Quincy A. Gillmore, Fort Pulaski, and the Lesson the South Could No Longer Ignore
Research that helped shape the Steel and Honor series In April 1862, a Union engineer did more than force a surrender. He broke an old military belief in public. Fort Pulaski looke
What McAllister and Tanner Represent in Cadets toCaptains: 1848 – 1860 by Tom O’Connor
In Cadets to Captains: 1848 -1860 from the series Steel and Honor by Tom O’Connor, Nathaniel McAllister and James Tanner stand as more than fictional officers. They represent an
What McAllister and Tanner Represent in Cadets to Captains
Nathaniel McAllister and James Tanner are not symbols. They are soldiers. They sweat through summer drills at West Point. They write letters home, bury friends, and lie awake in fr
The Reports Come Home
Five clear frictions. Three detailed reports. The Army had six years before Fort Sumter to act on them. The Reports Come Home Delafield’s Report on the Art of War in Europe in 18
When the War Came to Collect
The Delafield Commission, Part 2: The Civil War Tests the Lessons On the afternoon of July 21, 1861, the Union Army broke. Soldiers threw down their rifles and ran. Congressmen and
Fun with NotebookLM
This morning I was learning more uses for NotebookLM. I input the full manuscript for Cadets to Captains: 1848-1860. Then I assigned a group of experts to debate the book then crea