Following General French
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in the history
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Last month Fred Ray posted some interesting discussion on the question of why French swung his division south into the Sunken Road, rather than pushing more westerly, directly behind Sedgwick at Antietam. These two generals led divisions in Edwin Sumner’s… >> continue reading
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Captain Lewis and friends in high places
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Doing research into the people and events of the Maryland Campaign is often a game of large effort invested for little return. In some cases, though, the reverse is true, and the clues revealed can be a bit overwhelming. One… >> continue reading
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Sumner as Queeg?
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in the historyThis post properly belongs as a comment on Dimitri Rotov’s blog, which doesn’t offer that facility. I’ve been following Dimitri’s series on the appointments of McClellan’s Corps commanders. Intriguing material, though I confess I’m not sure what most of it… >> continue reading
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ANB park website redone
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I see that the home office has deployed a new standard web design for National Park sites. The Antietam National Battlefield (ANB) Park is among those with the new look. I’ve not found a formal announcement of the change by… >> continue reading
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More fun with APIs
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After playing with the Timeline API last week, and having reasonable success, I thought I’d try another widget this week. As a result, AotW now has another new feature: a Gazetteer for the Maryland Campaign of 1862. Please go try… >> continue reading
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McClellan, beloved of the troops
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I don’t intend to make a habit of simply linking to other blogs, but in this case I hope you’ll let me slide. As sighted on the latest History Carnival, “Greenman Tim” Abbot has written a thoughtful piece called “Little… >> continue reading