the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[Yeti]

true they go to florida instead.

Wait, so they do have a hell.

[Geowhizzer]

It's hot enough.

[Eagaholic]

I read and watch just about all I can on WWII and consider myself pretty well versed on it...and I didn't see the similarity.

Really?  Can you recommend a good book on Iwo Jima?  I'm not much on WWII yet, but my grandfather served there and so that's where I'm going to start when I take it up for realz.

Actually I cannot because I haven't hit the Pacific theater stuff in depth yet. Midway is next on my list. I have read and watched a ton on the European portion.

I will scope one out though and let you know.

I love history. Civil War is another one I enjoy learning about

I've enjoyed learning about the civil war too, Gettysburg in particular. Been through there a few times. If I'm not mistaken Abner Doubleday at one point commanded the Union forces at Gettysburg, also fired the first shot of the war for the Union.

[Munson]

The bargain section at Barnes & Noble is amazing, especially for Civil War stuff. I have about 15 very large books of all sorts about Gettysburg and the Civil War and etc. There's no way I'll ever read them, but they're nice to have to look through. Some of them were originally 50, 60, 70 dollar hardcover books that were on sale for like 13 bucks.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Good tip..I am going to B&N this weekend so I will rummage around a bit

[Rome]

Looking for that Rocky II blu-ray on sale?

[Geowhizzer]

If I can recall correctly, Doubleday assumed command of his corps (I Corps) when his superior, John Reynolds, was killed early in the first day of the battle.  It might have effectively been "the forces" at Gettysburg (other than Buford's cavalry), but his control was just the corps.  Other troops simply hadn't arrived yet.  When the II Corps arrived, Winfield Scott Hancock took command of the battlefield until George Meade, who had only recently been named the head of the Army of the Potomac, arrived at the end of the first day.

[ice grillin you]

I read and watch just about all I can on WWII and consider myself pretty well versed on it...and I didn't see the similarity.

Really?  Can you recommend a good book on Iwo Jima?  I'm not much on WWII yet, but my grandfather served there and so that's where I'm going to start when I take it up for realz.

Actually I cannot because I haven't hit the Pacific theater stuff in depth yet. Midway is next on my list. I have read and watched a ton on the European portion.

I will scope one out though and let you know.

I love history. Civil War is another one I enjoy learning about

I've enjoyed learning about the civil war too, Gettysburg in particular. Been through there a few times. If I'm not mistaken Abner Doubleday at one point commanded the Union forces at Gettysburg, also fired the first shot of the war for the Union.

read james mcpherson's battle cry of freedom...its absolutely phenomenal and anyone interested in the civil must read it

fyi doubleday did not lead the union at gburgh....he was in command of a single corps....he also didn't invent baseball

[Geowhizzer]

Good tip..I am going to B&N this weekend so I will rummage around a bit

Shelby Foote's anthology is really good, but it's also extremely long.  James McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom is considered a seminal work.

I've also always liked Bruce Catton's books.

One I've forgotten on Gettysburg:  My old college professor, Allen Guelzo, wrote Gettysburg:  The Last Invasion.  It's pretty detailed, and a quality read.

[Munson]

The Union army cycled through 4 different commanders on Day 1. Reynolds was one of them. He may have been the guy in charge of the Black Hats....or I could be completely wrong and be mixing up all the different shtein I read about Gettysburg.

There were a bunch of awesome publications about Gettysburg last summer for the 150th anniversary. Different magazines released special editions that were solely about the battle. I'll dig around and see if I can find them and tell you which magazines they were, you could probably find some on Amazon.

[Munson]

Good tip..I am going to B&N this weekend so I will rummage around a bit

Shelby Foote's anthology is really good, but it's also extremely long.  James McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom is considered a seminal work.

I've also always liked Bruce Catton's books.

One I've forgotten on Gettysburg:  My old college professor, Allen Guelzo, wrote Gettysburg:  The Last Invasion.  It's pretty detailed, and a quality read.

Most of the ones I bought are less story oriented and more just the technical details of the battle and/or the war...Some are extremely detailed, some are easier to read, less detailed overviews of certain things. Just looking through my pile now I've got:

The Civil War: State by State by Chester G Hearn
The Civil War Day by Day by Philip Katcher
The Historical Atlas of the Civil War by John MacDonald (MAPS! love me some maps, gotta love the little red and blue battle lines)
Battlefields of the Civil War by Peter Cozzens (MORE MAPS. Literally 1 or 2 page descriptions of battles with pull out maps that you can take out and frame if you wanted to)
Faces of the Civil War: An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories by Ronald S. Coddington
National Geographic Atlas of the Civil War (MAPS...huge hard covered book that was on sale for $14.98)
Gettysburg: The Turning Point in the Struggle Between North and South by Kevin J. Dougherty

Like I said...mostly nerdy stuff that I'll never ever read in full, but can always check ouut when I feel like. For the prices I got them, I can't complain.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Looking for that Rocky II blu-ray on sale?

No, bitch! I ALREADY OWN THEM ALL

[General_Failure]

I hope you're ready to buy them all again next year on 4k blu-ray.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Is that a real thing?

[General_Failure]

They're working on the standard for it, but 4k tvs are already a thing and surprisingly cheaper than you'd think.