Our War
This blog is about my new Civil War history, Our War: Days and Events in the Fight for the Union.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
A woman in uniform: Photos don't tell the whole story
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Boston photographer Samuel Masury's photo of Frances Clayton Let’s start with a short, intriguing newspaper story. Scott Preston...
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Friday, December 4, 2015
A betrothal, a lover's anguish, a face
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Here is a chapter from Our War: Days and Events in the Fight for the Union , my book on New Hampshire’s Civil War history. In the book I st...
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Sunday, November 15, 2015
Nuremburg: a regime on trial
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One of the perks of being editor of the Concord Monitor through eight New Hampshire presidential primaries was the chance to feed my inter...
Saturday, October 17, 2015
A walk in the city: Trinity Church & the 9/11 neighborhood
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The winglike World Trade Tower Transportation Hub and the Freedom Tower Our 28th floor apartment window faces south. In the distance...
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Autumn in New York
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A fall day at The Cloisters with my sweetheart . . .
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Saturday, October 3, 2015
Fire! George T. Strong describes 'an igneous night'
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New York's Great Fire of 1835, as seen from Williamsburg in Brooklyn. George Templeton Strong, the 19th century New York City diari...
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Winant's war, FDR's choice, a sad demise
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This is the second of a two-part post on John G. Winant, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain during World War II. Part one is here . The serie...
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