c**i 发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Harold Holzer, Civil War Diaries, Blue and Gray. Wall Street Journal,
Apr 16, 2011 (in the column Five Best).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274
8704529204576256913790298414.html?mod=rss_Books
Note:
(a) Mary Boykin Chesnut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Boykin_Chesnut
(born Mary Boykin Miller; 1823-1886; father Stephen Decatur Miller; husband
James Chesnut, Jr)
(b) bewigged (adj): "wearing a wig"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(c) Lost Cause
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause
(The term Lost Cause first appeared in the title of an 1866 book by the
historian Edward A. Pollard, The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the
War of the Confederates)
(2) Sara Clemence, Salute to History; Ways to witness the sesquiten…
seshquiecent…er, 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Wall Street Journal,
Apr 16, 2011 (in the column Sites and Sightings).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527
48704529204576257591431168376.html
Note:
(a) rolling-pin 擀麵棍
(b) Manassas, Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manassas,-Virginia
(i) Bull Run (Occoquan River)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Run_(Occoquan_River)
(a creek that originates from a spring in the Bull Run Mountains in Virginia
and is a tribute of Occoquan River, which in turn empties into Potomac
River)
(ii) First Battle of Bull Run
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run
(also known as the First Battle of Manassas (the name used by Confederate
forces); fought on July 21, 1861; near the City of Manassas; the first major
land battle of the American Civil War; Result[:] Confederate victory)
Quote:
"A brigade of Virginians under a relatively unknown colonel from the
Virginia Military Institute, Thomas J. Jackson, stood their ground and
Jackson received his famous nickname, "Stonewall Jackson".
"The name of the battle has caused controversy since 1861. The Union Army
frequently named battles after significant rivers and creeks that played a
role in the fighting; the Confederates generally used the names of nearby
towns or farms. The U.S. National Park Service uses the Confederate name for
its national battlefield park, but the Union name (Bull Run) also has
widespread currency in popular literature.
My comment: Please read the introductory section.
(iii) Second Battle of Bull Run
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run
(Second Manassas, as it was called by the Confederacy; fought August 28–30,
1862; culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate against
Union, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle
of Bull Run (First Manassas) fought in 1861 on the same ground; Result
Confederate victory)
(c) Compared with the online version, the print edition of this article has
two more photos, showing two different boys in military uniforms. The
exhibition:
The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family
Collection. Library of Congress (LOC), Apr 12, 2011–Aug 13, 2011.
http://myloc.gov/exhibitions
/civilwarphotographs/pages/default.aspx |
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