Don't miss the post at 6:00 this evening about South Mountain State Battlefield. Pix and prose, be sure to "like" and "link" (plenty more where this came from).
Check it out here:http://www.facebook.com/
Friday, February 10, 2012
Battle of South Mountain: War Correspondents Arch
Hey all
Don't miss the post at 6:00 this evening about South Mountain State Battlefield. Pix and prose, be sure to "like" and "link" (plenty more where this came from).
Check it out here:http://www.facebook.com/
Don't miss the post at 6:00 this evening about South Mountain State Battlefield. Pix and prose, be sure to "like" and "link" (plenty more where this came from).
Check it out here:http://www.facebook.com/
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Foggy Thinking at Burnside Bridge
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War is a very simple thing - made up of hundreds of complicated things.
Carl von Clausewitz
Odd.
Most artists, far too many historians, and all nine-year old boys insist Ambrose Burnside was fixated on the bridge.
Oh, would that wars were fought by the armchair analysts.
Burnside, knowing the bridge was a bottleneck sent his main attack, in two divisions, upstream and downstream. The downstream attempt by Rodman was successful. Finding a ford a mile and a quarter from the bridge, Rodman got his division across and came boiling up on the Confederate flank, compromising the rebel position and allowing the bridge to fall into Union hands.
The war is so simple when explained by artists, too many historians, and all nine-year-old boys.
At least the nine-year-olds may outgrow it.
Your favorite former nine-year-old boy,
Mannie
War is a very simple thing - made up of hundreds of complicated things.
Carl von Clausewitz
Odd.
Most artists, far too many historians, and all nine-year old boys insist Ambrose Burnside was fixated on the bridge.
Oh, would that wars were fought by the armchair analysts.
Burnside, knowing the bridge was a bottleneck sent his main attack, in two divisions, upstream and downstream. The downstream attempt by Rodman was successful. Finding a ford a mile and a quarter from the bridge, Rodman got his division across and came boiling up on the Confederate flank, compromising the rebel position and allowing the bridge to fall into Union hands.
The war is so simple when explained by artists, too many historians, and all nine-year-old boys.
At least the nine-year-olds may outgrow it.
Your favorite former nine-year-old boy,
Mannie
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Hit "return" or left click
And now, for something completely different.
For the next two months visitors won't find me at the visitors center doing my usual Park Ranger thing.
Instead, I'll be busily working on articles like this for Antietam's Facebook page. I get to work with a team of very creative people to create electronic media content in the run-up for this year's observance of the 1862 Maryland Campaign in general and the Battle of Antietam in particular.
I'll be pretty scarce at "My Year of Living Rangerously" for a couple of months too although, you may wish to check out Antietam's Facebook page here, some of those posts will have been written by the "old ranger" and I'd love it if you'd hit those "friend" and "like" buttons.
Staying busy, virtually and otherwise, Just north of Sharpsburg,
Mannie
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012
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