Federal artillery east of the Antietam
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Artillery Hell (James Hope, Antietam National Battlefield) A few days ago I was prompted by a TalkAntietam query to look into the strength of the Federal Artillery at Antietam on 17 September 1862. In particular, that of the long-range guns… >> continue reading
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Make your own link spam
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Copying and pasting somebody else’s HTML into your blog may not be the best idea. Case in point: earlier today I followed a link from Dan Cohen to the new Digital Scholarship in the Humanities blog. I’m always glad to… >> continue reading
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Delos B Sackett, Inspector General, USA
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in biography
At the bottom of this page, from the famous Gardner photo of October 1862, are a group of officers of the Army of the Potomac with President Lincoln. It may be one of the most recognizable images of Antietam. Prominent… >> continue reading
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Service Interruption
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Apologies to both our readers: due to an intensive work-related training period, culminating in a frightening certification exam Friday (9 Nov), I can’t get a decent post out this week. Thanks in advance for your patience, and I’ll see you… >> continue reading
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Following a CDV
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in biography
Ron Coddington recently [2007] bought a CDV of three Clark brothers from Maine. One, Charles Amory Clark, was with the 6th Maine at Antietam and later was awarded the Medal of Honor for his leadership at Chancellorsville. >> continue reading
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A new seeker after the Grail
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A digital history grail, anyway. Yale Computer Science major Sam Strasser has started blogging about his Senior project at Visualize History. Visualize History will attack the general problem by presenting that multi-dimensional story in multiple dimensions. For example, many key… >> continue reading
