Why So Long...?

Why have I allowed this to lapse?  Guess one reason is I use Facebook far more now to communicate with folks.  Another reason is I have put my research of DMA/PMA on the back burner due to financial considerations, work responsibilities, and elbow surgery.  It lingers in the back of my mind and nags me to return...we will see.  If you are interested in meeting some of the PMC grads we have over 200 (which is quite amazing since the youngest are over 60) on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/65268157912/

Write Here Write Now

In case you missed it on Facebook, at the Decatur Book Fair Tim Morrison did an interview of me about my Robinett book.  You can find it here scroll down to number 25.

http://writeherewritenow.businessradiox.com/Decatur-Book-Festival-2011/

Decature Book Fair

Come join Deeds Publishing @ the Decatur, GA book fair this weekend:

http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/2011/index.php  


The Street Fair and book selling is from 10:00 to 6:00 on Saturday and Noon to 6:00 on Sunday. Our booth area is between the City Hall and New Court House, a fairly compact area so we'll be easy to find.

New Piece in North - South

You can find a new piece I wrote in North - South Vol. 13 - 3.

Incidents of War: A Fight for the Colors, Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.

Onward and Upward

Well changes are coming.  Today is my first day working for The Angelo Group, Inc.  I am project manager and historian for an effort for the Military Intelligence Branch.  We will be creating three documentaries on MI history.  Should be quite fun.

Professional Historians and the Black Confederate Myth: Part One

 Interesting piece!

http://cwcrossroads.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/professional-historians-and-the-black-confederate-myth-part-one/

http://cwcrossroads.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/1661/

Civil War in Memory

For Americans, at least, no historical event is so constantly reassessed and reinterpreted as the American Civil War.

http://chronicle.com/article/Civil-War-History-an/127926/?sid=cc&utm_source=cc&utm_medium=en

sets out a good argument against the desire to interpret the motivations of people going to war in light of the consequences of the war.  In this case, the ACW resulted in emancipation, and the idea of the Union is no longer of great interest--but this does not mean that people in 1860 saw things this way--claims John David Smith, writing about a new book by Gary Gallagher.

Now on Kindle!!!

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_6_27?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=broomsticks+to+battlefields&sprefix=broomsticks+to+battlefields

An AHA Moment about Vickers and Freemasonry

I was talking to four Freemasons this week about both Robinett and Vickers.  They indicated that when a mason is removed from the organization every mention of them is purged for all records.  That could MEAN, in the case of Vickers that is what happened to him and why I cannot find where he was raised. BUT, then why was he buried in a Masonic cemetery?

Every question answered always generates new questions.

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New Review

Al Nofi has posted a review of Robinett on Strategy page.  You can view it here:

http://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/590.asp