Things Have Changed

 We had the pleasure of hosting Curt Fields for a week of events in Scottsdale.  Curt has portrayed Ulysses S Grant (real name - Hiram Simps...

I was recently privileged to be inducted as an associate member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, joining the Picacho Peak Cam...

  On this date in 1863 occurred the Union assault on Fort Wagner near Charleston, SC, an event depicted in the movie Glory .  If you saw the...

On this date in 1860, Abraham Lincoln spoke in New York City at Cooper Union Hall.  Lincoln had come to national attention through his serie...

On the 162nd anniversary of Lincoln's speech at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, here's Charles...

 On May 5, 1864 the Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan River in Virginia, opening its 1864 campaign.  Accompanying the army's comma...

In a sea of white male faces in what looks like a late 19th century photo stands, in the center of the second row, a black woman.  What is ...

 Last week I had the pleasure of attending a lecture at Arizona State by Allen Guelzo, noted historian of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War....

Going through my old books I came across Great Moments in History by Samuel Nisenson and Alfred Parker.  Published in 1932, Great Moments h...

  An edited reprint of a prior Things Have Changed post I've spent some time exploring the early history of professional baseball in Ame...

Today marks 160 years since the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg and of President Abraham Lincoln's little speech.  Her...

Several hundred people (some reports refer to thousands) turned out for the picnic on the lawn.  A platform had been erected for speakers, a...

The Scottsdale Civil War Roundtable ended its 2022-23 season with a special event; many members attending a performance of Ben Butler, a pl...

In 2015 I did a series of posts covering the 150th anniversary of Lee's retreat from Richmond and Grant's pursuit.  From April 1 to ...

On April 4, 1864 Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter below to Albert G Hodges.  The letter expresses the president's beliefs about the mor...

On the 214th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, we present the President's gracious letter to General Ulysses Grant on the s...

( Edward Bates, another Civil War guy with a beard ) On this date in 1862, Attorney General Edward Bates, an appointee of President Abraham ...