Comments on: Old Timey Civil War http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/old-timey-civil-war/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Meg Thompson http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/old-timey-civil-war/#comment-19205 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:09:26 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9259#comment-19205 oh my! this is wonderful–not great history, necessarily, but I got goosebumps. Makes me nostalgic–not sure just what for, but nostalgic, still.

]]> By: cwbattlemapart http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/old-timey-civil-war/#comment-19199 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:18:29 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9259#comment-19199 Thanks Rob & Harry…How the world has changed since then. Old radio shows are such a time capsule of the period.Brought back some fond memories of a simpler…and also less informed time…we took everything as if it was written tin stone. Poor Bee…just doesn’t catch a break. Will have to order the CD..I picked up the classic Gettysburg-You are there 2 Record set years ago at a church book fair…still have to get a record player so I can listen to it.
I thought Jackson’s voice sounded like a chiseled grey haired actor ( western/historical /crime drama) from that time period..I tried finding his image to get his name but failed…
Thanks again for posting
Brian K

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/old-timey-civil-war/#comment-19198 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:00:19 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9259#comment-19198 Yep – in fact, I could here this guy saying “Welcome to Terra Nova”;-)

I could also imagine little Southron infants being rocked gently to sleep to this radio program, a 1950′s version of Baby Mozart.

]]> By: Robert Moore http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/old-timey-civil-war/#comment-19197 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:37:55 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9259#comment-19197 Glad you posted, as the first thing that came to mind when I started listening was… “Harry’s gotta hear this.” I’m going to do a little more work on the piece, but it’s interesting stuff. Sure, melodramatic, but, that’s 1950s radio for ya. Not much different from what one would find in other history-focused radio presentations for the time. Interesting to hear that “Jim” made it in there, especially for 1951. Another positive nod to the producers for basing it on some good source material (James Power Smith) and that they didn’t wing history in the extreme sense. Did anyone else find Jackson’s voice sounding very much like TJJ in Gods & Generals?

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