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Welcome to My Civil War Obsession. 

I am Richard McCormick II and I started this blog to explore the Civil War and why it fascinates me so much.

I have a B.A. in History from the University of Kentucky.

I serve on the Board of Directors for the Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society (since 2011)and truly enjoy it. It is a great organization!

In recent years, I also have helped on the committee for the annual Northern Kentucky Regional History Day, which has taken place every spring since 1994.

I volunteered at the James A. Ramage Civil War Museum in Fort Wright, Kentucky from 2006 until 2020 and served on the museum's Board of Directors from 2008 through 2020. I enjoyed thst place snd it’s closing in 2021 saddened me.

I also previously served on the board of the Cynthiana Battlefields Foundation. 

In early 2020, I decided to write a book on Campbell County Civil War Veterans. It is a long-term project, but has been fun so far, though I keep finding more work to do. I have already gathered a lot of information and even in the worst-case scenario am confident that my findings have significantly increased the existing information about Civil War veterans who had some association with my home county. Maybe it will be a web page too, so I can keep making additions and corrections.

I enjoy reading and learning about the Civil War, local history and genealogy and try to use this platform to find new and interesting stories to share or to help develop my own opinions and beliefs. I will review books, post pictures, discuss stories I find and pretty much post anything I find interesting or noteworthy.


Please note that any opinion I share here is my own, and does not represent the thoughts of the groups for which I volunteer.

6 comments:

  1. Max TermanMay 31, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    You might enjoy the following book I wrote about an ancestor in the 82nd Ohio--true story.

    First Person Civil War--HIRAM’S HONOR FREE CHAPTERS TO EXPLORE
    http://tinyurl.com/7pg7tfr Gettysburg
    http://tinyurl.com/6n495ql Andersonville Prison

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  2. UnknownMay 2, 2014 at 10:45 AM

    Hello,
    I found your blog today while researching a definition of “pickets” for a book I’m writing based on family history and linked back to your blog from mine. If you’re interested, I have just posted a Civil War story on “Plots and Crockpots” that involves the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, recruited from Oberlin College in 1861: http://plotsandcrockpots.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/shelter-from-the-storm-how-a-union-soldier-came-to-my-grandparents-house/

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  3. SPJune 22, 2021 at 1:08 PM

    FYI - I tried to email you through the "Contact Me" link but the email does not seem to be an actual email

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  4. SPJune 22, 2021 at 1:09 PM

    I tried to email you via you "Contact" link but the email does not seem to be valid.

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  5. BE859April 26, 2023 at 4:23 PM

    You might want to look up William Boden, Major of the 23rd KY. He was from Campbell Co. was City Atty for Newport after the War and is buried in Evergreen.

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  6. RichardApril 26, 2023 at 5:02 PM

    Thank you. That is a name I will research

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