The stone observatory on the Bloody lane is now finished and ready for visitors. The view from this point alone is worth a visit to the famous Bloody lane as you can take in the entire right to the left nearly four miles. There will be, when all planted, nearly four hundred markers, giving one a good idea of the entire battle field with the advantage of the good roads. Every body ought to visit it and make a study of this great battle.
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A couple of weeks ago we took a family trip out to California, during which we took in some Pittsburgh Pirates baseball (my son is a sportswriter and covered their games at San Francisco and Oakland, a bad week for the Buccos), visited my wife’s sister and her better half, drank some Irish coffee, ate […]
Published in 2023, An Ornament to His Country: The Life and Military Career of Benjamin Franklin Davis, is a biography of the man perhaps best known for leading the breakout of his cavalry from Harper’s Ferry on the eve of the Battle of Antietam. The author discusses her project below: ————— BR: Can you tell […]
About 25-30 folks showed up for my presentation to the Central Ohio Civil War Roundtable last night. It was a good time, and the first time talking about the U. S. Marines at First Bull Run. I think it went pretty well but hit my first captioning mistake on the second slide! Good questions afterward, […]
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Thursday, September 5, 1895