Gettysburg is preparing for the 150th anniversary of the battle this summer, but the 50th anniversary in 1913 was an actual reunion of 54,000-plus Civil ...   Mon May 13th, 2013 04:24 pm

With the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam fast approaching, I thought that anyone interested in Civil War history might be interested in another ...   Fri Sep 14th, 2012 04:26 pm

The full theatrical trailer for "Lincoln" with Daniel Day Lewis is out. This is the movie based on "Team of Rivals." So what do you ...   Fri Sep 14th, 2012 01:11 pm

Thanks for asking about my book. Battlefield Angels tells the story of women whom both the Confederate and Union governments sought out at the beginning ...   Thu Sep 6th, 2012 03:23 pm

I think Gilpin's book may have been the inspiration for the series. I had started to read the book as research for an upcoming project, ...   Wed Sep 5th, 2012 08:57 pm

PBS will be showing a new documentary called "Death and the Civil War" by Ric Burns (Ken Burns' brother). I was asked to preview the ...   Wed Sep 5th, 2012 06:01 pm

I thought everyone might be interested in this article I wrote that was published in the Cumberland Times-News. Here the link: http://times-news.com/jamesrada/x1962244186/Remembering-Battle-of-Antietam-in-1937 Also, here an additional ...   Fri Aug 31st, 2012 05:49 pm

I wanted to introduce everyone to my new book. I'd be honored if you would take a look at it. When the Civil War broke out, ...   Tue Feb 21st, 2012 04:28 pm

I wrote about the Daughters of Charity in my book, "Battlefield Angels." Nearly 300 of these women served in the war as nurses, cooks, apothecaries, ...   Sat Feb 18th, 2012 03:50 pm

The Daughters of Charity operated independently for the most part. They had hospitals in Louisiana, Portsmouth, Richmond and served in battlefield hospitals where needed and ...   Mon Oct 10th, 2011 06:16 pm