Monthly Archives: July 2014

Civil War Transcendence, Part 61

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME The Union Army, since dubbed the Army of the Atlantic, had not progressed any further in the East since McClellan had gotten chewed up in North Carolina. He refused to move without more … Continue reading →

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Civil War Transcendence, Part 60

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

 A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME So what happened out in the west in this parallel universe? In August, 1861, the Confederates won the Battle of Wilson’s Creek near Springfield, MO. In November, 1861, General Grant captured Belmont, MO. … Continue reading →

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Civil War Transcendence, Part 59

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

  A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME   The Neuse River’s wide mouth is at the southern end of Pamlico Sound. The river’s wide expanse continues south and then turns northwest and proceeds to New Bern, NC. Here the … Continue reading →

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Civil War Transcendence, Part 58

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME I know what you are going to say. “So what’s so important about the parallel universe’s history?” Well, it indirectly, and then directly, shapes what happens to me. So what happened next in … Continue reading →

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Civil War Transcendence, Part 57

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME In late summer of 1861, Samuel F. Du Pont, a member of the Federal strategy counsel convened by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, was given a Flag Officer rank and made the … Continue reading →

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Civil War Transcendence, Part 56

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME   A long string of islands ran for 2/3 of North Carolina’s eastern boundary, from its northern border down to Beaufort, about 200 miles north of the Georgia border.  These Barrier Islands, as they … Continue reading →

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Civil War Transcendence, Part 55

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

    A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME   After skimming the papers and extras quite rapidly, I had sort of an outline of what had happened in 1861. I had gotten an overview from the man I met … Continue reading →

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Civil War Transcendence, Part 54

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME   Well the good breakfast that I expected didn’t pan out.  It definitely didn’t meet the standards of the breakfasts I got from Hattie’s table. There was some kind of sludge they called … Continue reading →

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Civil War Transcendence, Part 53

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME   It took about an hour for the Widow Hawkins to bestow her knowledge of the sequence of the War in 1861 plus her options of the various political figures, generals, newspaper owners, … Continue reading →

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Civil War Transcendence, Part 52

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Civil War Reflections

  A NOVEL OF TRAVEL BACK IN TIME I began by stating that I hadn’t really understood what initially started the War. My home state, Arkansas, entered the Confederacy after Lincoln had called for an allotment of troops to put … Continue reading →

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