05-06-2015, 09:10 AM
(05-06-2015, 08:36 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: So it's a Southern state then, right? Quit teasing us; just answer the question, Jim!
Sounds like those field trips were fun and you learned a lot from them.
I have a couple of guy friends who are Civil War buffs. I'm pretty ignorant about it when it comes to the details. But, I get more and more interested in the history of war as time goes by.
It's funny, because by the line it's technically a southern state. But I went to college, lived, and worked in Maryland and have to be honest that it never really felt 'southern' to me. Always felt to me like you had to get south of the DC metro area in Virginia or Maryland to be 'in the south'. Definitely a cultural shift when you make it to those areas.
With regards to the Civil War, if you ever have time you want to invest I'd recommend a series of books by Shelby Foote. He wrote three books covering the whole conflict from start to finish. Incredibly detailed and researched. Ken Burns did a really good documentary as well, and probably easier to watch that then reading thousands of pages
