by readmore | Mar 1, 2019 | Civil War
October 3, 1889 Dedication Speech by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: A quarter of a century ago on this rugged crest you were doing what you deemed your duty. Today you come with modest main, with care more for truth than for praise, to retrace and record the simple... 
by readmore | Jun 22, 2018 | Civil War
The image at the top of this post is rare. Victorians seldom smiled in photographs and almost never grinned. The reason is that long exposure times for early photographic equipment meant holding a pose for an uncomfortable stretch; the slightest movement meant a... 
by readmore | Jun 5, 2018 | Custer, Little Bighorn
Court Recorder: “State whether it was cowardice or not that prompted you to leave the timber and the bottom.” Major Reno: “There was no use in my staying in the timber as I could assist no one and could make no diversion. When I left there I acted on... 
by readmore | May 31, 2018 | Civil War
Considering the eventual fortunes of Ulysses S. Grant and George McClellan, the start of the American Civil War promised a very different outcome for each. Grant stated to a reporter after his presidency: “I was anxious to see McClellan. McClellan was then in...