by BIG BYTE | Nov 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Holmes O. Paulding was an army surgeon with the Montana Column under Colonel John Gibbon in the summer of 1876. The table below shows the Returns from Military Post listings for Paulding’s time in service. His humorous, cranky, and opinionated observations on... 
by BIG BYTE | May 22, 2021 | Civil War, Diaries
For sixteen exhausting years, Ulysses S. Grant provided heroic, uninterrupted service to America. As a general in the Civil War in the west, commander of all Union forces, General of the Army after the war, and then eight years as President of the United States, he... 
by readmore | May 4, 2021 | African Americans, Civil War
Among the least-studied areas of Civil War history is the role played by enslaved African-Americans in helping Union soldiers return to their lines after escaping from Confederate prison camps. I have published many memoirs by Union soldiers who experienced this. To a... by BIG BYTE | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Len Fullenkamp, Army War College historian, is a wonderful communicator. His videos on YouTube explain military history in a way that makes it exciting and understandable. In this video, he tells how a key individual in the right place, at the right time, taking the...