Book: Six Frigates
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I’ve just finished Six Frigates by Ian Toll (W. W. Norton, Oct 2006). The story of the first effective American warships and their fights (1794-c.1815). Good History and a great read. Two thumbs up. >> continue reading
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Ham Chamberlayne: don’t we make history fast
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in biography
I was first introduced to the legendary soldiers of the Late Unpleasantness as a new Civil War reader in the 1960s. Lee, Jackson, and Stuart; Grant and Sherman, certainly, but also more accessible lesser deities like Mosby, Pelham, Forrest, Semmes,… >> continue reading
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Ancestors honor us with visit
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I was knocked out to get comments on the Morrison article from Joseph Graham Morrison IV. He’s passing it along also to his 92 year old father (JGM III). Now that’s what the Internets are all about. >> continue reading
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More great work at the Battlefield
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Extract John David Hoptak and his fellow Rangers are fixing to unveil the new Union Advance trail at the Park (from his fine 48th Pennsylvania blog). >> continue reading
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New blog feature
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quickPosts! A new behind AotW feature for pointers to interesting things elsewhere and short notes on off-topic subjects as they may arise. >> continue reading
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Building on a CMS 2
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When it rains, it pours goes the old saw. For the last couple of weeks I’ve been up to my ear lobes in two proposal writing projects. I expect two more by the end of March. The normal pace is… >> continue reading
