I am thinking of "branching out" from artillery into infantry and would like to buy an 1862 Springfield muzzle loading rifle. I look forward to hearing from...
I am taking a Trans-MS trip in May where part of the focus will be on the Camden Expedition. I know there are things to see at Jenkins' Ferry, Marks' Mill and...
BlankHello Here is some information on the upcoming Civil War Reenactment Event in Marilla New York. This year the event is the last weekend in June and is...
WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society WHAT: are hosting the First Annual “Support Our Troops Armed Forces Day...
Pardon the interruption, since this is not "West" -- but many of the leading figures and quite a few rank and file ended up there. . . There are less than 10...
Hello All, I found just released Iphone application Civil War Battlefields with detailed information about 401 battles of American Civil War (1861ñ1865),...
Anybody read and have opinions about _Nathan Bedford Forrest's Redemption_ by Shane Kastler?Wondering if it adds anything new.Should I make an effort to read...
I am now reading Horace Porter's book, _Campaigning With Grant. While I find it very interesting it seem as though I've heard all of his stories dozens of...
All: I thought that "envelopment" meant going around the flank(s) to get behind the enemy, not just attacking on the flank(s). If this is a correct...
I was looking for a schedule of American Civil War reenactment events in the US for 2011. I tried Camp Chase Gazette but Google kept telling me it was a bad...
The Max Kade Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is sponsoring a conference focusing on "German and German-American Dimensions of the Civil War"...
All three of the Narrative volumes or now available on Kindle at $14.80 each. They all have an active table of contents and a word search index and those great...
... Chris, the grain farmers of the upper Mid-west would not have agreed with this statement. No transport of goods was being made between the Yazoo and Port...
Since many historians think the South lost the war in the West, what decisions did Davis make that caused Confederate failures in the Western theater? I...
BlankHello Here is some information on the upcoming Civil War Reenactment Event in Marilla New York. This year the event is the last weekend in June and is...
Can anyone comment on this book by Russell Blount, which covers the battles along the "Hell Hole" -- New Hope Church, Pickett's Mill and Dallas? Also, any...
Hello ladies and Gents, I was wondering if anyone knew anything on this Regiment as it fought in the Western Theather of war and on the atlantic coast of...
It may all be a matter of semantics, but it seems to me that this being the anniversary of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn's raid on Grant's supply base at...
CWWT Discussion GroupINNOCENT 41 http://files.meetup.com/1670506/Knights%20Gold%20synopsis%20Ch%201-38.doc Here is a Word Doc I found online. It is the...
Certainly there were differences between General Grant's situation below Oxford and General Thomas' situation at Mill Springs. However, my question was about...
In his memoirs, General Grant said that he "returned to La Grange and Grand Junction." He noted that: "Pemberton was falling back at the same time." So,...
