Uninvited to Pray
Well, I guess it has started, I have been uninvited to pray at an event due to my opinions freely expressed on Facebook and other Social Media platforms. I am a...
Tag: Civil War
How to Become A Civil War Historian
HT: Kevin Levin
Mercy Street: A Review
On January 17, 2016, PBS premiered their new Civil War Drama Mercy Street. This program, Set in Richmond Virginia, tells the tales of medical professionals dur...
The Return of the Flags ~ A Reflection on 150 Years
It is not often that we get to participate in a once in a lifetime event but recently I had just that opportunity. On December 22, 1865, representatives of the...
Why We Remember
I serve as Chaplain for the Department of Massachusetts, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. I had the honor of representing the Department Commander at a...
Civil War Reconstruction @ 150
A new blog has been launched that will chronicle the effects of the period after the Civil War known as Reconstruction. The authors purpose for writing this bl...
Ken Burns Civil War
The documentary film, Civil War by Ken Burns, was my first real experience with the Civil War and is probably the reason I am as interested in this period of Am...
Southbridge in the Civil War – Andersonville Prison
Andersonville Prison is synonymous with the horrors of the Civil War. Some 13,000 Union prisoners died while being held in some of the worst conditions of the ...
The Gettysburg Story
I listen to a number of podcasts as I travel on my rounds and one of my favorites is Civil War Talk Radio hosted by Professor Gerry Prokopowicz of East Carolina...
The Scot who shot the Civil War
The Scots Photographer Alexander Gardner Photographs the American Civil War.