Tag Archives: History

Does the American Civil War Need a Theme Song?

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Like so many, I have been captivated by the mournfully lovely tune “Ashokan Farewell.” I am sure most of us first heard it when we were watching Ken Burns’s The Civil War, and wondered about it. I knew I had … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: The Present State of History

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

In a forward for the audiobook edition of his alternative-history novel Gettysburg, Newt Gingrich contends, “The profession of history today has been divided into specializations without life and postmodernism without joy or meaning, complete to the Orwellian rewriting of history … Continue reading →

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Unholy Sabbath

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

Unholy Sabbath: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory, September 14, 1862 by Brian Matthew Jordan Savas Beatie, 2012. Pp. XI, 388. ISBN 978-1-61121-088-0. Hardcover $32.95. On September 14, 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac defeated the Confederate … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Preservation | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments