The Demon of Unrest, A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. I read a lot of books and usually find something to criticize in each so that I have never awarded a 5 Star rating until now. I believed it when I finished the book Thanksgiving Day … Read more
Digging All Night and Fighting All Day, The Civil War Siege of Spanish Fort and the Mobile Campaign 1865 I have a long history with the Mobile Campaign of 1864-1865. Blue and Gray has led many tours there with some of the legends of the history community including Ed Bearss, Richard McMurray and Art … Read more
A Refugee at Hanover Tavern: The Civil War Diary of Margaret Wight Edited by Shirley A. Haas and Dale Paige Talley (History Press, 2013); $21.99 During our May Overland Campaign tour with Gordon Rhea, I happened across this book in the Hanover Tavern bookstore. I quickly picked it up, and it crossed my eyes … Read more
Over nearly 30 years of tours, we have only conducted three overseas tours; a fourth was cancelled when I had heart surgery and, while ready to go, the doctor said no and the Sicilian trip was canceled. Time passed, and we were unable to reschedule. An overseas trip requires a site survey that is a … Read more
I was a seven-year-old boy who had never thrown a baseball, been to a baseball game, nor had Roger Maris hit 61 home runs or the Reds and Yankees tangled in the 1961 World Series. The Centennial commemoration of the American Civil War was underway, and National Geographic magazine, Volume 119, Number 4, dated April … Read more
Ladies and Gentlemen, once again I must ask you to indulge me the excuse of “Can’t do Everything at once.” In a perfect world, I would send out renewal requests about 60 days before your membership is due to renew, and then if renewal is not received by the end of the month of renewal, … Read more
BGES thrives on low overhead and the voluntary efforts of members and interested parties to accomplish tasks that are essential to the daily and recurring operations of the organization. Tasks that might require a full- or part-time, paid staff member in a larger group with more monetary throughput become a necessary but occasional task that … Read more
BGES members have never failed in a challenge, and, like Yorktown, we have systematically besieged our objective, and carefully advanced our parallels in a deliberate fashion, until we have reached the point in which we can breech the British lines in one final rush. The outcome will not be in doubt, provided we carry … Read more
Interview by Jeff Fioravanti I would like to take pen in hand to introduce you to a retired history teacher, photographer, and longtime supporter of the Blue & Gray Education Society: Mike Green. Mike spent 41 years as a high school history teacher. During his teaching career, he obtained a Master’s in counseling from … Read more
By early March 1865, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman was operating with nearly complete freedom in North Carolina on his way north to form a junction with Union forces in Virginia. The responsibility for ensuring a functioning railroad from New Bern to Goldsboro in support of Sherman’s movement rested with Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox. … Read more
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