I just read about this, something I hadn’t heard of. During the American Revolution the 13 colonies formed the Commities of Correspondence to coordinate writings outside the colony. It formed like a political union between the states to help rally support or resistance to issues. It’s a little confusing for me to get a feel for exactly [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Committies of Correspondence
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/28/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Battle of Gettysburg
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/21/2008 | 2 Comments »
The Battle of Gettysburg was the largest battle in the American Civil War. 3 days of fighting in the Pennsylvania fields were the bloodiest in America’s history. Gettysburg turned the tide of the American Civil War in the North’s favor. Before Gettysburg the North was regularly beaten on the battlefields, at least tacticly. The battle [...]
Census and History
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/18/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a good site to learn history. It’s important to get the right perspective when it comes to learning history. Numbers are a great way to learn. Just things like learning population numbers can be useful. If you are trying to learn the history of Maine here’s a number I just pulled off the site. The population [...]
Major General George H. Thomas
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/14/2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve never heard of Major General George Thomas so I did a quick search. It turns out I should have heard of him. He is considered by some to be one of the most important yet forgotten generals of the Civil War. George Thomas is the Union Brigade commander who became known as the “Rock of Chickamauga” as he held off [...]
Québec City exhibition
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a cool looking exhibition I came across thanks to Marc Gauthier. The official name I believe is Québec City and its Photographers, 1850-1908. The Yves Beauregard Collection. From Marc’s site:
This exhibition offers a selection of approximately 400 photographs, ambrotypes, tintypes and other printing processes of light on a support.
There’s portraits, panaromic views, stereoscopes (3D viewers for old [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »
I guess I have a post already! Well I might as well say hello. Hello! Um, not much to say right now. I did buy this stereograph from ebay not too long ago though. Check it out. It’s of Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania.
I’m sorry for the bad picture. I took a photo [...]
