Author Archives: admin

Give thanks to all those who fought and died for our country. It’s a great time to join with friends and family ,and have a good time. Maybe take a moment and remember all those who provided for your ability … Continue reading →

I’m bored to death. Last week of school here in Colorado. We have our finals on Thursday, teacher workday with grades due Friday, and then it is off for the summer.  You’re probably asking why I would be bored, it’s … Continue reading →

Perhaps those Tea Bag attendees were not a bunch of redneck racists, but actually were just concerned over what our government is becoming and that more government is maybe not the answer.  A government that started to get fat under Bush … Continue reading →

Last month members of the University of Alabama’s Kappa Alpha Order participated in a tradition that has produced some controversy. The students dressed in Confederate military uniforms and accompanied by dates dressed in traditional dresses, and attended an Old South … Continue reading →

While doing some research concerning a paper for my American Revolution graduate class I stumbled on this article “Karl Marx and the American Civil War”, by Gerald Runkle in Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Jan., … Continue reading →

It’s an interesting question and one I would never have considered until I read Thomas J. Fleming’s 1964 article “The Enigma of General Howe,” in American Heritage magazine. Fleming’s argument, essentially, is that Sir William Howe was not incompetent, but … Continue reading →

Last night I viewed “WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West” and was very impressed. It is a mix between a docu-drama and a documentary. It’s this type of production that really is useful in the classroom. … Continue reading →

Soldier Studies has a pass to this summer’s “Annual Conference 2009 The Fields of Gettysburg” during June 4 – June 7, 2009. We need someone who lives in or near Gettysburg to attend. We would prefer a historian or a … Continue reading →

I would like to thank Chandra M. Manning for offering an article to my site SoldierStudies.org. Chandra is a Georgetown University Assistant Professor of History and received the 2008 Lincoln Prize Honorable Mention and a $10,000 prize for her book … Continue reading →