Our War
This blog is about my new Civil War history, Our War: Days and Events in the Fight for the Union.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
When a soldier's vote was a loyalty test
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Sgt. Wesley Knight, loyal Republican Can you imagine a military unit off at war in which American soldiers care deeply about who is ele...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
The new bride
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Julia Jones was an eloquent and sometimes saucy letter-writer. When she came through Concord, N.H. after her winter wedding, she was perh...
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Short letter, tragic story
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Capt. John A. Cummings Sometimes a short letter says a lot if you know the conditions under which it was written. Here is a letter from...
Thursday, January 1, 2015
New Year, a thank you to readers
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Looking down from Broadway at W. 96th St. on one of the last days of 2014/ Just after midnight, New Year's fireworks over Manha...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
'The sand here blowes like snow in N.H.'
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Brig. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Expedition was an early Union effort to cut off access to North Carolina seaports through which the Confedera...
Saturday, December 27, 2014
'Even wretched looking hovels are draped in mourning'
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The Colby family of Springfield, N.H., sent three sons to fight in the Civil War. One of them was stationed in Washington, D.C., when Presi...
Thursday, December 25, 2014
New York haiku, Vol. 6
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Laura and Yuri, in our NYC apartment, before a night on the town. Here’s another batch of New York haiku. One is the latest in a series...
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