tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214849358792968501.post3972414476188782365..comments2023-10-07T06:45:05.045-05:00Comments on You're About to be Redirected to the New Home of Ground Control to Major Mom: The American Civil War -- 150 Years Later...The Vollmershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147086806363181531noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214849358792968501.post-42559408658618253942011-04-13T14:00:59.921-05:002011-04-13T14:00:59.921-05:00Thanks for your great comments! I've read the...Thanks for your great comments! I've read the "Killer Angels". And guess what, my first date with my dear husband was the epic film version of that book: "Gettysburg". I've also read his son Jeff Shaara's other CW novels.<br /><br />IMHO, there is no better tribute to those brave men (and women) who fought for their beliefs than to continue to educate about it. Please take time during your lives to visit the battlefield parks, and if you ever visit reenactments, talk to the "hobbyists" (as they're sometimes called). Many of them take on a well-researched persona and attempt to live like that person might have in the 1860s.The Vollmershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147086806363181531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214849358792968501.post-12121189670402795752011-04-13T13:48:42.791-05:002011-04-13T13:48:42.791-05:00I just visited Gettysburg with my family and it wa...I just visited Gettysburg with my family and it was wonderful. I had relatives who died in battles on both sides and I thought it was important for my kids to learn a little bit more about the Civil War. If you haven't read Killer Angels, I highly recommend it.MyKidsEatSquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801005441282252073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214849358792968501.post-22139531175013298942011-04-13T06:58:20.919-05:002011-04-13T06:58:20.919-05:00very cool! after my uncle retired from the AF, he...very cool! after my uncle retired from the AF, he started a Civil War educational society and does all the visits to the battlefields, including staff visits (which one of our friends is going to do up in Gettysburg this July)...you should check it out: http://www.blueandgrayeducation.org/Bengelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721953684956463152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214849358792968501.post-40264924508014684472011-04-12T22:21:17.345-05:002011-04-12T22:21:17.345-05:0015 years ago I made a point of visiting most of th...15 years ago I made a point of visiting most of the Civil War battlegrounds. But the one I remember the most was my visit to Antietam/Sharpsburg. Seeing the sunken road and Burnside's bridge after having read historian Shelby Foote account made my chill bumps on me in the middle of a hot July afternoon.<br /><br />It seemed to real to me then. I don't think I could watch an re-enactment.Don Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904656859605169309noreply@blogger.com