I was interested to find in Stanley Horn's "The Decisive Battle of Nashville" (published mid-1950's) a strategic choice for Hood that very few historians since...
I am working on a new website for the 9th Ohio Infantry Regiment (1st German) and need a color photo of the 9th's monument at Chickamauga. If you have one I...
Western Kentucky University now has a website for its Center for Study of the Civil War in the West. The URL is http://www.wku.edu/civilwarcenter/ WKU is...
Please add our announcement to your list of events. July 11 - 13, Western New York - Marilla Town Park - Annual Civil War Weekend, 5th Anniversary Celebration ...
Folks, I'll toot my own horn and introduce you all to Civil War Missouri <http://civilwarmissouri.blogspot.com/> . It's fact-based with consecutive posts...
List members, I am writing an article about the Battle of Shiloh and wanted to know if anyone can provide an explanation for the unique battle plan used by...
In Canada November 11 is also known as “Remembrance Day.” So, in remembrance, Captain and brevet Major John Scott, Company H, Twenty-fifth Illinois Veteran...
Happy Veteran's Day to all Vets! Thanks for your service to us all .. Tom Gilbert (US Navy, 1964-1970) __________________________________________________ Do...
I ahve read several account of Civil War battles and itseem that the range of action covered was close. What was the average range the action took place and...
Someone has recently mentioned that Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's telegrapher, Canadian born George A. "Lightning" Ellsworth may have been a graduate...
This site was just brought to my attention. Hopefully, it will come to be advantageous for us amateur historians. Click on the below link for access. <A...
I was looking through a few of my records that survived the flood and while looking through my ancestors record that served in the 5th, I found reference to...
Hello, It is that time of year again: time to post the first information about the 2008 Chickamauga Study group tours. Thanks, Dave Powell CCNMP Study Group...
A few years ago there was a book on the forces at Gettysburg giving there numbers of present, killed, wounded, and capture also the types of weapons they were...
The Fighting McCooks - America's Famous Fighting Family (Hardcover) by Charles & Barbara Whalen (Author) has been reviewed on amazon.com. This is a book worth...
I am new to the study of the Western Theater. I have some books but am interested in building a better library of basic books. Can anyone suggest a basic...
One request to unsubscribe seems to lead to a few more and also the impression that the owner or moderators must be involved in the activity. Yes, we can take...
Please remove me from the mailing list. I'll be traveling shortly, and with the volume of mail from the discussion group, it makes it difficult for me to ...
Amazon.com has a listing for a new battlefied guide that I was unaware of it is "Winter Lightning: A Guide to the Battle of Stones River" by Matt Spruill....
Looking for a source showing the positions by brigade or regiment of Union forces at the start of battle of Shiloh. Have the West Point Atlas maps but they...
In the latest issue of North & South, a friend of mine, Jeff Giambrone, has an article related to Vicksburg. Jeff formerly worked at the Old Courthouse Museum...
As an Ohioan (as well as a Western Theater devotee), I am most interested in the key roles Ohioans played in the Civil War. To generate more useful discussion...
... I'm sure we have discussed it here. Impossible to come to conclusions in a forum like this, but what I've gotten out of it is that the common conclusion is...
Greetings! I am currently working on a book about the 58th North Carolina Troops, a part of the Army of Tennessee. In May 1864, fourteen men, mostly from the...
