Acknowlegments

Acknowledgments


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ARCHAEOLOGY Magazine September/October 2004 issue
"Battles Over Battlefields" An excellent article by Professor Nash who wrote a wonderful article about eSpd's and others preservation efforts.
Includes an editorial "Civil War Cover-Up by Peter A. Young, Editor-in-Chief

Dig! MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2004-VOLUME 6-Number2
Published in partnership with ARCHAEOLOGY Magazine
An article by Orrin Shane about how eSpd® has helped preserve our past by preserving the physical record of The Civil War Battle of Ox Hill through the archeological record (before the 300 acre battlefield was destroyed).

The UNKNOWN WARRIOR published 2005 by the well known archaeologist Richard Osgood.

This publication was one of the best I've read especially since Battlefield Archaeology is a common discipline in Europe. Unfortunately the Battle of Ox Hill was the only U.S. entry and was the first time such an attempt was made to document the history and physical record (even though it was a archaeological salvage survey) of an entire battlefield. However seeing a proper study of Custer's last stand and the Jamestown study was most encouraging. Most certainly using the Internet as a repository on a temporary basis is a good preservation tool but what happens to the history if the website disappears?

The Letters of Henry Brown© - Contributed By John Proctor and Henry Brown and cannot be copied without their consent All Rights reserved.
A fascinating letter by letter account of the Civil War from 1861 to 1864.

The Tempest at Ox Hill Published 2002 by David A. Welker
The first book written on The Battle of Ox Hill. Writing the first book is always the hardest by blazing a trail for others to follow.

Washington Weather Published 2002 by Kevin Ambrose, Dan Henry and Andy Weiss. My fellow historian Kevin Ambrose chronicled weather patterns in and around our Nations Capital from historic times to present, including the extreme line of storms that had a major impact on The Battle of Ox Hill.

These extreme storms favored the charging Union troops. Whereas the Confederate battleline not only took the brunt of the charge and the storm which blew horizontally into their faces. With the stakes so high both sides had to fight in these extreme conditions and when the black powder became wet the bayonet and clubbed musket was liberally used. The weather also had an extreme impact not only during the fighting but also in documenting what was occurring on the ground since the soldiers could only see a few feet to their front. However it also had the added benefit during the survey to outline the positions of the combatants by leaving a trail of wet discarded paper rounds (only the lead bullets) much like a trail of bread crumbs.

The Washington Post (Metro Section) A three part series on the 140th anniversary of The Civil War in the Washington area by Gene Thorpe, Brenna Maloney and Laura Stanton. Capital in Crisis Lee's Strategy Shifts to the North -The Battle of Chantilly #2 of 3 weekly series where our services contributed background information and recovered artifacts..Additionally over the years 5 of 5 Letters to the Editor were also published, most dealing with the preservation of our historical resources. Both the CWPT and eSpd® called for an inventory on what Civil War sites still existed, especially after Fairfax County allow it's two most important sites to be developed. They will not release the first report saying it's exempt from the freedom of information act. Instead they have published a watered down report for the public.

The History Channel
Where our historical services were recognized as a charter member of their online site.

Fairfax City Museum
Lent the Battle of Ox Hill Exhibit with the help of Steven Wolfsburger for a number of years until the exhibit could be put online. Also helped include it into the Civil War Trails program and some items were donated to the museum including a Parrott Shell from Benjamin's Battery.

K-12 schools and Universities - 800+ over the last 12 years.

Our eSpd® services continue to provide one-of-a kind data in the fields of history, paleontology and technology, including a large amber fossil exhibit and how to build inexpensive microscopic video systems for our educators, and students. It is our hope to build on this portal to counter self-serving encyclopedia's, dictionaries and other misleading material that are not verified but are being treated as such. This is a call out for scholars and educational institutions, who are all too familiar with the results, to help build this service into a multidiscipline database before the Internet becomes a Pandora's box.

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