Bit off track here so please bare with me. I've gotta look it up, believe the book is My Brother's Keeper, but I seem to ...   Tue Dec 18th, 2012 12:09 pm

I don't know about incompetent, but he certainly did some things that I would say made him more ineffective towards winning the war. You have ...   Tue Dec 18th, 2012 08:53 am

It seems fairly well known that Lincoln wanted Meade to follow up his success at Gettysburg. Had he done so could he have ended the ...   Fri Dec 14th, 2012 09:09 am

Ok, I tried this recipe again yesterday, this time using leftover chicken from a couple nights before. Chicken had been done with a little rosemary, ...   Sat Dec 1st, 2012 06:05 am

It's easier to search online as you can just enter your search parameters. In this case I just did 139th Pennsylvania. Came up with 20 ...   Sun Nov 25th, 2012 03:08 am

Ok, so it's now two days after Thanksgiving, the leftover period. Time for turkey sandwiches, turkey noodle soup, potato pancakes, and any other leftovers folks ...   Sat Nov 24th, 2012 02:55 pm

You might be interested in these from the War of the Rebellion. This first one is from Series I Volume 27. It starts at the ...   Sat Nov 24th, 2012 11:05 am

I believe if you check down in the movies sub-section of the Civil War Entertainment: Books, Movies, Music & Art section tha you will find ...   Sat Nov 24th, 2012 10:19 am

Why do I here cheesy music appropriate to a '70s or '80s adult theater when I think of music by Philip Barton Key? Though that ...   Thu Nov 22nd, 2012 07:25 pm

Were you pulling our leg Captain Crow)(90 ...   Tue Nov 20th, 2012 11:08 am

Only new thing I can come up with is a few years old now. Bob Dylan's Cross th Green Mountain that he did for Gods ...   Sat Nov 17th, 2012 07:08 am

Ok, found the story and the book I was looking for. Christopher Coleman's Ghost and Haunts of the Civil War, chapter 10 The headless Phantom ...   Thu Nov 15th, 2012 08:10 am

You might want to look at some books on Civil War ghost stories. Can't think of the title or th author right now but I ...   Thu Nov 15th, 2012 05:46 am

Gotta love Cornell for putting the War of the Rebellion online and scanned at that. Same with the Offical Records of the Union and Confederate ...   Wed Nov 14th, 2012 03:57 am

I've run across things saying the rifle was in use at least as early as Gettysburg while the carbine came into use later and that ...   Tue Nov 13th, 2012 01:42 pm

If you can get them try Robert E. Lee: Civil War General or Civil War Generals II. Also Sid Meier's Antietam is worth getting if you ...   Sun Nov 11th, 2012 01:04 pm

Update on the game. I finally found the manual for the game, not really much different from the in game help feature, though it is ...   Sun Nov 11th, 2012 10:34 am

Ok so I just downloaded this game and have had a chance to try it out a little. I must say I'm not terribly impressed. The ...   Sat Nov 10th, 2012 06:22 pm

Wasn't there something about Lee hearing that Longstreet had been injured and was afraid he might be dead then after the battle he ordered him ...   Fri Nov 9th, 2012 09:35 am

Darryl, are you sure Sheridan's men were issued Spencers in April and May 1865 before the mission to destroy Stuart and his cavalry? Cause that ...   Fri Nov 9th, 2012 07:30 am

Thank you TD. ...   Wed Nov 7th, 2012 04:26 pm

We did kinda discuss something along these lines here, http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/forums/forum27/2721.html ...   Wed Nov 7th, 2012 03:28 am

Why do I think I just picked that up a few weeks ago at Barnes and Noble? Gonna have to check, I know it was ...   Tue Nov 6th, 2012 10:49 am

You forgot a word. The. We are the Champions. Though I prefer Princes of the Universe and Who Wants to Live Forever myself. ...   Thu Nov 1st, 2012 02:34 am

Captain Crow wrote: So how come there's no Halloween music? Thanksgiving music? I actually have a folder on my MP3 with stuff I play for Halloween. On it ...   Thu Nov 1st, 2012 02:30 am

Guess that makes sense. I mentioned already that the war really helped make ghost stories a part og the modern Halloween traditions. It's not that ...   Mon Oct 22nd, 2012 07:37 am

That second explination sounds a little like a certain galloping Hessian. But something I don't get is why the second explination exists if the Native ...   Sat Oct 20th, 2012 04:56 am

That sounds likely. Actually I could say something else but I'm trying to keep this family friendly incase kids visit. ...   Fri Oct 19th, 2012 06:50 am

Personally what's to wonder. The sad fact is that most folks really aren't interested in history so they are less likely to pick up a ...   Thu Oct 18th, 2012 10:34 am

Albert Sailhorst wrote: I have the War Record for my "First Person" reenacting soldier (Albert Sailhorst)....his record shows him dying twice.....about 6 months apart, in different ...   Thu Oct 18th, 2012 07:26 am

Don't know how much help these will be. You did say you were trying to get a handle on prisoner exchanges, though you did specify ...   Wed Oct 17th, 2012 10:15 am

But my point is still there, Mark. I haven't seen Amistad so I don't know how Spielberg may have portrayed the South in that movie. ...   Sat Oct 13th, 2012 05:21 am

I haven't seen a Spielberg movie set in the era, but then that's me (you watch me be wrong and I have seen one). I ...   Fri Oct 12th, 2012 06:29 am

What exactly is Old Green Eyes? ...   Thu Oct 11th, 2012 06:11 am

I seem to recall finding some trade paperbacks for Marvel Comics Civil War in there once too. As it's hooked to Amazon, I think Amazon ...   Sun Oct 7th, 2012 05:52 am

Not a big surprise, given what's coming out around then (ten days before the 149th anniversary in fact). ...   Sun Oct 7th, 2012 05:47 am

Different enthusiasts have different interests. My first suggestion would be to check CWI's own giftshop for ideas(yep javal, that's a plug for you). ...   Sat Oct 6th, 2012 07:17 am

Well it's that time of the year again. Hopefully folks will show interest in posting this year. ...   Tue Oct 2nd, 2012 08:12 am

Um, I don't get something on that link. On the section of when the telegraph reached Lincoln it says Sherman wrote in his memoirs that: "This ...   Mon Oct 1st, 2012 05:22 am

That get's me to wonder something here. What were the defense around Washington like in the summer of '62. We know what was there when ...   Tue Sep 25th, 2012 09:02 am