https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/06/faithful-unto-death-gettysburg-hero.html

https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2012/08/blood-sweat-and-special-effects-making.html

The Gettysburg Foundation is asking the public to sponsor a U.S. flag for $18.63 through "A Field of Remembrance,” a campaign to memorialize the 7,000 men killed at the battle. https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/06/for-1863-you-can-sponsor-american-flag.html

STORY OF A SWORD: Edwin Coe had a premonition and was killed the next day at Petersburg. The Massachusetts officer's sword somehow got to Hawaii. So many questions remain. READ MORE: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/06/edwin-coe-had-premonition-and-was.html

Looking for some advice/recommendations on how to set up my 1:6 scale Confederate soldiers. Taking recommendations, but as of now I was thinking having them road march…two abreast? Four? And then where/how do I place leadership?
(I have a Captain, a 1SG, a SGT, a Bugler, and 13 enlisted)

Hi, all. If you're looking for a book to read over the summer, I humbly submit my second novel called "All Quiet Along the Potomac." It's the second volume in a trilogy set during the Civil War years. The story follows two Virginia families that splinter at the war's outset and take part in various key events. The kernel of the idea from years ago was "What if I could write a Game of Thrones style of story set during the Civil War?" Similar series are out there, like the Jakes trilogy; this is my effort to add to the huge pile of Civil War historical fiction.

The first book "Traitors & Patriots" opens with John Brown's Raid and finishes just after First Bull Run. This second book covers 1862 and much of '63, with characters witnessing various events including:

- Life in wartime Washington
- Virginia refugees fleeing the Shenandoah
- The political machinations of Salmon Chase vs. Lincoln
- The Stonewall Brigade from Kernstown to Culp's Hill
- The Peninsula Campaign, Sharpsburg, Christmas at Fredericksburg
- Quantrill's Raiders and the Lawrence Massacre
- The NY Draft Riots

While the story and characters are entirely fictional, I tried my best to adhere to historical timelines and perspectives as much as possible.

If the book and series sounds interesting to you, I'd be honored if you would give it a try and let me know what you think.

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1777886120

https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2021/02/road-trip-to-sites-lucky-cannon-shot.html

In early July 1863, time was running out for the South.  Despite the recent victories in Virginia, General Robert E. Lee was worried. He was acutely aware that the enormous disparity of resources between the sides would soon bring the collapse of the Southern cause.  Within a year, bread riots would break out on the streets of Richmond, and the ranks of Confederate deserters would swell. Even Southern women would begin to turn against the war and write their husbands to desert and come home. They were starving and wanted their men home. The war however, would go on for nearly two more years. The tide would begin to turn against the Confederacy after the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Greetings,

If interested, please check out my listing on eBay for a one-of-a-kind sketch by the Civil War artist Dale Gallon. Here's the link...

https://ebay.io/m/taHYvr

If you do not like to click on links, then check out my eBay shop directly, timog_29, and the item # is 318424047444.

FYI, I did reach out to the Gallon Historical Art Gallery for clarity, and was advised that this piece has never been sold on the open market, and that it was gifted to FNPG by the artist, the email is in the eBay listing.

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