Tuesday, 19 January 2010

The site of the battle of the Crater

You must have seen the sequence in Cold Mountain when Union miners tunnel underground to detonate a charge beneath the Confederate positions... well this video takes you to the site and explores some of the techniques used for this operation.

Brooksville Raid 2010

January is a pretty busy month in Florida for reenactors - I've been featuring Seminole Wars events on my Flintlock and Tomahawk blog and there's also this to watch - a nicely shot and well presented Civil War event.

Richard Knotel

Probably the first place to look when researching the 19th century and in particular the German armies is the work of Richard Knotel. Images here
More here

Battle of St Quentin 1871

Today this battle was fought - a German victory in the Franco-Prussian war. Image by Richard Knotel from here