Tag: American Civil War

The Fall of Vicksburg

July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 pepperthephoenixLeave a comment

Today is the first week of July, an important week for American Civil War buffs. During this week, a 150 years ago, Lee took a great gamble at Gettysburg and lost, and Vicksburg finally fell to General Grant’s army. While the Battle of Gettysburg is an important battle and has reached mythical proportions in the… Continue reading The Fall of Vicksburg

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Book Haul 6/9/18

June 13, 2018June 12, 2018 pepperthephoenixLeave a comment

My favorite museum in Chicago, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, was having a book sale this weekend. I may have bought a few books…haha. I thought it would be fine to review what I bought, since they were bought in a whirl. Samurai I will be honest, I wasn’t expecting there to be so… Continue reading Book Haul 6/9/18

Posted in Museums, UncategorizedTagged airplane development, airplanes, American Civil War, Battle for Britain, Battle of Britain, history books, Samurai, Seven Days Battle, WWI Aerial combat, WWI Aviation