Month: May 2018

“General, this is deeply humiliating; but I console myself with the thought that the whole country will rejoice at this day’s business.” ~ A Confederate during the Civil War surrender ceremony, 12 April 1865. I admit to being somewhat red-faced to learn - as a West Point graduate and after all these years - that… Continue reading Appomattox Court House

I was in somewhat of a rush to return to Arizona from Virginia when I saw the sign. I’d been gone longer than what I had allotted for the trip. Then again, I had read about this battle on several occasions, ever since I was a kid, and both George Custer and his boss, Phil… Continue reading Washita