We all have painfully derived instances of selective memory. Things in the past that we have chosen to forget for the sake of mental health, sanity and quality of life.
Most of Michael’s lost memories revolve around painful sports losses. (He’s lived a charmed life.) Super Bowl XXXVI Rams vs. Patriots. Georgetown in the 1982 and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Civil War’
The Power of Selective Memory
Posted in National Military Park, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Mississippi, Vicksburg on February 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Antietam National Battlefield
Posted in National Battlefield, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Farm, Maryland on June 2, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Sharpsburg, Md.
Visited: June 2, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 297 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of a September 17, 1862 Civil War Battle; the bloodiest single day battle in United States history. The North referred to the battle as Antietam, the creek that runs through the grounds, while the South referred to the fight as [...]
Gettysburg National Military Park
Posted in National Military Park, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on April 9, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Gettysburg, Pa.
Visited: April 9, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 283 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of the most famous battle fought on United States soil. The dramatic Civil War fight occurred from July 1-3, 1863 and took more than 50,000 casualties.
BEAUTY (6/10)
Over the last fifteen years, groups like the Friends of the National Park at [...]
Fort Moultrie National Monument – part of Fort Sumter NM
Posted in National Monument, tagged Affiliated Site, Civil War, Coastal Fort, Fort, Fort Sumter, Revolutionary War, South Carolina on October 20, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Sullivan’s Island, S.C.
Visited: October 20, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 264 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Coastal defense fort that saw continuous military use for nearly two centuries, including major battles in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
BEAUTY (6/10)
Red bricks replaced the namesakes of Fort Moultrie’s Palmetto Fort in the early 1800s. Low walls encircle a [...]
Fort Sumter National Monument
Posted in National Monument, tagged Boats, Civil War, Fort, South Carolina, Tourist Trap on October 19, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Charleston Harbor, S.C.
Visited: October 19, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 264 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Federal defense fort located in the middle of Charleston Harbor. On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops deluged the Fort with artillery fire, captured the Union soldiers and officially began the American Civil War.
BEAUTY (7/10)
Fort Sumter is a pentagon-shaped redbrick fortification [...]
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Posted in National Historical Park, tagged Civil War, Eastern Theater, Robert E Lee, Surrender, Ulysses S Grant, Virginia on October 11, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Appomattox, Va.
Visited: October 11, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 257 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Rural Virginia town where, on April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant, ending the American Civil War.
BEAUTY (6/10)
The quaint village of Appomattox Court House remains locked in 1865, its buildings, [...]
Petersburg National Battlefield
Posted in National Battlefield, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Eastern Theater, Siege, Virginia on October 11, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Petersburg, Va.
Visited: October 11, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 256 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of the prolonged 9½-month long, 1864-65 U.S. Grant-led campaign and siege against Robert E. Lee and the War’s last Confederate stronghold, Petersburg, Va. The April ’65 fall of Petersburg resulted in Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House and the Civil [...]
Gauley National Recreation Area
Posted in National Recreation Area, tagged Civil War, Dam, Kayaking, Rafting, West Virginia on October 10, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Summersville, W.Va.
Visited: October 10, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 255 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
One of the world’s top ten most challenging white-water rivers.
BEAUTY (8/10)
Uh, scenery? We barely had the time or the notion to look around and appreciate the gorgeous fall colors, the shimmering water surface, the churning rapids, steep waterfalls and school bus-sized rocks we [...]
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Posted in National Battlefield Park, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Eastern Theater, Virginia on October 7, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Richmond, Va.
Visited: October 7, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 253 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Richmond served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Battlefield sites scattered throughout the city’s outskirts commemorate the Union’s attempts to take the city in both 1862 and 1864. The Park also includes the Rebels’ [...]
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Posted in National Military Park, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Eastern Theater, Virginia on October 5, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Fredericksburg, Va.
Visited: October 5, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 251 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Perhaps the bloodiest locale on the North American continent. The four Civil War battles commemorated by the Park took over 100,000 casualties including the War’s most famous soldier, Stonewall Jackson.
The battles memorialized are the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, the April-May [...]
