News from Around the South 7/22 – 7/29

  Virginia: Confederate Marine Re-enactors Join Appomattox Show APPOMATTOX, Va. — Friday evening’s wind blew, catching the Confederate Marine flag at the head of a recreated Civil War campsite and whipping it about. The six tents surrounding the flag were...

Grant's Anabasis

Still indulging myself with personal addenda to the Times Disunion blog, and feeding my U.S. Grant obsession. So, at this point in the Vicksburg campaign we’re at the amazing stage where Grant cuts loose from the Mississippi, defeats Confederate forces trying to...
News from Around the South 12/3-12/10

News from Around the South 12/3-12/10

Georgia: Union General Gets Civil War Historical Marker The Civil War was more than just a battlefield conflict. It affected nearly every aspect of people’s lives, but 90 percent of Georgia’s 1,000 Civil War markers were about battles and Confederate military leaders....
Book Review

Book Review

War on the Waters, by James McPherson James McPherson, Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author has published his latest book, War on the Waters, through the University of North Carolina Press. Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact...