A Civil War Story
We Americans are now in the final months of our Civil War’s sesquicentennial (1861-1865). Roughly 1,264,000 American soldiers have died in conflicts since our nation’s founding. Of that number, 622,000 died in the… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: January, 2015
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The Sad Fate of Wellington’s Brother-in-Law
Two weeks ago Linda Pennell entertained us with a description of the Battle of New Orleans, the battle and the song, on the 200th anniversary of the event. The comments it drew included… Continue reading
Regardless Of Your Genre, A Little History Can Help
We spend a lot of time on this blog taking little nuggets of history and expanding on them. Lately, the topics have been about little-known battles that helped shape America as we know it… Continue reading
The General, the Pirate, and the Pop Chart!
In 1959, balladeer Johnny Horton made it to number 27 on the pop charts with his hit “The Battle of New Orleans”. The song, replete with catchy melody and march pace rhythm, commemorated the… Continue reading
Nelson, Perry, and the Battle of Lake Erie
I write stories set in late Georgian England and the Regency period, among other things. Heroes in such stories inevitably have some connection to the Napoleonic wars, either the army or the navy.… Continue reading