Very Bad Behavior
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I love Akismet. It’s very good at identifying comment spam and putting it to one side for me to review later. But my needs have been modest: it took more than 8 months for Akismet to trap the first 2,000… >> continue reading
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1937: Antietam’s 75th Anniversary
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This is a picture taken June 6, 1936 in the cemetary at Winchester on decoration day. I [George Dellinger] am in uniform X. The other one is Daniel Miller, a Confederate vet, now in his 100th year. I am in… >> continue reading
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Craighill: staff officers, a lighthouse, and copyfraud
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in the history
William Price Craighill (1833-1909) may have been something of a prodigy as he entered the US Military Academy at West Point at age 16 in 1849. W.P. Craighill, c. 1849 He graduated in 1853, ranked second in the class which… >> continue reading
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Kickstarting the oh-seven
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This humble blog is off to a flash-bang start in 2007, thanks to you – the Reader of the Year. A big ‘hello’ to all my new brothers and sisters at the 9rules Network and to all the people who… >> continue reading
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Captain Morrison’s red day at Sharpsburg
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in biography
In a December 1905 piece in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Senator John W. Daniel, introducing Emmett M. Morrison’s memoir of the Battle of Sharpsburg, wrote … In many a nook and cranny in Virginia, too, is a valiant leader of his… >> continue reading
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Merry Christmas via 1862
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in the history
Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays! In my house that means Christmas and New Year’s. I wish you and your loved ones a joyous celebration in your traditions as well. St. Nicholas (Thomas Nast, c. 1880) Elements of the popular American… >> continue reading
