Monday, April 28, 2008

Trying to educate...

I'm trying to do some web based interpretation. Check it out here.

Let me know what you think. Should I include a more extensive list of helpful books? Should I put in more maps? More photos?

My moment of Larry King...

How about those Baltimore Orioles?

The Miami Dolphins will surprise everyone this year.

Brett Favre, greatest quarterback ever.

Is there a hotter team right now than the Cleveland Cavaliers?

Drew Carey was on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me this weekend. Funny guy.

John McCain...that guy married well.

Ed in Sacramento, GO!

The O in B&O...

This weekend is the big spring trip to Ohio, the O in B&O Railroad. However the original O was for the Ohio River not the state of Ohio, but still it works for me as a nice little title for a blog post.

Anyways, I've had a rather productive weekend. Got some backlogged projects almost done for the Historical Society, just have to move those out to the printers and pressers (some are CD-ROMs.) I got my homework done for my class. I'll have to ramp up early this week to get stuff done before I go on the road and then I'll have to do my homework from a hotel room next week as I'll be in Alabama doing a center visit for work.

Unfortunately I screwed up with my travel reading and read my Werner Von Braun book during my trip to Stennis Space Center and therefore I don't have it available for this visit. I try to pick books that are appropriate for where I'm going. The next book that would have been good was Glatthar's "Lee's Army from Victory to Defeat" which I'm almost done with and is a great book. So, I'm down to my third string books for this trip. ARGH! I'm gonna have to hit Borders this week and browse to find something new.

Friday, April 25, 2008

You know I'm busy...

When I'm not posting.

Things have been very busy, archives stuff, work stuff, school stuff. All kinds of good to mediocre things have been occurring. But it's all been so long ago that they don't make good blog posts.

However, I'm going to another NASA Center in two weeks. Woo!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Where have I been?

Sorry, I totally missed a chance to post something from Joshua Chamberlain's "The Passing of the Armies" on the 12th. I got a cold and I got stuck on a project, etc.

Anyhow, more info as things calm down.

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

April 9, 1865...

Appomattox Court House, Virginia:


The First Day of Peace by Stanley Arthurs from: NPS Appomattox Court House NHP

APPOMATTOX COURT-HOUSE, VA.
April 9, 1865

General R. E. LEE:

GENERAL: In accordance with the substance of my letter to you of the 8th instant, I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by U. S. authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.

U.S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
April 9, 1865

Lieut. Gen. U. S. GRANT:

GENERAL: I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect.

R. E. LEE,
General.

From The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion

The war wasn't over yet, a Confederate army still faced William T. Sherman's men in North Carolina, Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Government were on the run and there were various smaller commands that still needed to be confronted with the news.

But it was a start. Tune in for the posting of the 12th where Maj. Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain oversees the surrender of arms from the soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Friday, April 04, 2008

For those who love the 50s and 60s...

The University of Texas at Austin has put several episodes of "The Mike Wallace Interview" on the web. Neat stuff!

Check them out here.

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Hi! My name is...



This past weekend was another weekend on the road. Malvern, PA and the Railway Prototype Modelers meet. Three days of clinics about how to make your model railroad look something like this:



It was a long weekend, I took Friday off and hit a Dr's appointment and Saturday night had a great dinner with a friend from college.

Then on the way home, in case I didn't see enough trains...I saw this at a hardware store in Pocopson, PA: