This is what happens when you bring together the University of Maryland’s School of Business and the Gettysburg Foundation. Additional tours explore the Crater and the challenges associated with hostile competition through Cold Mountain as well as a plantation tour that looks at worker management through Gone With the Wind. I am sending this one [...]
Gettysburg
I recently accepted an invitation to take part in the Civil War Institute’s annual conference at Gettysburg College, which will take place from June 22-26, 2012. Unfortunately, my move to Boston prevented me from taking part in this past year’s institute so I am very excited about being able to attend this time around. The [...]
The following guest post is from Garry Adelman. Garry is the author, co-author or editor of more than 30 Civil War books and articles including his latest work, Manassas Battlefields Then & Now. He has been a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg for 16 years. He is vice president of the Center for Civil War [...]
I say half-hearted because I only made it through the first hour of the movie. It was much worse than I had anticipated, but before proceeding. Of course, I understand that I was not the target audience for this documentary film. The problems for me started with the opening scenes, which placed the viewer on [...]
There seems to be a good deal of anticipation for History’s upcoming movie, Gettysburg, produced by Ridley and Tony Scott. I am not one of them. Audience’s will likely experience a visually stimulating and gritty depiction of the actual battle. The goal of the movie, according to the History website is the following: Executive produced [...]
The following is a guest post by Professor Mark Snell of Shepherd University. Professor Snell is the director of The George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War I will not attempt to debate Professor Cebula, nor try to address most of his points. This debate actually can be traced back to [...]
I want to first thank everyone for taking the time to comment on what is for many a very important and personal issue. Once again you’ve demonstrated that it is possible to have a mature and intellectual Online discussion. As a proud member of the Civil War Preservation Trust I would like to think that [...]
Update: Thanks to those of you who have already commented. That is exactly the point of this post. I’ve received a number of emails expressing curiosity and even disgust over my decision to feature this guest post. Many of you know that I’ve strived to offer different perspectives on controversial issues in an attempt to [...]