2nd July, 2005

Added the page for Sherman’s move on Johnston at Dalton & Resaca. There have been other updates since 6th March, but they have not been recorded here.

6th March, 2005

Start the Atlanta campaign with Sherman’s move on Meridian.

29th January, 2005

Added some more detailed maps of the action on the 19th & 20th September. Also another assessment of the character of Rosecrans.

16th January, 2005

Added two more pages with photos from Bridgeport action

3rd January, 2005.

I have started adding the re-enactment of the battle pf Bridgeport on the Battlefields section.  I hope to put the rest of the photos up this month.

26th December, 2004

Started adding some battlefield pages, beginning with Andersonville POW camp.

15th July, 2004

Added extracts from Cleaves’ biography of General Thomas

6th June, 2004

Added a page on Hooker’s action at Ringgold, concluding the Battle for Missionary Ridge.

1st May, 2004

Extracts from the various battle reports have been added to the pages on Missionary Ridge.

24th March, 2004

More on Missionary Ridge, 24/25 November, 1863.

8th February, 2004

More on the action and withdrawal from Lookout Mountain.

31st January 2004

Started the pages on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.

30th December

Added a page on John Dillon Lynch and his unit, the 17th Tennessee Infantry

14th December

Some additions to Murfreesboro from O’Connor’s biography of Sheridan.

5th December

Added a section on the period from Brown’s Ferry to the action at Orchard Knob, Chattanooga, November 23 1863.

12th October 2003

Updated and extended the section on Brown’s Ferry

5th October 2003

After a long break because of the lovely summer this year, finally got around to moving on to the Chattanooga campaign

26th July 2003

Completed the page on Rosecrans.

10th July 2003

Further updated the page on Rosecrans and made some detail changes and additions to the page on Murfreesboro.

In May and on 1st June

Updated the page on Rosecrans and the action at Murfreesboro and Tullahoma.

19th April 2003

Added some more on Rosecrans, his part in Corinth, and the deepening rift between himself and Grant.

9th March 2003

I have not been very diligent in keeping this page updated. There have been a number of updates since December.  They include a page on Rosecrans which is partly complete at the moment. Also, there has been a major update to the detail on Stones River.

13th December

Longstreet disagreed with Lee’s tactics at Gettysburg, and this influenced his involvement in Chickamauga

17th October, 2002

I have drawn some similarities between some of the circumstances behind Wood’s move and the resultant gap in the line, and the causes of the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimea, October 1854.

8th October, 2002

A large number of extracts from the post-battle reports of a number of generals have been added, where appropriate.

21st September, 2002.

Added battlefield tour photos from a recent trip.

1st September, 2002.

First upload of the site, with some 27 pages to start with.