Bryan S. Bush

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.

My Dear Fellow Citizens:

This Saturday on November 7, plans to be a busy day for me. I will be at the Hardin Co. Library in Elizabethtown, Kentucky discussing Louisville During the Civil War at 1 Pm, and then I will be heading to the Frazier International History Museum at 3 Pm to also give a lecture on Louisville During the Civil War, but the Frazier Museum is also having a Civil War artifacts workshop. Several of the items from their collection will be on display for the general public to see upclose. I have asked that George Prentice’s Henry Rifle be put on display. This is a rare opportunity and I encourage everyone to come out to the Frazier Museum. They are also having a fantastic exhibit on local heroes from WW II. So come out and have some fun.

My dear fellow readers:

Just to give you a update on my newest book, the publisher has sent the book to be published. We are at the finish line…they are still looking at a spring release date, hopefully they change their mind and it will be out in December for Christmas sales. I wish it was out for Halloween. I have some really great stories submitted by many of my friends.

12/10/09 update: Haunted Battlefields of the South is now released.

My Dear fellow readers:

October is shaping up to be a real busy month for me. On October 3, I will be in Elizabethown at the Hardin County Library at 1 pm to give a lecture on Union General Stephen Gano Burbridge. I now have a power point presentation to go with the lecture.
On October 10, I have my Louisville During the Civil War bus tour. I am looking forward to the event, and if the event is successful, I plan to hold it again next year.
On October 17, I will be going to a new event called Books on the River Bank at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati. My stepbrother Bud Halbeisen actually designed the art work for the event.
I hope to see everyone at my events, especially the civil war bus tour….you will learn alot and should be alot of fun too.
Bryan