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New Salt Lake Rotary members today Mary Ann Nations and John Hatch flanked by club president Floyd Hatch and membership chair Scott Rosenbush. Welcome!

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An update, 2 un-named comedy shows & a monthly comic piss-up in a brewery

An update, 2 un-named comedy shows & a monthly comic piss-up in a brewery

AN UPDATE

Kate Copstick, London’s Mama Biashara shop

A couple of days ago, I blogged about comedy critic Kate Copstick and her Mama Biashara charity’s work in Kenya. It ended with a part-description of one Somali woman’s very gruesome medical condition.

Recently, Copstick has been staging some comedians’ Edinburgh Fringe preview shows at her Mama Biashara shop in London, with all proceeds going…

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April 21, 1865: "... making fair contracts in writing with the people to cultivate the land..." in South Carolina

On April 21, 1865, there were several matters competing for Major-General Quincy Gillmore’s attention. The day before Gillmore received word of Major-General William T. Sherman’s truce with General Joseph E. Johnston, which thus governed operations in the Department of the South.  Also arriving was news of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.  The former prompted adjustments to Gillmore’s active…

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Operations against Charleston, February 9-13, 1865, Part 1 - Togodo Creek

Operations against Charleston, February 9-13, 1865, Part 1 – Togodo Creek

While Major-General William T. Sherman’s two wings maneuvered deeper into South Carolina, along the coast the Department of the South and the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron made several demonstrations and probes around Charleston.   As mentioned before, Sherman had no intentions to attack Charleston directly.  Such an effort, he feared, might bog down the campaign and add unnecessary delays. …

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Sherman’s March, February 1, 1865 (Part 2): Advance of the Right Wing - "Our men made short work of clearing away these obstacles"

Sherman’s March, Feb 1, 1865 (Part 2): "Our men made short work of clearing away these obstacles"

Continuing from the earlier post where I looked at the troubles moving the Left Wing over the Savannah River into South Carolina, let me turn to the movements of the Right Wing on February 1, 1865.  As the map indicates, Major-Oliver O. Howard had both the Fifteenth (Major-General John A. Logan) and Seventeenth Corps (Major-General Frank P. Blair, Jr.) in motion that day:

The two columns were…

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Savannah's Siege, December 18, 1864: "90 or 100 men, in small boats, to effect a lodgement"

Savannah's Siege, December 18, 1864: "90 or 100 men, in small boats, to effect a lodgement" #MTS150 #MarchToTheSea

Over the last couple of days, posts have focused at the operational, or theater, level to show the implications of orders coming down from Washington and Richmond.  While that was occurring, the tactical situation remained somewhat static.  But with some notable exceptions.  Let me run through those dispositions and movements for December 16 through 18, 1864, looking at the “big” map to start:

M…

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"The yellow fever is now more or less prevalent...": Foster directs steps to combat an outbreak

"The yellow fever is now more or less prevalent...": Foster directs steps to combat an outbreak #CharlestonSiege150

With a very deadly disease at the fore of the news today, I find an easy step from current events back to those happening 150 years ago during the Civil War. As mentioned yesterday, Major-General John Foster, while reporting to authorities in Washington on October 4, 1864, expressed concern about the threat of a yellow fever outbreak.  The following day, he provided subordinates with instructions…

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While the Overland and Atlanta Campaigns ground on, demonstrations and presentations at Charleston

While the Overland and Atlanta Campaigns ground on, demonstrations and presentations at Charleston #charlestonsiege150

I’m not trying to “over hype” the activity around Charleston, South Carolina in 1864.  Truly, Virginia and Georgia were the important theaters of war 150 years ago.  But I’ve grown to enjoy explaining the role played by forces – both Confederate and Federal – in the “sideshow” theater played in the larger efforts.   One example came on May 22, 1864, when Major-General Samuel Jones passed some…

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