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Antietam

August 15, 2013 By Eric R. Asher Leave a Comment

I sat down to write about our visit to Antietam a few weeks ago, but I needed more distance from it. Antietam remains the bloodiest single day battle in U.S. history. Paintings of the aftermath hang in the battlefield’s museum. Large murals depicting the conflict were painted by Captain James Hope. To see these paintings created by a veteran who stood on that battlefield is a powerful thing.

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There are many ghost stories surrounding the horrors of Antietam. It’s easy to understand why when you stand on the sunken road that bears the moniker Bloody Lane. Three short hours of combat in this hauntingly beautiful landscape led to the death or injury of 5,500 soldiers.

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One of the most iconic images of Antietam is Burnside Bridge. The sycamore at the far right is the same tree that stood there during the battle. As I’ve come to find with many battlefields, the contrast between their peaceful existence today and the horror of past events is jarring.

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Five days after the Union victory at Antietam, Abraham Lincoln delivered the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Antietam, Bloody Lane, Burnside Bridge, Captain James Hope, civil war, Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. history, Union

Gettysburg

July 25, 2013 By Eric R. Asher Leave a Comment

We spent some time at the Gettysburg reenactment earlier this month. We drove from Saint Louis. It was not a short drive, but it was an incredible way to celebrate the holiday and observe the 150th anniversary of the battle.

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The sheer scale of what the reenactors accomplished was staggering. From the troop movements to the living history camps and the mixture of entertainment with education, it’s the kind of event every history fanatic should attend at least once.

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: civil war, Gettysburg, Saint Louis, U.S. history

The Latest Goodreads Giveaway

July 19, 2013 By Eric R. Asher Leave a Comment

The latest Goodreads giveaway is up and running for US and Canada residents. There are five paperback copies of Days Gone Bad up as prizes, so be sure to enter if you’d like a chance to win!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Days Gone Bad by Eric R. Asher

Days Gone Bad

by Eric R. Asher

Giveaway ends August 04, 2013.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Filed Under: Vesik Tagged With: Days Gone Bad, giveaway, Goodre

Stones River National Battlefield

July 2, 2013 By Eric R. Asher Leave a Comment

We set foot on the Civil War battlefield known as Stones River. Union and Confederate lines, three miles long, engaged in one of the bloodiest battles of the war in these woods and fields.

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There is a gravity here, in the rocky earth known as the Slaughter Pen. It’s believed the location was named by men from Chicago. Men who worked in the slaughterhouses drew a parallel between those places and the blood of hundreds of men that formed rivers among the rocks. Trying to imagine assaulting such a position, or retreating over such volatile terrain, is nothing but the stuff of nightmares.

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This angle shows the channels where men hid in natural trenches. Some of them are deep enough to stand upright in and be almost completely concealed.

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McFadden’s Ford was home to the last action of the battle. Confederates were cut down by 57 cannons mounted on a rise above the river. Shot, shell, and canister took a vicious toll.

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One of the people that made our visit to Stones River so informative and entertaining was Jim Lewis, a ranger and historian. His knowledge of the battlefield is astounding, and I would highly recommend joining his tour group if you have the chance to visit Stones River.

In the end, the battle cost 19,000 dead and wounded. A horrific price by any standard.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Chicago, civil war, Confederate, Jim Lewis, McFadden's Ford, Slaughter Pen, Stones River, U.S. history, Union

IT’S SO QUIET

June 27, 2013 By Eric R. Asher Leave a Comment

Well, I’ve had a bit of radio silence the last few days as I dig deeper into editing book two. It’s going well, and at the moment it looks like we’ll be able to hit a release date sometime this fall. I’ll definitely post more details as we get closer. For now I must return to assassinating comma splices. Fare thee well.

Filed Under: Vesik Tagged With: Vesik

Patricia Briggs, Rhiannon Frater, and a Worrible

June 16, 2013 By Eric R. Asher Leave a Comment

I’m sure some of you have noticed I love the work of Patricia Briggs. Well, I left out one small detail. When I had the chance to meet her at a book signing, I picked up an extra autographed copy of Frost Burned. This week, I am giving that copy away along with In Darkness We Must Abide by Rhiannon Frater, a signed copy of Days Gone Bad, and another Worrible!

My Book Addiction (a fantastic review blog you should check out) recently introduced me to Rhiannon Frater. Rhiannon has written some excellent zombie novels and a vampire serial (In Darkness We Must Abide) I can’t put down. If you’re a fan of zombies or vampires, there’s a very good chance you’ll like her work.

Be sure to enter the giveaway! Good luck!

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Filed Under: Vesik Tagged With: Days Gone Bad, giveaway, My Book Addiction, Patricia Briggs, Rhiannon Frater, squishable, Vesik, Worrible

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