Friday, September 11, 2015

Presentation on the Contraband Camps of Northern Virginia, Loudoun County Civil War Roundtable, Oct. 13

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I am pleased to report that the Loudoun County Civil War Roundtable has invited me to speak next month about the contraband camps of Northe...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Confirming the Relation to my Civil War Ancestor

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A few weeks ago I wrote about some recent developments in the ongoing search to determine my exact relationship to Private William Baumgarte...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

What I've Been Up To....

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I recently finished Ethan Rafuse's impressive tome, McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union . I...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Civil War News and Views: The Advanced Confederate Line, September 1861

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Now that the Sesquicentennial is over, I look forward to revisiting the earlier war period in Northern Virginia. As readers may recall, I sp...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Searching Family History for the Right Connection

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How about a little break from the current Confederate controversy? I've written often about my "Civil War ancestor," Pvt. Will...
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Friday, July 3, 2015

Confederate Symbols, a Call to Moderation, and a Respect for History

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I guess it was folly for me to think I could avoid writing a post on the recent controversy over Confederate symbols. I usually try to steer...
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Thursday, June 25, 2015

A Trip to Gettysburg with the Kids

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As the followers of this blog's feeds on Facebook and Twitter know, I often take my twin sons to Civil War sites in and around Northern ...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

A Talk with Eugene Schmiel, Author of "Citizen-General: Jacob Dolson Cox and the Civil War Era"

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A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Gene Schmiel during a Savas Beatie Author Enclave at South Mountain and Antietam . At th...
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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Five Years of Blogging!

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Today All Not So Quiet Along the Potomac turns five. When I began blogging in 2010, I wasn't sure what the future of this endeavor would...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Civil War Views: Another Photograph of the 43rd New York at Camp Griffin?

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In October 1861, Gen. William F. "Baldy" Smith's division established Camp Griffin near Langley and Lewinsville, Virginia (tod...
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