Tag Archives: Garfield

The man in the corner…

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Dave Powell

Colonel Anson Stager is not exactly a household name, even to many students of the Civil War. If your reading has taken you into the arcana of military codes, or if you are a fan of late 19th Century industrialization, … Continue reading →

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James Garfield & The Civil War: An Interview with Author Dan Vermilya

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

Here’s one I’ve been waiting for for a while: Dan Vermilya’s new book James Garfield & The Civil War (History Press, 2015). Of course, I’m eyeball-deep in other stuff at the moment and can’t dig into the book like I … Continue reading →

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Why Garfield?

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Dave Powell

I bought a book the other day. For me, I could say that almost any day of the year, because, well, I buy a lot of books. I love the things. This book caught my eye because it was about … Continue reading →

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On the Deaths of Presidents

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Chris Kolakowski

I’m going to pull the lens back a little bit and note the near-congruence of Lincoln’s passing with the 70th Anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt’s death on April 12, 1945. Death of a President in office, whether by assassination (Lincoln, Garfield, … Continue reading →

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