Monthly Archives: September 2012

Boys of Diamond Hill Wins Gold Medal

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

Tweet After a great day yesterday, getting to meet many fine writers here at the Military Writers Society of America Annual Conference and taping an interview for Positively Pittsburgh with Joanne Quinn-Smith, the event was capped off at this evening’s … Continue reading →

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MWSA – Positively Pittsburgh Interview

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Tweet The afternoon at the Military Writers Society of America annual conference was really rewarding. I was able to register after lunch time and meet a few of the members I have gotten to know online. Then at 3:00 I … Continue reading →

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Yancey’s War by William Hoffman

Posted on September 22, 2012 by

Tweet Yancey’s War By William Hoffman Reviewed by J. Keith Jones This book was first published in 1966 and was called the “best novel of the year” by the Cleveland Press. I don’t know if that translated it to a … Continue reading →

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Who Needs Literature?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

Tweet “I don’t read,” the statement by itself might not have been so bad had he not been thrusting his chest out and saying it so proudly. Sadly, I was not shocked by this… I had heard it before. So … Continue reading →

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Boys of Diamond Hill at Sharpsburg – 150 Years Ago Today

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

Tweet After losing his brother Pressley only days earlier, Daniel marched with the Seventh all night on the 16th from Harper’s Ferry to arrive at Sharpsburg just after 7 a.m. on the 17th. Around 9 a.m. the Seventh with Kershaw’s … Continue reading →

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The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

Tweet I made a decision a few years back to mix some of the classics that I had missed along the way with the current titles I read. As I have noted before, somehow I totally overlooked the John Carter … Continue reading →

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Sept. 13, 1862 – Pressley Boyd

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

Tweet BOYS OF DIAMOND HILL 150 Years Ago Today – Pressley Boyd Killed on Maryland Heights Early the morning of September 13th, Kershaw’s and Barksdale’s Brigades set out to take Maryland Heights against 1,600 mostly green Yankee troops under the … Continue reading →

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Sept. 12, 1862 – Diamond Hill

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Tweet BOYS OF DIAMOND HILL 150 Years Ago Today – 7th SC Embarks on Sharpsburg Campaign As part of the division of Layfayette McLaws and Joseph Kershaw’s Brigade, the 7th South Carolina was temporarily detached from Longstreet’s Corps and assigned … Continue reading →

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