Year: 2008
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Savas Beatie and The Maps of …
Ted Savas’ post on extending Brad Gottfried’s concept from The Maps of Gettysburg to other battles is exciting news. So, who’ll do Sharpsburg? With a budget of over a hundred maps and just over two weeks of 1862 to cover? Dang, what a project that’ll be. Yee-hah! I’d have to leave my job and family…
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Happy geek
I’ve recently started work for a new client with a brand new team, and needed a far more capable phone than the old razr to help keep us all connected and me on track. Verizon’s BlackBerry 8830 World Edition After just a few days’ use, I recommend this lovely little unit. Small and light with…
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New required reading
Your assignment: catch up with some new and fascinating online work about the Maryland Campaign of 1862. Recent and ongoing now is an excellent discussion about who did what at Sharpsburg on TalkAntietam*. Beginning with fine-grain research Dean Essig is doing for his new wargame–with other genuine experts weighing in–the group is exploring the reality…
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Sound of the Guns
Another new Civil War-themed blog has arrived. Craig Swain has created To the Sound of the Guns*–perhaps the perfect name for such a blog. His stated purpose is to aid the organization and presentation of my research, notations, and observations regarding the study of American history, in particular the Civil War. This study currently manifests…
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Civil War Florida
A little behind, as usual, I’ve just found Dale Cox’s Civil War Florida blog. He’s been at it since September 2007, and his latest post considers one of my Sharpsburg guys, Captain Harrison Tillinghast, Company F, Second Florida Infantry. Mr Cox has introduced quite a number of Florida CW landmarks and individuals since he began…
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National Pike blogged
I’ve just stumbled over a fascinating project of Christoper Busta-Peck’s covering the Old National Road/National Pike. You probably know that part of that historic thoroughfare was on the path of the Armies during the Maryland Campaign of 1862. National Pike milestone, recreated (C. Busta-Peck) Christoper is a librarian at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in…
