by John Fox | May 9, 2011 | Blog
I saw this movie last week with my wife and a friend. We all enjoyed the history lesson. This is a link to the movie’s website.www.conspiratorthemovie.com/ The flick is directed by Robert Redford and follows the path of Mary Surratt who was gathered up after Lincoln’s...
by John Fox | Apr 2, 2011 | Blog
As I write this just after dark on April 2, exactly 146-years ago Robert E. Lee’s men began to pull out of their Petersburg lines and head toward the bridges to cross the Appomattox River and escape from Petersburg. Their sad trek would end a week later at Appomattox...
by John Fox | Mar 22, 2011 | Blog
Last Wednesday, March 16, I traveled with my wife to Charlottesville for the big state book festival. We drove southwest on Interstate 81, up the Valley, for those not familiar with local and military terminology. The drive was spectacular and again I was reminded why...
by John Fox | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog
I did something last weekend that I initially balked at. A college buddy asked me if I would meet him at Gettysburg and we would hit the battlefield. His son, who is a sophomore at Gettysburg College, would join us along with one of my buddy’s friends he knew from...
by John Fox | Feb 14, 2011 | Blog
I am interested in delving into CW related subjects that have not received much, if any, attention. But whoa you say. That war began 150 years ago. Hasn’t everything about that war been discovered? Those who have not spent much time digging through the records would...
