Ok gang, those of you that are into military history to the level that you want to learn what color jacket facings Rush’s Lancer’s wore in 1862, the Company of Military Historians are for you. I have been a member for several years and have published a few articles in their society journal “Military Historian and Collector“
Larry Munnikhuysen speaks about his experience in the Company of Military Historians. The Company of Military Historians was founded in 1949 and is dedicated to the study of the military history of North and South America. The membership publishes a quarterly journal, Military Historian & Collector, with articles covering all time periods and all aspects of military material culture. The Company also produces and publishes the Military Uniforms In America series of historic uniform plates. Well known for years as the scholarly resource on American military artifacts the Company’s membership includes collectors, educators, writers, researchers, museum professionals and artists. For a free sample of Military Collector & Historian please go to http://military-historians.org/company/journal/58-3/58-3.pdf. Membership is open to anyone who has an interest in the military history of the Western Hemisphere, more information and on-line enrolling are available at http://www.military-historians.org.
Let me introduce myself. I am a bit of a conflict junkie. I am fascinated by war and warfare, assassination, personal protection and weaponry ranging from spud guns and flame throwers to thermonuclear bombs and soviet-trained Ebola monkeys. In short, if it’s violent or a tool to create violence it is kind of my thing.
I have written a few hundred articles on the dry encyclopedia side for such websites as History Times, Firearms Talk.com, GUNS.com, Suite 101 (where I am the contracted Feature Writer for Military History) and Combat Forums; as well as for print publications like England Expects, and Strike First Strike Fast. Several magazines such as Sea Classics, Military Historian and Collector, Mississippi Sportsman and Warship International have carried my pieces. Additionally I am on staff as a naval consultant and writer for Eye Spy Intelligence Magazine.
Currently I am working on several book projects, including a section in the upcoming Mississippi Encyclopedia (to be published by Ole Miss this summer), an alternative history novel about the US-German War of 1916, and a biography of Bennett Doty. My first novel, about the coming zombie apocalypse was released this Spring by Necro Publications and can be found at Amazon.com.
In my day job I am a contractor for the US federal government in what could best be described as the ‘Force Protection’ field. In this I am a certified Firearms, and less-than-lethal combat instructor.
Cool, I’m a member of CMH also, I really like the magazines, the online Forum, the many videos they’ve issued, etc. If you haven’t seen the videos, I can return here with a list of links to some of the better ones they’ve done recently. They’ve also put a couple entire magazines online and I can get those links.
Cool, I’m a member of CMH also, I really like the magazines, the online Forum, the many videos they’ve issued, etc. If you haven’t seen the videos, I can return here with a list of links to some of the better ones they’ve done recently. They’ve also put a couple entire magazines online and I can get those links.
Yes I’m back, here are links to what I mentioned:
Videos:
Civil War long guns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RorfZ2xaE5U
Hall Breechloading Rifle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-MVw4N5X1o
Sword Symbols: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo8TRPNTvLM
The Walker Colt Revolver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsJMUYjEDyw
Army Swords 1850-65: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3cmCI0xrfQ
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Journals (45 Mb download):
Fall 2006: http://military-historians.org/company/journal/58-3/58-3.pdf
Spring 2010: http://www.military-historians.org/publications/journal/62-1complete.pdf