Jake Wynn | April 1, 2013
The 2002 blockbuster Gangs of New York struck me from the moment I first watched it as an impressionable 14 year old, but probably not the way you would expect. It wasn’t the surplus of stars or the big-named director. It wasn’t the gratuitous violence or the special effects. What I saw most in this […]
Jake Wynn | March 25, 2013
Trying to find time to read these days has been difficult. Between volunteering, schoolwork, my internship and research, it’s been a pretty tight squeeze of late. Yet, the Civil War and related subjects seem to have taken up most of my time, much to the irritation of those around me. I finished Tony Horwitz’s marquee […]
Jake Wynn | March 17, 2013
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College held a conference gathering together many of the nation’s premier academic and public historians from Thursday, March 14 through Saturday, March 16. The focus of this gathering, titled The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the 150th, centered on examining the ways Civil War interpretation may change […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 5, 2013
A listing of the February 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Rev. Lewis D. Steckel – Reformed Minister of Lykens Frederick W. Yingst – Carpet Dealer of Harrisburg Dr. Jacob W. Shope – Physician of Halifax and Harrisburg Rev. Hugh A. Loague – Catholic Priest at Williamstown January 2013 Posts Brothers […]
Brian Tomlin | March 4, 2013
This is the first of a ten part series on the “Victorian home,” a general term used to describe the types of houses and home life during the Civil War. Part one is an overview of a variety of topics relating to home life during the period. The remaining posts in the series will each take one […]
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