http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0075185985.1167073003@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfaddjjmlgddhcefecekjdffidfim.0&productID=SP_RECO_000465 My new holiday tradition is to listen to an audio book over Christmas Eve and Day. This year, I chose what I thought would be a unique take on one of my favourite topics: Jay Winik’s chronicle of the last big month of the Civil War. I’m disappointed to give this book (or lecture […]
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Heralds reviews – StumbleUpon
http://herald.stumbleupon.com/review/6761554/ Lincoln tries to further his hip-hop cred with Tad and Willie. Thanks, etc., to Herald for the pic.
Mr. Lincolns T-Mails | The T-Mails
http://mrlincolnstmails.com/tmails.php I don’t know about the premise of the book, focusing on Lincoln’s telegraphic proclivities to “win” the Civil War, but it’s quite a thrill to see some of the famous Lincoln wit in its original, handwritten form. I could do with more of these scanned memos!
Civil War General of the Day
http://www.rocemabra.com/~roger/tagg/generals/general57.html Another A.P. Hill site, this one more about the “fightingest” attributes of the warrior. For those not familiar with the General, here’s an excellent summary: His policy was to pitch headlong into whatever lay in his path, with little regard for its strength or position. As things had turned out, his impulsiveness had benefited […]
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http://www.aphillcsa.com/n3.html A terrific account of Confederate General A.P. Hill’s romantic misadventures. Hill was what Shelby Foote termed “the fightingest” of Lee’s corps commanders, but the excerpts from his letters here provided show a man of enormous sensitivity and good humour. I’ve long had an affection for Hill without having read too much about him, so […]
The Best in Civil War Photography! www.VirtualCivilWar.com
http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals/Album1.htm Thanks again to Funky for this link (I should add that to my common pastes file – I’ve stolen a lot from her recently!) Lots of fantastic, rare Civil War photos on this site, but this one in particular elicited a big, geeky squee from me. May I present Confederate irregular par excellence, J. […]
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http://hummingbirdwebsite.com/gallery/castlebury/04.jpg As previously mentioned, I spent the weekend (a holiday one for Canadians, and a birthday one for me in particular) in Ohio visiting my bird-nerd sister, which was lots of fun. The area she’s in is hugely populated by Great Blue Herons; I’d only ever seen one or two before, and at a distance […]
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http://skykam.stumbleupon.com/review/3974853/ Skykam points to a CNN piece on sabotage using items disguised as tiger dung or coal. The coal trick is mentioned here to have been used in WWII, but its origins are actually from the US Civil War. One of these “infernal machines” was used to sink the USS Greyhound, though unfortunately for the […]
Abraham Lincolns White House – Simon Cameron (1799-1889)
http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=85&subjectID=2 A typically terrific quote from Lincoln’s White House, though shockingly, this one did not emanate from Lincoln himself. Here, corrupt War Secretary Simon Cameron’s reputation is discussed: Mr. Lincoln reportedly asked Thaddeus Stevens about Cameron’s honesty and was told that “I do not believe he would steal a red hot stove.” When the President […]
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http://www.artthatsnew.com/artwork/scripts/artline/artlineindividual.cfm?ArtworkID=1678198259 Just realised it’s April 9th, Palm Sunday, as it was back in 1865 for the surrender at Appomattox. Presented below is my favourite illustration of the event, which is wildly inaccurate but beautifully rendered. The meeting for terms, and the later surrender ceremony itself, are like grace notes at the end of a savage […]