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Wig-Wags

http://wigwags.wordpress.com

Wig Wags is the blog of Rene Tyree, a graduate student in military history focusing on the American Civil War. It covers commentary on and organization of a variety of military history topics and specifics about the Civil War.

• Added on: Nov 15th, 2007
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Rene Tyree
• Listed in: History Military
• Tags: civil war abraham lincoln military history maritime history cavalry history books

Recent Posts

• Manet and the ACW - 4: Captain John A. Winslow and the U.S.S. Kearsarge

  Posted on Tuesday August 19th, 2008 at 00:20 in acw, american civil war, american military history, books, c.s.s. alabama, cherbourg, civil war, civil war artists, civil war blogs, civil war navy, confederate raiders, david c. degener

  Continuing my series on “Manet and the American Civil War,” (see posts 1 here, 2 here), in post 3 here, I introduced Captain Semmes of the C.S.S. Alabama, the target of U.S.S. Kearsarge in the waters off of Cherbourg France in 1864. This...

• Military History word of the day: “thalassocracy”

  Posted on Sunday August 17th, 2008 at 09:40 in american military history, an army at dawn, book reviews, books, bookstores, crusade the untold story of the persian gulf war, gulf war, military history, military terms, naval history, persian gulf war, pulitzer prize

  I ran across this word in my reading today and have added it to “the terms” page (here) where I collect definitions of words I didn’t know. I’m continuing to finish the last book in my current course on Studies in U.S. Milita...

• Baltimore Sun’s Civil War Books Discussion

  Posted on Saturday August 16th, 2008 at 13:13 in american civil war, american military history, baltimore sun, blogging, book publishers, book reviews, books, civil war, civil war blogs, civil war books, dave rosenthal, military history

  Dave Rosenthal, the Sunday and Readership Editor for the Baltimore Sun, asked me to contribute to a discussion of Civil War Books on their book blog, Read Street. I’m up for any opportunity to talk about books. Check out my recommendations and ...

• Blogkeeping…hello, goodbye

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 19:27 in blogging, civil war blogs, history blogs, wig wags, wig wags blog, wordpress blogs

  I am making a couple of blogroll updates, both fellow WordPress bloggers… First, John Maass is closing shop which is sad but understandable. John - hope you’ll continue to stay in touch. I really enjoyed your blog. And best of luck in fut...

• On History Grad Student Fitness…

  Posted on Thursday August 14th, 2008 at 23:31 in civil war blog, fitness, graduate school, history graduate studies, walking, walking while you work, wig wags, wigwags blog

       Flash… Graduate students in history sit on their backsides and read…a lot. I’ve noticed the impact on my fitness level. I have found a solution… I plan to walk while I work, read, and write. I just bought one of thes...

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history lover

You have a wonderful blog, full of great info. I totally enjoyed it.

Posted: Thursday May 15th, 2008 at 21:36 | More Reviews From Historianlover | Report This Comment

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