Comments for Civil War Daily Gazette http://civilwardailygazette.com A Day-By-Day Accounting of the Conflict, 150 Years Later Tue, 22 May 2012 04:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on My Civil War Eyes Were Bigger Than My Civil War Belly! by Eric http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/16/my-civil-war-eyes-were-bigger-than-my-civil-war-belly/#comment-78763 Eric Tue, 22 May 2012 04:00:58 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=7559#comment-78763 Oh the maps themselves are great! The Library of Congress has preserved them well. My additions, however... well, I do my best. I love maps, so this is a wonderful treat - an added bonus that I had no idea would be a part of this project. Oh the maps themselves are great! The Library of Congress has preserved them well. My additions, however… well, I do my best.

I love maps, so this is a wonderful treat – an added bonus that I had no idea would be a part of this project.

]]> Comment on My Civil War Eyes Were Bigger Than My Civil War Belly! by Sean Williams http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/16/my-civil-war-eyes-were-bigger-than-my-civil-war-belly/#comment-78640 Sean Williams Mon, 21 May 2012 17:12:41 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=7559#comment-78640 Are you kidding?!?!? I absolutely LOVE the maps. It continually impresses me that you find good maps to clearly indicate movements and position to those of us who have never visited the battlefields you are describing! Are you kidding?!?!? I absolutely LOVE the maps. It continually impresses me that you find good maps to clearly indicate movements and position to those of us who have never visited the battlefields you are describing!

]]> Comment on My Civil War Eyes Were Bigger Than My Civil War Belly! by Eric http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/16/my-civil-war-eyes-were-bigger-than-my-civil-war-belly/#comment-78590 Eric Mon, 21 May 2012 13:18:31 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=7559#comment-78590 There is absolutely life during blog. For proof, check out my road trip blog or even my personal blog (though I wouldn't say there's much life there). There is absolutely life during blog. For proof, check out my road trip blog or even my personal blog (though I wouldn’t say there’s much life there).

]]> Comment on My Civil War Eyes Were Bigger Than My Civil War Belly! by Eric http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/16/my-civil-war-eyes-were-bigger-than-my-civil-war-belly/#comment-78589 Eric Mon, 21 May 2012 13:16:53 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=7559#comment-78589 Cold Harbor? Just wait until August 1862! Too much going on. It seems to die down towards the end of Sept though. Cold Harbor? Just wait until August 1862! Too much going on. It seems to die down towards the end of Sept though.

]]> Comment on Lincoln Declares Hunter’s Emancipation Proclamation “Altogether Void” by Eric http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/19/lincoln-declares-hunters-emancipation-proclamation-altogether-void/#comment-78588 Eric Mon, 21 May 2012 13:14:56 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=6089#comment-78588 Yeah! Next thing you know, the Pres will start up with this stuff! Yeah! Next thing you know, the Pres will start up with this stuff!

]]> Comment on My Civil War Eyes Were Bigger Than My Civil War Belly! by Eric http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/16/my-civil-war-eyes-were-bigger-than-my-civil-war-belly/#comment-78587 Eric Mon, 21 May 2012 13:13:53 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=7559#comment-78587 Thank you so much. I can't imagine this as a book. So much writing and so many bad maps! :) Thank you so much. I can’t imagine this as a book. So much writing and so many bad maps! :)

]]> Comment on My Civil War Eyes Were Bigger Than My Civil War Belly! by RoadDog http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/16/my-civil-war-eyes-were-bigger-than-my-civil-war-belly/#comment-78562 RoadDog Mon, 21 May 2012 11:31:40 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=7559#comment-78562 Question. Is there life during blog? They sure do take up a long time, even if enjoyable time. A true labor of love. Keep up your fine work regardless of what shape it may take. Question. Is there life during blog? They sure do take up a long time, even if enjoyable time. A true labor of love.

Keep up your fine work regardless of what shape it may take.

]]> Comment on My Civil War Eyes Were Bigger Than My Civil War Belly! by Dudley Bokoski http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/16/my-civil-war-eyes-were-bigger-than-my-civil-war-belly/#comment-78080 Dudley Bokoski Sat, 19 May 2012 16:51:38 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=7559#comment-78080 You've done a remarkable job and I marvel at how you've been able to keep up the pace. I struggle to keep up my blog and it doesn't involve nearly the writing yours does (more reading the O.R. and figuring out what to use each day). A historian friend of mine told me last summer the real test would be what I'd feel about the effort by the time I got to Cold Harbor. I think I understand now better what he meant. The first year was relatively easy because I'd have days with only 30 or so pages in the O.R. to go through and now that all heck is breaking loose in 1862 it is alot more effort. The payoff, though, is we're experiencing the Civil War in real time. Here we are on the Peninsula and there is no Robert E. Lee in the field. But by September he'll be a legend. You don't get a feel for that pace and the twists and turns unless you study the war in sequence. Taking it a day at a time has been much more rewarding than I would have imagined. Don't forget your blog is read by other people but it is for you. Move ahead in whatever way you find enjoyable. I think you'll be surprised to find even if you have times where you aren't able to put as much in people will understand and still read and enjoy it. Good luck to you no matter how you decide to move forward. You’ve done a remarkable job and I marvel at how you’ve been able to keep up the pace. I struggle to keep up my blog and it doesn’t involve nearly the writing yours does (more reading the O.R. and figuring out what to use each day).

A historian friend of mine told me last summer the real test would be what I’d feel about the effort by the time I got to Cold Harbor. I think I understand now better what he meant. The first year was relatively easy because I’d have days with only 30 or so pages in the O.R. to go through and now that all heck is breaking loose in 1862 it is alot more effort.

The payoff, though, is we’re experiencing the Civil War in real time. Here we are on the Peninsula and there is no Robert E. Lee in the field. But by September he’ll be a legend. You don’t get a feel for that pace and the twists and turns unless you study the war in sequence. Taking it a day at a time has been much more rewarding than I would have imagined.

Don’t forget your blog is read by other people but it is for you. Move ahead in whatever way you find enjoyable. I think you’ll be surprised to find even if you have times where you aren’t able to put as much in people will understand and still read and enjoy it. Good luck to you no matter how you decide to move forward.

]]> Comment on Lincoln Declares Hunter’s Emancipation Proclamation “Altogether Void” by Meg Thompson http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/19/lincoln-declares-hunters-emancipation-proclamation-altogether-void/#comment-78072 Meg Thompson Sat, 19 May 2012 16:12:27 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=6089#comment-78072 First Fremont, now Hunter--geez! First Fremont, now Hunter–geez!

]]> Comment on My Civil War Eyes Were Bigger Than My Civil War Belly! by Jim http://civilwardailygazette.com/2012/05/16/my-civil-war-eyes-were-bigger-than-my-civil-war-belly/#comment-77830 Jim Fri, 18 May 2012 19:13:56 +0000 http://civilwardailygazette.com/?p=7559#comment-77830 I've been reading your blog for a long time now and I can't fully express how much I enjoy it and appreciate it and am in awe of the work you do on it. Please continue and make whatever scaling down is required. In the end you could be compensated by compiling it into a book, The Civil War Day by Day? It would be a great book. I’ve been reading your blog for a long time now and I can’t fully express how much I enjoy it and appreciate it and am in awe of the work you do on it. Please continue and make whatever scaling down is required. In the end you could be compensated by compiling it into a book, The Civil War Day by Day? It would be a great book.

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