Internet time capsule
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In contrast to Wednesday’s Library of Congress announcement, the following highlights significant cultural change in not quite seven years. Let me disclaim up front by saying I really appreciate the organizational attitude change apparent since the following was reported, and… >> continue reading
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Library of Congress does it right
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In a press release Wednesday, the Librarian of Congress announced a fantastic new project to digitize selected books from the collection: Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced that the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Library of… >> continue reading
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McClellan on the field at Antietam
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in the history
I have some follow-up to the last post, about General McClellan dashing over the field during the battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862. Happily more battle illustration is required in accompaniment. A Fateful Turn: Late morning looking east toward… >> continue reading
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Good source, bad source
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in the history
I’ve been lured again by a pretty picture to post about being open to options when interpreting historical information. The image is from the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, May 1886: General McClellan riding the line of battle at Antietam. (by… >> continue reading
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Getting on with the War
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in the history
Pontoon bridge at Berlin, Md., October 1862 In the last week of October 1862, General George McClellan crossed the bulk of his Army of the Potomac into Virginia, ready to again do battle with General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army… >> continue reading
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Morrison family ties
The Reverend Doctor Robert Hall Morrison (1798-1889) was father-in-law to three Confederate general officers: D.H. Hill, Rufus C. Barringer, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (m. Mary Anna 1857). >> continue reading
