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Morning at Mine Run
The first draft of the manuscript is in the mail–always a welcome feeling–but already I’m looking down the road to the next project. In this case, the road I’m looking down is Virginia Route 20. I’m standing at the intersection near the old Robertson’s Tavern in Locust Grove, looking down the long descent in the […]
Read more...Sacred Scars, Shadowed Ground
Almost every vacation we went on, “The Book” went with us. It didn’t matter that we might be driving from our home state of Indiana to the coveted vacation destination of Disney World in Orlando, Florida—the book of every known Civil War site sat cozily next to the atlas in the front seat of the […]
Read more...Upcoming Events: March-May
March: 6th and 13th: Kristopher White at the Community College of Allegheny County (PA) Gettysburg off the Beaten Path. 8th: Kristopher White at the California University of Pennsylvania Civil War Roundtable (PA) 20th: Chris Mackowski at the Col. Henry Ryerson Civil War Roundtable (NJ) 27th-April 3rd and 10th: Kristopher White at the Community College of Allegheny County […]
Read more...War Chicken
Robert E. Lee’s image is everywhere. His silhouette is so easily recognizable that it is one of the most powerful symbols of the Confederacy. Tales are told, legends have been created concerning the love and affection his men had for him–how they would stare at their General in silence as he rode by the Southern […]
Read more...Emerging Photography
Picture this: You are visiting a Civil War battlefield for the first, fifth, or even twentieth time (yep, we know those people) and all of the sudden you stop. Maybe you got the chills. Maybe you were simply overwhelmed. You weren’t watching the events that made that ground famous, but you could still almost see […]
Read more...Jackson’s Arm and the Occupy Movement
A mythos is a set of beliefs or assumptions about something, and every hero needs to be surrounded by one. Confederate General Thomas Jackson has probably one of the best mythos anywhere, from eating lemons to last words. Did he really hold his hand in the air to balance his legs? What was all that […]
Read more...The Best of 2011 (Steward Henderson)
As our authors continue to offer their favorite Civil War-related memories from 2011, we next hear from Steward Henderson.
Read more...CVBT: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2011 and I’d like to review what we’ve done this year and what’s in store for the immediate future:
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