In Time

Me and Bobbie at LZ Dolly.(Letter to the editor)
Vietnam; 2/1/2010; 465 words; ...remember of the visit was being nervous. At that point of my tour I hadn't seen many, if any, American women. When it came time to fire the howitzer, either Bobbie didn't want to pull the lanyard or I pulled it quicker than she expected because it startled...

One man's trash ...(LETTER FROM CIVIL WAR TIMES)(D.P. Newton' Civil War artifact collections)
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 766 words; The next time you're in the Fredericksburg, Va., area, take time to visit the White Oak Museum...more reflective, less hectic time. Those days are long gone...Starting with this issue, Civil War Times will feature selected artifacts...

'Mimic War' no more: 'Little Phil' and 'Old Jube' get serious.(Battle of Charles Town)(Event overview)
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 4030 words; ...added to the one already present, gave the Yankees an overwhelming superiority in that arm. Although this marked the first time in the war that all Union forces served under one commander, the new general-in-chief faced major constraints. Early...

Keystone state: prime 'deserter country'.(Deserter Country: Civil War Opposition in the Pennsylvania Appalachians)(Book review)
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 886 words; ...660 men drafted from Clearfield [County] in October 1864, 400 refused to report for examination." "Even in contemporary times," Sandow concludes, "the people of Pennsylvania's mountain communities remember the divisiveness of the Civil War years...

Statshot: numbers that shaped the era.(CIVIL WAR TODAY)(1860 Census )(Brief article)
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 625 words; THE 1860 Census provided statistics on white and slave populations and-for the first time--accounted for 40,000 American Indians. It also highlighted the nation's transportation system, including its nearly 30...