I consider myself fairly knowledgeable on the Civil War, but periodically I am surprised by an event that I have not read about. This is the case with Timothy Smith’s The Real Horse Soldiers. The book is a great narrative and analysis of the Union raid led by Colonel Benjamin Grierson. Smith describes the strategic… Continue reading
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Jeff Shaara at The Thurber House June 3
For those of you in and around Central Ohio, Jeff Shaara, author of A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg, is coming to The Thurber House. Details: Monday, June 03, 7:30pm at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215. Cost: $20 for adults; $18 for students and seniors
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