Yearly Archives: 2006

After watching the U.S. soccer team get booted from World Cup competition I went for a run to get some of my pent up emotions released. My son is a pretty good soccer player and we love the game. I … Continue reading →

As some of you are aware, I have been researching the 11th Wisconsin Civil War regiment for some time now. I have spent a significant amount of time of late going through muster and descriptive rolls to come up with … Continue reading →

The news today shook me to the core. A year or so ago when they cut off the head of Nicholas Berg radical fundamental Islam exposed itself once again. Today I feel the same way. I’ve attempted, I feel, with … Continue reading →

David M. Kennedy’s Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 and The American People in World War II, Freedom from Fear: Part II. Kennedy is a professor of history at Stanford and I enjoy his writing … Continue reading →

Here are some good historically based movies for you to consider. I want to start with World War II. First, I’m going to skip the obvious: “Saving Private Ryan” and “Band of Brothers”, both of which I really like. The … Continue reading →

Today I received via interlibrary loan a transcription (in book form) of James H. Hougland’s 1862 Civil War diary. I requested it for some research I am doing on the Battle at Bayou Cache. It was unfortunately a disappointment for … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting article from the “Voice of America.” Alexander Cartwright (pictured right) is credited with writing the first rules for the sport in 1846. Baseball was a part of leisure time for Civil War soldiers. Company versus company within … Continue reading →

One of my favorite military historians makes some interesting points in one of his latest rants: The nature of American military power in our age is defined by how it is constrained — through nuclear deterrence, political realities, and cost/benefit … Continue reading →

Over 27,000 pages of Central Intelligence Agency records regarding operational relationships between the CIA and former Nazis following World War II were disclosed last week at the National Archives. The release was announced by the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on … Continue reading →

A short film based largely on letters and diaries of people who lived in the city during the war explores the divergent experiences of slaves and the white population in Fredericksburg during the Civil War.Virginians Desolate, Virginians Free is a … Continue reading →