...hopeful beginnings.

Due primarily to the fact that this will be my first foray into the blog-o-sphere, I feel I should preface any material published in this general vicinity with the fact that the general theme of content composing this blog is liable to adapt or evolve over time. My original intent is to create an environment where I might successfully publish my thoughts and musings in regards to the military history of the Fifteenth Corps – arguably one of the most victorious military organizations of the entire American Civil War – as well as the social history of those who made it up.

Though the Fifteenth Corps (and any Corps for that matter), spawning well after the beginning of the conflict, is difficult to define as a coherent collection of divisions and regiments, the blog will focus primarily on the men and units that spent the majority (or all of) their service within the confines of the Corps, but at the same time will not restrict itself entirely from the coverage of material relating to regiments or men who eventually found their way in or out of the Corps over the course of time.

Initially, due to time constraints in my own schedule, I intend on providing a different piece of primary source material for consideration daily in hopes of engendering some positive academic discussion via reader comments. These comments will be moderated by myself, but only in an attempt to maintain professional scholastic discourse within the discussion. As the blog develops (and my schedule permits), I hope to begin providing my own take on and analysis of historical events concerning the corps and the men who found themselves within it from 1862 to 1864, as well as the input of other readers, scholars, etc. pertaining to the same.