Category Archives: The Army of the Potomac

Good Friday: The Day Lincoln Died

Posted on April 15, 2017 by

       Today is the day that Lincoln died. It was on April 14, 1865—another Good Friday to be precise—that Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth President, was murdered in cold blood.  Young Mary Brennan, an Irish immigrant only recently arrived to … Continue reading →

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AMBROSE BIERCE versus the 7th NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Posted on September 23, 2016 by

One might think that after one has written over 100,000 words on a subject–in this case, Ambrose Bierce and the Period of Honorable Strife–one has said all there is to say on a subject.  But that is not the case; … Continue reading →

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EllSWORTH’S GHOST: The Phantom Zouave

Posted on March 18, 2016 by

Today’s article was originally published in our sister blog about unexplained phenomena of the South, Dixie Spirits, itself based on my book by the same name.  In that tome we investigated the Custis-Lee Mansion, also known as Arlington House, which … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Picket: A Civil War Christmas, Part 12

Posted on December 19, 2015 by

December 25, 1861. A nineteen year old private in the Confederate army, Valerius Cincinnatus Giles, was on guard detail along the Potomac River this Winter day, pacing back and forth and occasionally staring over at the Yankees of General Sickles’ … Continue reading →

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