery reenactment at Fox’s Gap on South Mountain. A nice collection of action photos is included, with…
