Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Mitchell, Adele H., ed. The Letters of Major General James E.B. Stuart. : Stuart-Mosby Historical Society, 1990. As one who has s...
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Gaston Jean-Baptiste de France (Monsieur) in 1634 Castelnaudary, Action at (Sept. 1, 1632). Defeat of Monsieur’s rebel army, le...
Charles VIII, King of France (reigned 1483-1498) With respect to the character of King Charles VIII, I recall reading somewhere that he was an "inoffensive, pleasure-loving ninny." The descriptio...
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 One of the more interesting exercises connected with scenario design is the characterization of leaders. This is generally a requ...
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Galiot de Genouillac, Jacques Richard de, seigneur d’Assier (Assier, Quercy, July 16,1465-château de Végennes, Limousin, Oct. 15, 1546). The nephew of Jacques de Genouillac, grandmaster of th...
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At the crisis of the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run), July 21, 1861, the Confederate army, which had been driven in disarray from its initial position near Matthews Hill, rallied on the line ...
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Fine example of a snake-rail fence on Manassas Battlefield. Park Service marker at the fence. I'm dog-sitting today, and it being Inauguration Day, I headed in the opposite direction -- to Manass...
As a follow-on to yesterday's post, here are the instructions for painting U.S. Cavalry of the 1870s that were included with Bugle & Guidon, Inc.'s 54mm figures produced during the 1970s.
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 On Nov. 9, 2001, I blogged on the postcard Bugle & Guidon, Inc., used in the 1970s to publicize its 54mm figures suitable for...
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 As noted, Admiral Togo’s First Battle Division consisted of four battleships (BBs) and two armored cruisers (ACs). At the outbr...
Above: Monument to the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Antietam Above: Placard outlining the combat of the 125th Pa. in the West Woods at Antietam (the placard is visible to the rig...
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Kearny, Philip, and William B. Styple (ed.). Letters from the Peninsula: The Civil War Letters of General Philip Kearny. Kearny, ...
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Moore, Stephen L. Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas. Vol. 4: 1842-1845. Univ. of North Texas Press, 2010. Before reading author Moore’s latest (and last) volume in hi...
Col. Ambrose E. Burnside was the regiment’s first commander. However, when the Federal Army of Northeastern Virginia, Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell, commanding, was organized just prior to the Batt...
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On Monday, April 15, 1861, President Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 militia to suppress the rebellion. Among the many units responding to the president’s call were those that ...
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Above: Excerpt from OR, 14:644 outlining the initial organization of the brigades of generals Nathan G. "Shanks" Evans and Thomas F. Drayton, when ordered north from the Confederate Department of...
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