Posted by William on May 1, 2008
Well, Phil may have started something with his post on April 24; I had a birthday (rather bigger than his) coming up four days later and thought I should see what I could find. If you want to see what...
Posted by John on April 29, 2008
Two days ago, April 27th, saw the 1st Annual Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show at the Gettysburg Hotel. It was sponsored by W. Britains, the legendary toy soldier company, which has teamed up with Osprey North America to increase our presence...
Posted by Mike on March 18, 2008
Just in time for Easter, the latest batch of Osprey books should be hitting stores near you today (and should be available to buy online etc). The two titles that really leap out at you have to be the next...
Posted by Joe on January 16, 2008
There is a story in my family that when my great-great-great grandfather marched off to join the ranks of the Confederate Army, his wife set up a still on the farm and sent her husband regular shipments of liquid courage....
Posted by Mike on December 12, 2007
Elite 88 American Civil War Commanders (2) Confederate Leaders in the East "Lieutenant-General Thomas J Jackson, General Robert E Lee, Major General J.E.B. Stuart" Illustrated by Richard Hook
Posted by William on September 12, 2007
Following on from Joe's post about the music of war, I heard Beethoven’s 10th Symphony the other day (he actually seems to have slipped in between the 7th and the 8th). This is his fascinating Battle Symphony, or Op.91 Wellingtons...
Posted by Joe on August 31, 2007
Along with books and miniatures, one of my favorite items of military history to collect is music. Not the contemporary music of past wars, though I’m sure that is an interesting pursuit, but modern songs that tell the tales of...
Posted by William on August 8, 2007
I have been enjoying an early copy of our lead summer title Sniper, in bookstores this month. It chronicles the evolution of the US marksman and his weaponry from colonial times to the present. There is evidence that sniping and...
Posted by William on July 21, 2007
Reading about Gettysburg the other day made me think of the place. Often a historic battlefield is fairly featureless, sometimes no more than a few fields or a hillside, making it very hard (for me anyway) to visualize the action...
Posted by William on June 25, 2007
I have just joined James Reasoner's Civil War Battle Series at Gettysburg, the sixth in his ten-book chronicle of the fortunes of a Virginian family. It isn't "Cold Mountain" on the home front nor "The Killer Angels" in the line...
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