Bryan S. Bush

Dear Readers:
I just received a glowing review from Lone Star Book Reviews on my book Haunted Battlefields of the South. Here’s the review: “These true tales include chilling firsthand accounts of encounters with Civil War ghosts. The spirits of dead soldiers from both Union and Confederate armies walk into re-enactor camps, march in a ghostly night fog, call us into line and ask for help. This is a book that will give your goose bumps and make your hair stand up on the back of your neck. They still inhabit the battlefields where they were killed. . . . This spooky book has a bone chilling “WOW+” rating.

In late February, Bryan released a new book Louisville’s Southern Exposition, 1883-1887: The City of Progress.

Here’s info about the book from Bryan’s main site:

Throughout much of the 1880s, the Southern Exposition showcased the largest-ever single display of agricultural machinery and technical innovation in the United States. With over 1,500 commercial and mercantile attractions — the likes of which the world had never seen — history was made and innovation discovered in Louisville’s Central Park.

Some of the most influential figures of the time participated, including Henry Watterson, Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., A. Bidermann DuPont and President Chester A. Arthur. Former Louisville resident Thomas Edison personally oversaw the installation of his newly invented incandescent light bulb that lit a record-breaking 4,600 lamps. Author and Louisville historian Bryan S. Bush offers an unprecedented perspective on this fascinating historic event.

Read more on the book’s information page.  It’s also now available for sale in Bryan’s store.  Bryan’s store is the only way you can order the book and get his signature!

My dear fellow readers:

My newest book: Louisville’s Southern Exposition: 1883-1887: The City of Progress was just released by The History Press. I will also be having a major exhibit based on my newest book on March 27, at 4 PM at the Conrad Caldwell house. I will be giving a lecture and book signing at this event. Cost is ten dollars per person but goes towards the restoration of the Conrad Caldwell house. The Conrad Caldwell house is located in the St. James Court in Louisville, Kentucky. Where the house now stands was once the front entrance to the Southern Exposition. The Southern Exposition was an early version of our today’s world fairs. Learn about a fascinating part of Louisville’s history. You can also read about the Southern Exposition on my website.

My Dear Fellow Readers:

On April 24, from 9 am to 11 am, I will be giving my first guided tour of Cave Hill Cemetery during the Civil War. I will be discussing the forts and soldiers that visited Cave Hill Cemetery during the Civil War, and I will also be discussing military and civilian leaders who are buried in Cave Hill Cemetery that had a major impact on the Civil War. I will discuss such figures as James Guthrie, Lovell Rousseau, George Prentice and many others. We will also visited the National Cemetery where over 5,000 Union soldiers are buried. The cost is $15.00 per person and tickets can be acquired by contacting Cave Hill Cemetery. So come out and learn some history about Louisville’s most beautiful cemeteries. And what a better season to have the tour then spring, when the flowers and trees will be in full bloom.

My Dear Fellow Readers:

On March 26-27, the University of Louisville Arts and Sciences Department will hold a symposium on Louisville during the first two years of the Civil War. Many of my friends and fellow colleagues were shocked to find out that I was not asked to present a paper on Louisville During the Civil War, considering I wrote the book Louisville During the Civil War: A History and Guide, which by the way in in its second printing. Luckily I will be able to share a table with the Carnegie Center and hopefully have people join the Louisville Historical League and buy my book on Louisville During the Civil War. I will be attending the conference since I met so many of my fellow friends and colleagues at the last conference.

On March 25, 2010, on KET on Louisville Life, I will be portraying Dr. Samuel Shipp. Dr. Shipp married Evalina Bray. Evalina inherited Bashford Manor in February 1865, when her only sister, Nancy Bray passed away and left her the estate. Dr. Shipp was a surgeon in the Confederate army.
I will be also discussing the thousands of Union soldiers that were camped on or near Bashford Manor during the Civil War.
Cythiana Cooke, who owns Bashford Manor, has beautifully restored the home and has turned the estate into a bed and breakfast. She is very much interested in the history behind the property, especially the Civil War.
The program on KET will focus on Bashford Manor during the Civil War and today’s efforts to revitalize the Bardstown Road area.

My Dear Fellow Readers:

I am real excited about tomorrow. The Peterson House, Louisville Historical League, Preservation Louisville, and Carmichaels Bookstore will be holding the first annual Louisville History Authors Book Fair. I personally feel that Louisville has enough talent to showcase their own bookfair. Please come out and support this event. History books about Louisville’s history make great Christmas gifts. Some of Louisville’s best history authors will be in attendance, including myself, Tom Owens, Steve Wiser, and many other authors. The event will be held at the Peterson House on 301 S. Peterson Ave. from 12 noon to 3 pm. There will also be a discussion panel at 12:15. So come out and have fun and meet the authors.

It has been over a year since Bryan has released a book, but the time has now arrived once more.  Bryan is today announcing his new book Haunted Battlefields of the South, which was co-authored with Thomas Freese.

Here’s info about the book from Bryan’s main site:

Co-Authors Historian Bryan Bush and Storyteller Thomas Freese bring exciting and chilling tales of the ghosts of the War Between the States!

The ghosts of Civil War soldiers still inhabit the battlefields of our Southern States.  Veteran re-enactor and historian Bryan Bush traveled to battlefields and researched both tactical history and on-the-ground life of soldiers on both sides of the War.  He and co-author Thomas L. Freese interviewed re-enactors and photographed the places and people who immersed themselves in recreating the soldiers’ camp, social, travel and martial activities.

Read more on the book’s information page.  It’s also now available for sale in Bryan’s store.  Bryan’s store is the only way you can order the book and get his signature!

For your holiday enjoyment, Bryan has just released a new article on his main site entitled “Morgan’s Christmas Raid”.

On edit: Also, check out Bryan’s earlier article related to Morgan’s Raid: “The Battle of Corydon, Indiana”.

For those who love the Civil War, this weekend, December 5-6, the second largest Civil War Show in the country will be held in Nashville, Tennessee. I will have a booth set up and I encourage everyone to come out and say hi. This is always a good show. Hope to see everyone out there.