Social Media Vitae for Bloghistorian Kraig W. McNutt

tellinghistory[at]comcast.net

I enjoy speaking or making presentations for: the classroom, descendant groups, conferences, symposium, Civil War Round Tables, Civil War Days, memorials, and history groups. If interested in booking me email me at tellinghistory[at]comcast.net.  I keep my bookings to one a month on average.
I have been researching and seriously studying the American Civil War for over 25 years. I’m self-published and collect Civil War letters, documents, newspapers and some images.

Blogs

  1. Battle of Franklin – BattleofFranklin.net
  2. Franklin Descendants - franklindescendants.wordpress.com
  3. The Civil War Gazette – CivilWarGazette.com
  4. Grapevine Dispatches – GrapevineDispatches.com
  5. Gettysburg Battlefield Guide – GettysburgBattlefieldGuide.com 
Writing and Publishing
  1. Founder and Director, The Center for the Study of the American Civil War
  2. ScribD (Research files, PPTs) – KraigMcNutt.com
  3. Book > The 58th Indiana at Stone’s River – hardback
  4. Book > Who Built Fort Granger? – hardback
  5. Book > The Civil War Service of A.L. Ewing, 63rd Indiana Infantry – hardback
  6. The Civil War Experiences of Morris Cooper Foote – click link
  7. Essays
    • Did Blacks fight for the Confederacy? – click link
    • Why does Franklin matter? – click link
    • From History to Mystery: the Once-lost Pistol of Patrick R. Cleburne – click link
    • Life on a Plantation – click link
    • How to Enjoy a Visit to the Franklin, TN Civil War Battlefield – WikiHow
    • How to Prepare a Visit to a Civil War Battlefield – WikiHow
Research topics of interest for Bloghistorian?
  1. Indiana Regiments – 44th, 58th, 63rd, 65th, 80th, 120th and 128th Infantries
  2. Middle Tennessee related topics: Williamson County, Franklin, Battle of Franklin, Hood’s Retreat, West Harpeth Action, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Stone’s River, Fort Granger, McGavock Confederate Cemetery, Tennessee Medal of Honor Winners,
  3. Specific people – Addison Lee Ewing (63rd IN), several soldiers in the 58th Indiana, Barney Williams (Irish songster), Morris Cooper Foote (92nd NY), escaped slave Robert Smalls (Beaufort)
  4. Misc topics of interest – Western Theatre action, the H.L. Hunley submarine, authentic soldiers’ letters and diaries, Tennessee in the Civil War, 6th KY Infantry, 28th KY Infantry, the religious life of soldiers, newspapers, technology, 19th century views on death & dying, and the Civil War in pop culture.
Misc
  1. Battle of Franklin Facebook Group – Facebook.com/Franklin1864
  2. McGavock Confederate Cemetery – McGavockCemetery.net
  3. The Civil War Gazette Search Engine – CivilWarGazette.net
  4. Flickr Photo Galleries | TellingHistory | American Civil War
  5. Tennessee Medal of Honor winners – click link
  6. Siege of Plymouth, NC – click link
  7. Movements of the 6th KY Cav, 1862-1964 – click link
  8. McGavock Confederate Cemetery, Franklin
  9. Original letters and documents related to the Battle of Franklin
  10. A Civil War Timeline – click link

Google Maps

  1. Battle of Franklin Google Map - FranklinBattlefield.com
  2. Historic Franklin Tour Guide
  3. Gettysburg Battlefield Google Map – GettysburgBattlefieldMap.com
  4. The Robert Smalls Civil War Walking Tour of Beaufort, SC – RobertSmalls.info
  5. Siege of Plymouth, NC - click link
  6. Movements of the 6th KY Cav, 1862-1964 - click link
  7. Battle of Shiloh – click link
  8. 34th Illinois Infantry engagements – click link