“Five hundred men marched silently toward the gates that were to shut out life and hope from most of them forever.” -John McElroy
Month: January 2016
Andersonville: Disaster in the Making
First in a series of videos about Andersonville Prison, this short video shows the location and layout of prison stockade.
Thunder on Ol’ Man River
The USS Hartford, Admiral David Farragut’s flagship and four gunboats of the Mississippi River Squadron appear in the second novel of my Shiloh Trilogy.
Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the most lop-sided defeat suffered by the Army of the Potomac. Decades later, Gen. U. S. Grant still regretted ordering the assault.