June 9, 2007

• The Civil War in Legos

  I stumbled across this page today.  You can see a few more Civil War dioramas in Legos at http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/10409.

March 27, 2007

• Still Life: Images at Antietam

  OK… yet another book promotion by request of an author.  However, Ms. Cassner-Janey's book appeals to me.  I have a soft spot for photographic books on our Nation's Civil War battlefields.  A great photographer can give us a different perspective or a view on a battlefield that we miss.  I wonder is Mannie (an Antietam [...]

February 24, 2007

• Photos of 'Sentinels of Stone: Shiloh and Corinth' Available

  Tim Isbell, author and photographer of Gettysburg: Sentinels of Stone and Vicksburg: Sentinels of Stone has updated his website, www.timisbell.com, to include new photos of Shiloh and Corinth for his upcoming book, Sentinels of Stone: Shiloh and Corinth.  Picuted below is the Tennessee monument at Shiloh:  Additionally, tim lives very close to Beauvior  and is capturing [...]

January 28, 2007

• Beauvior Restortation To Begin This Week

  A bid has been selected and Beauvior restoration begins this week! Beauvoir work begins (Sun Herald) Construction fencing will soon encircle Beauvoir and by Feb. 5 workers will begin restoration work on the 1850s National Historic Landmark, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The $3.9 million project is expected to take a year. Restoration of the battered [...]

December 16, 2006

• Civil War Clipart Sources

  As popular as the Civil War is, what amazes me is the lack of availability of Civil War clipart.   The only sites I have located with any sort of a collection are: Civil War Clipart Gallery Savage/Goodner's Confederate Clipart Anyone know of other decent sources on the web?

October 30, 2006

• Shiloh: Sentinels of Stone Scheduled for Late 2007

    Tim Isbell, author and photographer behind the wonderful Gettysburg: Sentinels of Stone and Vicksburg: Sentinels of Stone books, dropped me an email to let me and my readers know that a 3rd book on Shiloh will be released next year.  Shiloh: Sentinels of Stone to be published in 2007 The [...]

May 7, 2006

• Spotlight on 2 New Photographic on Gettysburg and Vicksburg

  The Mississippi's Sun Herald own photojournalist, Tim Isbell, releases 2 photographic books on Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Isbell's story and how these 2 books came to be can be found in the Sun Herald article below.

  Scenes of Civil War: Photojournalist for Sun Herald documents Vicksburg, Gettysburg in his first two books Thirty-five years after the [...]