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| Confederate Sharpshooter, photographed in Devil's Den in Gettysburg, July 1863, by Timothy O'Sullivan; colorized version © Mark Maritato. |
I am an amateur historian of the American Civil War. I don't do re-enacting, but I read a lot, I write articles and draw maps for Wikipedia, and I'm an enthusiastic traveler to Civil War battlefields and history seminars. Here are some links of interest.
Travelogues
- 2004 Touring — A page that contains three "trip reports" from 2004, including info on the GDG Muster, Virginia touring, Gettysburg on Columbus Day, and The Killer Angels as a stage play.
- 2005 Touring — More trip reports, including UVa in Charleston, Gettysburg, Civil War Institute, the Harrisburg CW museum, another Gettysburg, Assoc. of Licensed Battlefield Guides, CW Preservation Trust, and Blue & Gray Education Society December staff ride of Stones River.
- 2006 Touring — Blue & Gray Education Society December staff ride of Forts Henry and Donelson; NPS seminar at Gettysburg, CWPT Memphis meeting, UVa seminar in Richmond, Civil War Institute, West Coast Civil War Conference.
- 2007 Touring — Civil War Preservation Trust meeting in Portsmouth, Virginia, Chambersburg Seminar on Antietam, Mosby Heritage Area Association seminar on Second Manassas, Blue & Gray Education Society Walking Tour of Perryville.
- 2008 Touring — Vicksburg with Parker Hills, Chickamauga/Chattanooga, and a future trip to Spring Hill, TN.
Wikipedia
I have written about 275 Civil War articles in this free, open-source Internet encyclopedia (and have edited/improved many more). This link takes you to the page where I list all the significant ones. Some of my favorites:
- Gettysburg topics: Gettysburg, First Day, Second Day, Third Day cavalry battles, Gettysburg Campaign, Gettysburg Battlefield, Cemetery Hill, Culp's Hill, Little Round Top, Pickett's Charge
- Battles (90+): Antietam, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Corinth, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Fredericksburg, Harpers Ferry, Shiloh, First Manassas, Second Manassas, Perryville, Stones River, Vicksburg
- Bios (130+): E.P. Alexander, Ed Bearss, Ambrose Burnside, Bruce Catton, George S. Greene, Winfield S. Hancock, Henry W. Halleck, Herman Haupt, Jedediah Hotchkiss, Henry J. Hunt, James Longstreet, George B. McClellan, George Meade, Albert J. Myer, George Pickett, John F. Reynolds, Phil Sheridan, Daniel Sickles, Traveller (my tongue-in-cheek bio of Lee's horse), Emory Upton, Gouverneur K. Warren
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Campaigns: Eastern Theater overview article, Western Theater, Peninsula Campaign, Appomattox Campaign, Maryland Campaign, Seven Days Battles, Knoxville Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, Jackson's Valley Campaign, Overland Campaign, Siege of Petersburg, Tullahoma, Vicksburg - Signal Corps, Field Artillery, and Cavalry
Maps and Stuff
- Maps — I have created over 120 battlefield and campaign maps for my Wikipedia work; the Macromedia Freehand or Adobe Illustrator source files and PNG graphic files are here.
- Zazzle — I have designed a series of T-shirts and coffee mugs with battle maps that you can buy from Zazzle.com. I often wear the T-shirts on my CW trips.