South From the North Woods

A lot of great Civil War book lists are appearing here in the blogosphere at this time of year. Eric Wittenberg and Glenn LaFantasie...

I had an opportunity last Sunday to tromp around the northern part of the battlefield. The combination of a bright winter sun, light dusting...

I opened a post three months ago with the following statement. “Serving our country has a whole new meaning today.” And it has a...

In the materialistic preoccupation we seem to now have about everything and its effect on the economy...on the day after we have offered t...

By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the ...

Long on the shelf, I am now reading Counter-Thrust From the Peninsula to the Antietam by Benjamin Franklin Cooling (Lincoln: University o...

The National Park Service recently improved the views of Antietam National Battlefield from the Pry House. An overlook deck was built just ...