Category Archives: Civil War battles

Manning Marable’s New Biography of Malcolm X

Posted on May 19, 2012 by marcferguson

On this day, May 19, 1925, Malcolm Little is born in Omaha, NE. <a href="http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=135144230&m=135153421&t=audio“>http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=135144230&m=135153421&t=audio

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Disunion Blog on Hancock During Peninsula Campaign, 1862

Posted on May 9, 2012 by marcferguson

The “Disunion Blog” in the New York Times has an article today, by Glenn David Brasher, on the Peninsula Campaign, in particular on Hancock’s direction of his siege guns at Yorktown’s Confederate lines: “By early May 1862, Union general George … Continue reading →

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McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign

Posted on May 6, 2012 by marcferguson

In his blog, “Civil War Memory,” Kevin Levin has posted on McClellan’s ill-fated Peninsula Campaign, intended to end the rebellion by capturing Richmond: http://cwmemory.com/2012/05/06/our-struggle-to-commemorate-the-peninsula-campaign/#more-16691

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Battle of Shiloh – April 6-7, 1862

Posted on April 6, 2012 by marcferguson

Brooks Simpson has some reflections on Grant’s generalship at the battle of Shiloh, 150 years ago, and while I am no armchair general, and am very reluctant to offer any after-the-fact advice, I think that Brooks’ comments and reflections are … Continue reading →

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