So, when I am home, I am VERY busy balancing a growing family, two careers and a whole bunch of youth sports and such and generally don't have much time for personal reading. Now that I am deployed, I have managed to read a whole bunch of books. My topics are rather narrowly defined. I read a great deal about the Waffen SS on the Eastern Front in WWII. But what I have really enjoyed was the four volume series that chronicled the history of the US Marine Corps in the Civil War. I have also read The Southern Journey of a US Marine in the Civil War, which is also an excellent personal account. I didn't really know a lot about the Corps in the Civil War, and now I have read some really good stuff on it. I had previously read Church's pamphlet of the Red River expedition, but now I feel fairy complete in my understanding of the US Marines experience in the Civil War. Since I am done with the Civil War for a bit, I bought a couple of books a couple years back that I am going to dive into next. One the Border with Crook and LT Charles B Gatewood and his Apache Wars memoir. I think I am going to read the On The Border with Crook first and then use the strategic information and see how Gatewood ties into it. Oh, I got a little less than 4 months left in the butt crack of the world. It can't come soon enough.
Carry On, I will be in the area....Eventually....