I just found out about this this past week. I was wondering why I couldn't find them anymore at my local Meijer store or Woodman's. The reason being they are no longer published and this is a big loss to those of us with a penchant for history.
These magazines are no longer with us:
* Military History (one of my favorites)
World War II (another favorite)
Military History Quarterly
Civil War Times (my favorite of them. I've subscribed every since the 1970s)
American History
Wild West
Aviation History
Vietnam
America's Civil War (another favorite)
Sad Times. --Cooter
CYRUS CURTIS (1850-1933)-- Founder of Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post.
JOHN THOMAS DORRANCE (1873-1930)-- Discovered method to make condensed soup and president of Campbell Soup Company.
FRANK H. FLEER (1857-1921)-- Inventor of bubble gum and baseball card pioneer. That figures.
LEWIS M. HAUPT (1844-1937) Engineer noted for work with waterways. His father was Herman Haupt who was so important in the Union transportation, particularly with railroads, during the Civil War.
RUDOLPH HERING (1847-1923)-- Engineer who was very involved with the reversing of the Chicago River.
BRENDA J. PAYTON HILL (1945-1992)-- As Brenda Payton, she was lead singer of doo wop group Branda and the Tabulations.
--Cooter
From Wikipedia.
This is a continuation of my Road Trippin' Through History that I started in my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog last week. I wrote about a Sgt. Richard Binder, USMC, who had received a Medal of Honor for service at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in 1865.
When I Road Trip Through History, I start with a story and see where it takes me. One of the things I like to do is find out if there are any folks of interest buried where the person is interred. Sgt. Binder is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. The cemetery is by Philadelphia, but actually in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania and is affiliated with the larger Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Earlier today, I, posted about four Union soldiers who received Medals of Honor during the Civil War in my Running the Blockade blog.
There are a number of early baseball players buried there, but I am not familiar with any of their names.
ALEXANDER MILNE CALDER ((1845-1923) Sculptor. Designed the George Meade statue in Philadelphia along with the Benjamin Franklin statue atop the Philadelphia City Hall.
WILLIAM E. CARTER (1875-1940) Millionaire and survivor of the Titanic.
More to Come. --Cooter
In the last post, I wrote that Ensign Worth Bagley, brother of David Bagley, USN, was the only naval officer killed in action during the Spanish-American War when his ship, the torpedo boat USS Winslow was hit by a shell from a Spanish warship.
The USS Winslow (TB-5) was named after the famed CivilWar naval officer John Ancrum Winslow who commanded the USS Kearsarge when it sank the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama.
There was also a World War I destroyer, the USS Winslow (DD--53), an O'Brien-class destroyer which was decommissioned in 1922.
The destroyer USS Winslow (DD-359), a Porter-class destroyer commissioned in 1937 that served in World War II It was named for John Ancrum Winslow and his second cousin, Admiral Cameron Winslow.
Cameron Winslow served in the Spanish-American War and World War I.
Looks like I'll have to be doing some RoadTrippin' Through History.
--Cooter
From the October 2022 American Battlefield Trust calendar.
SARATOGA, NEW YORK
26 acres saved
The American game-changing victory at Saratoga, New York, on October 7 (today), 1777, marked the end of British General John Burgoyne's efforts to control the Hudson River Valley and the beginning of a Franco-American alliance, which brought the American Revolution to a global stage.
The American Battlefield Trust, along with the Saratoga National Historical Park, has saved 26 acres at the upstate New York battlefield and continues to work with American Veteran Archaeology Recovery to coordinate archaeological endeavors in the storied terrain.
As I said before, I am very glad that the former Civil War Trust has expanded its efforts to include the two other wars fought on American soil, the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
--Cooter
4. After losing the Battle of Puebla, France went on to win the war.
Mexican victory at Puebla slowed, but did not stop the French onslaught. French Emperor Napoleon III ordered another 30,000 troops sent to Mexico under a new commander. They overran Puebla easily and captured Mexico City.
Juarez and his followers escaped to the mountains and Napoleon installed Ferdinand Maximilian von Hapsburg, second in line to the Austro-Hungarian throne as Mexico's ruler.
5. The French occupation of Mexico was short-lived.
Back in France, Napoleon III was growing increasingly concerned about Prussia, which had won victories against Denmark and Austria and figured they would next try to reclaim the the disputed territories of Alsace and Lorraine.
Meanwhile, the Civil War in the United States had ended and the U.S. government was putting pressure on him to get out and also supplying weapons to to Juarez's army.
Continued.
--Cooter
The river bottom of the Savannah River is strewn with all sorts of old stuff , ranging from Indian pottery to parts of a Confederate Civil War ironclad (the CSS Georgia) and other vessels lost dating back to Colonial times.
When the first three cannons were found during dredging last February east of Savannah's famed River Street, archaeologists and the British Royal Navy offered an intriguing possibility about their source.
Based on measurements and appearance, those cannons might have been from the British HMS Rose, a ship they scuttled during the American revolution in the Savannah River to block French ships from aiding the colonists who were attempting to retake the city.
But, now further investigation has the ship being sunk farther up the river and that it had had its cannons removed beforehand.
Farther research show that the cannons might have belonged to British transport ships that were also sunk to block the river's channel.
Archaeologists are hoping further research will bring to light identifying elements of the cannons and matches to what the scuttled ships were carrying as weapons.
So, Whose Cannons? --Cooter
I must admit that I didn't know much of anything about either one of these battles before I started writing about them in this blog.
Both had ramifications, but, again, I knew nothing about them.
I have been writing about the Battle of Kettle Creek this month. This one was Tories vs. Patriots.
I wrote about the Battle of Princeton back in this blog during the month of December so if you're also unfamiliar with it, that's where you go. This one involved regular soldiers on both sides.
And, for that matter, I wasn't aware of the Battle of Shepherdstown during the Civil War until recently and I have been writing about it a lot in last month and this month's Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog.
Learning stuff every day.
--Cooter
I came across this ship while reading the December 2021 issue of the Civil War Times, Not exactly where you'd expect to find a Korean War and Vietnam warship.
From the December 2021 Civil War Times Rambling with John Banks "No man left behind"
He went to Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to walk the battlefield there and met Steve Alemar who is not only a parking enforcement officer, but also president of the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association.
John Banks has a blog called John Banks Civil War Blog and he goes to lots of places and relives fairly unknown parts of the war. Regardless of your interest in history, if you want to read and go along with someone really living history, this is your guy. Well worth a trip to his site.
I wrote about his trip to meet Lt. Lemuel Crocker from the battle who Banks describes as a "Civil War Bad Ass" in my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog earlier this month.
Anyway, John Banks, also found quite a story with Steve Alemar, whose mom was a secretary for FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and dad was employed by the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA. Alemar himself was a former postal worker and also served as a park ranger for two years at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C..
He is also a veteran of the Vietnam War himself. I will write about his experience on the USS Newport News next.
So, when John Banks went from the Civil War to the Vietnam War, he did some RoadTrippin' Through History, which I do a lot. I start with a story and see how far I can take it.
--Cooter
I kind of missed the 6000th post, but just noticed that milestone in this blog. I figure it must have been posted at some point in August of 2021.
Anyway you look at it, 6000+ posts is a lot. I have to find a life, but I enjoy doing these blogs.
This blog has had 742,165 "Looks."
The very first post was on December 14, 2007, so this year marks the 16th year of it. It grew our of my Down Da Road I Go blog when I noticed I was doing so much history in it. Later I spun the Saw the Elephant blog off of this one when I was getting so many Civil War posts.
It's good to have this blog, because it covers all things not of te Civil War, music, War of 1812, World War II and road trips.
Oh, Well. --Cooter
Then, he was at Marine Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and then back to Haiti where he first commanded Marines, but then became American High Commissioner in that country from 1922 to 1930.
Returning to the States, he was the commander of the Marine Base at San Diego and then Marine Barracks in Quantico, Virginia, and in February 1933 he was made the Assistant Commandant USMC On March 1, 1934, he was appointed 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps and held that position until he retired on December 1, 1936.
During his tenure as Commandant, Russell changed the old system of promotion from seniority to advancement by selection and withdrew the 1st Marine Brigade from Haiti. Also, the Fleet Marine Force assumed new responsibilities; the Marine Reserves were given more attention and the number of ships carrying Marine detachments increased.
Major General Russell retired after 42 years of commissioned service and continued afterwards as a military journalist. He died in Coronado, Colorado, on March 6, 1947, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
He was a hereditary member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion in succession to his father who was a Union Navy officer during the Civil War.
--Cooter
From Wikipedia.
Earlier this month, I was writing about the USS Russell (DDG-59) which was the November featured U.S. warship in the 2021 Paralyzed Veterans of America calendar.
This ship was named after John H. Russell, Sr. and John H. Russell, Jr.. John H. Russell, Sr. was a U.S. Navy officer in the Mexican War and Civil War. I wrote about him in my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog thus month.
John Jr., followed his father into military service, only with the U.S. Marines.
Born November 14, 1872. Died March 6, 1947.
He was born at Mare Island, California, and the son of Rear Admiral John Henry Russell (1827-1897) and appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy by President Grover Cleveland in May 1888. Graduated in June 1892, spent two years at sea, passed his final examinations and transferred to the USMC as a second lieutenant on July 1, 1894.
In 1896, he joined the USS Massachusetts of the North Atlantic Squadron and served on that ship until after the end of the Spanish-American War. The Massachusetts operated in waters off Cuba and Puerto Rico during the conflict, but was not at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
--Cooter
From the November 12, 2021, CVBJ.biz.
** WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1775-1783)
Estimated 184,000 to 250,000 Americans 4,435 killed, 6,188 wounded
** ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR (War of 1812) (1812-1815)
286,730 Americans served 2,260 deaths, 4,505 wounded
** MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR (1846-1848)
78,718 Americans served 13,283 died, 4,152 wounded
** CIVIL WAR (1861-1865)
2,213,363 Americans served in Union forces 364,511 dead Between 600,000 and 1,500,000 Americans fought for the Confederacy 133,821 died
** SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (1898)
306,760 Americans served 2,446 killed, 1,662 wounded
--Cooter
From the Paralyzed Veterans of America November 2021 Calendar.
Each month, this calendar features a U.S. Navy warship that is currently in service.
This month's ship is the guided missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59).
It is an Arleigh Burke-class ship, commissioned 20 May 1995 and home ported in San Diego. It is the second ship in the U.S. Navy by the name of John Henry Russell. John Henry Russell was a rear admiral in the Navy who fought in the Mexican War and the Civil War. His son, John Henry Russell, Jr. was the 16th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.
It was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
--Cooter
6. CHANNEL TUNNEL
Opened in 1994 after six years of construction connecting Great Britain with the rest of Europe. Known as the "Chunnel" Thirty-one miles long. Since they built it from both ends don't you know they were kind of hoping they'd come together at the same spot.
7. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
Work on it began even as the Civil War was being fought. Went eastward from Sacramento, California and west from Omaha, Nebraska. Completed with the Golden Spike in 1869.
Cross-country travel in the United States was cut from months to under a week.
8. STATUE OF LIBERTY
A symbol of friendship between France and the United States. It was dedicated in New York Harbor in 1886.
--CootTun
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Well, anybody who has been reading my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog and this blog can probably guess the motto of this ship.
MOTTO: Go ahead and guess. Answer below.
COMMISSIONED: 10 February 2007
SPEED: 30+ knots
CREW: 320 to 380
ARMAMENT:
One 5-inch
Two 25mm autocannons
Four .50 caliber machine guns
One 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Two Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
96 cell Mk 41 VLS for:
RIM-66 Standard Missile 2
BGM-109 Tomahawk
RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles
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AIRCRAFT: Two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
Don't Think I'd Mess With This Ship. --Cooter
In case you're wondering about the ship's motto, it is "Fire When Ready." Who'd have figured that?
From "On Sept. 2" from Sep. 2, 2021, Chicago Tribune.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1864-- During the Civil War, Union Gen. William Sherman's army occupied Atlanta, Georgia.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1901-- Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice: "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1930-- The first non-stop airplane flight between Europe and the U.S. was completed in 37 hours.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1844-- During WW II, Navy pilot George Herbert Walker Bush was shot down by Japanese forces as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands. (Bush was rescued by the submarine USS Finback; his two crew members, however, died.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1945-- Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the battleship USS Missouri, ending WW II.
Also this date, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam an independent republic. And, we know where that led.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1963-- Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace prevented integration of Tuskegee High School by encircling the building with state troopers.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1985-- It was announced that a U.S.-French expedition had located the wreckage of the Titanic about 560 miles off Newfoundland.
--Cooter
From the August 5, 2021 Chicago tribune "On August 5..."
Some very interesting things happening this date in history.
1305: Sir William Wallace who unsuccessfully led Scottish resistance to the English in 1298, was captured near Glasgow by the English; he was executed for treason on August 23, 1305. (From the movie "Braveheart.")
1833: Chicago was incorporated as a village with population of 200. (And, they weren't killing each other back then.)
1861: The U.S. government levied an income tax for the first time. Incomes of more than $800 were taxed at the rate of 3 percent. (Funds needed to fight the Civil War.)
1884: The cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's (now Liberty) Island near the entrance of New York Harbor.
1914: The first electric traffic lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
--Cooter
