"Buford's role in securing the high ground at Gettysburg was crucial. Bringing that to life on screen, especially in such a detailed and respectful manner, was a deeply moving experience"
Historical Fiction: The Civil War
That Devil Forrest
"He must be hunted down and killed if it costs 10,000 men and bankrupts the treasury.” -General Sherman
The Union Forever!
“The crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood.” -John Brown
Oh Captain! My Captain!
"The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, while follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring."
The Coming of the Lord: Civil War Podcast #3
"The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads." -Shelby Foote
His Terrible Swift Sword: Civil War Podcast #2
"It was imperative to strike before we were struck by this overwhelming force in a hand-to-hand fight, which we could not probably have withstood or survived. At that crisis, I ordered the bayonet. The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man; and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away."
To Arms! Civil War Podcast #1
"Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees."
2023 Year Review
Michael, Cal and David discuss the books read over 2023.
You Cannot Get Away
"Boys, I may lead you into hell, but I'll get you out if you do exactly as I tell you to do. I'll never send you into a battle, I'll lead you. All I ask any man to do is follow me." -Leander McNelly
Victory in the Pacific
Description of the book (from publisher): Beginning with the Honolulu Conference, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt met with his Pacific theater commanders to plan the last phase of the campaign against Japan, Twilight of the Gods brings to life the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific, when the U.S. Navy won... Continue Reading →
Brains and Brawn 