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Civil War History

Daniel Sauerwein is the principal blogger here, with the recent addition of co-author Billy Whyte. A wide range of topics are covered as the authors' inclinations see fit, from a long analysis of a battle to a brief mention of an item recently in the news. An enjoyable site for "general reading" if you will, if time forbids reading absolutely everything and one has no particular field of specialized interest like cavalry or navy.

Civil War Memory

Kevin Levin teaches at a private high school of exceptionally high caliber in Virginia, and he blogs what he teaches his students: to always look at the primary source before examining how the meaning of events has changed over time. Writings both professionally and on the blog often have to do with black Americans both slave, free and military, with focal emphasis on the US Colored Troops experience at the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg.

Civil War Navy, et al.,

Andrew Duppstadt is, by day, the Assistant Curator of Education for the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites. After hours and on weekends he changes into his secret (well, okay, not very secret) identity as a seagoing man of an earlier time, ranging from the colonial/Revolutionary War period to that of the Late Unpleasantness. Good discussion of earlier period firearms is to be found here as well.

CivilWarriors.net

This group blog is the joint project of Sean B. Dail, Mark Grimsley, Ethan S. Rafuse, Brooks D. Simpson, and Steven E. Woodworth, making it by far the most "academically" oriented heavyweight on the blog scene. They could easily overcome any disputatious commenter by dropping one copy of each book all of them have written onto the pest's head, squishing it at once. Wide range of topics here from the sorts of professors you wish you could have had in college.

Civil War Women

Maggie, or "Maggiemac" as she calls herself for blogging purposes, covers a wide range of women from the Civil War era. While nurses and abolitionists and vocal advocates of women's rights are somewhat overrepresented since they were more likely to have written or been written about, all levels of society can be found mentioned here. Women of both north and south, black, white, Native American and mixed race, of high and low social station are all to be found her if Maggie can find any details on them at all.

Crossed Sabers

"Don" is another of those who sticks to the old tradition of blogger anonymity, at least as far as last name is concerned. He was a member of a more recent version of a Regular Cavalry unit, and blogs here about Regular Cavalry forces of the Civil War period. He notes that these are often under-represented in historical attentions due to greater emphasis on the volunteer cavalry units. Officers and common soldiers of the horse troops all find a place here as Don turns up information about them.  

Draw the Sword

Jenny  Goellnitz describes herself as "...an avid runner, cancer survivor, and student of the Civil War." She is also an absolutely terrific photographer, and visitor to Gettysburg as often as can be arranged from her home base in Ohio. Her studies of each and every Union monument at that battlefield may be the best pictures of many of them ever taken, and a smart publisher would arrange to promptly buy them to illustrate a new book on the subject.

Gettysburg Daily      (NEW)

 The intent of the operator here is "to post at least one picture a day related in some way to Gettysburg," and they are very nice pictures indeed as a rule. Some days the pictures number considerably more than one, as recent posts about the newly-reopened Wills' House and repaving of Howard Avenue will show. This site is popular with many Gettysburg fans, possibly because the local "press" has never in our experience been noted for great coverage of the park or its issues. We did not find the name of the blogmaster here but he or she appears dedicated to the project. An email address is provided on the "About Us" page but there appears to be no means to post comments. Can be slow loading if the day's post contains many pictures. Dialup users may have difficulties

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