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Little Round Top: 20th Maine
Here’s one for XBrad, because I know this is his favorite Civil War story. I’m stomping around Gettysburg today and made the required stop at this monument: Yes the monument for the 20th Maine Infantry...
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Leadership Lesson from 150 years ago today: The Battle of Pea Ridge
On March 7, 1862, Federal and Confederate troops clashed, in one of the few major battles west of the Mississippi River, on the rolling ground of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. The battle itself lasted two days,...
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Cannister
In which I make Craig happy for at least 11 minutes: Tagged: army, artillery, Civil War, history
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Antietam
Today is the 150th anniversary of the bloodiest single day battle in American history. The battle at Antietam, or Sharpsburg to those of us with a Southern heritage, was a stunning event. Both the...
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Diversity Saturday
Pretty much the only reason we know of the existence of Bowdoin College is because of the legendary service of one of its graduates (and later president) Joshua L. Chamberlain. I’ll leave it to the...
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Not quite up to CGSC standards- But not bad, either.
We wrote a while back about the standard format 5-paragraph operations order used to plan operations throughout the Army, from the squad level to the highest echelons. Craig, our resident expert on the...
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