A Thank You...I will be back!

I want to thank everyone that supports this blog. It has been an amazing year couple years since I started this endeavor, and I continually receive positive feedback about this site and the models that it showcases.

I have not updated for a while because I have focused my attention on other important projects like my family and work life. This site is not going away! Although I have not been posting frequently, I wanted to let you know that I am still here making or finding great models to show where history took place. I have big plans for this site, its content, and other methods of  how we can use Google Earth and Sketchup to educate people about the American Civil War and its various locations. So please stay tuned!

One of the big plans that I am working on right now is a huge Google Earth .kmz file about the 150th Anniverasy of the Battle of Antietam. This file will mirror my "Battle of Fort Sumter" file. It will be filled with old and new battle maps, geo-located photos, 3D models, and links to a variety of media. It will be released in September 2012.

Again, Thank you for all the articles (Google Earth Blog, Free Tech 4 Teachers Blog ), the follows (here on my blog, twitter and, facebook), and sharing that has occurred about this site. See you soon! In the mean time, if you have an opportunity.....

Scourage of War- Gettysburg, 3D Civil War Game

No, this post is not about Google Earth Civil War models, but it was too cool not to post this!

A gaming company called Norb Software has just released a game called "Scourage of War: Gettyburg." It is a 3D battle simulation of the Battle of Gettysburg for your PC. You can download a demo of teh game and purchase an activation code. Im about to play the demo, I will give a review in a minute. If you want to check it out yourself go here:

http://www.norbsoftware.com/Portal/

The Shoppach House

Google Earth Model

Street View

"This is the Shoppach House in Benton, Arkansas. This house was built in 1853 by John F. Shoppach in what were the outskirts of town on Old Military Road and is the oldest currently standing building in Benton. The house has four main rooms including two symmetrical bedrooms on each side of the dog-trot breezeway that runs through the middle of the house. None of the walls contain studs and each is only the thickness of a single board. In April of 1861 the building served as the site for the presentation of a battle flag to Saline County’s Company E of the 1st Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States of America. The flag was made by the women of Benton and along with Company E saw action in such battles as Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. In 1863, Union troops occupied Benton. The union officers made the house their official quarters, while the troops were quartered in a fort constructed across the road on what is now the southeast corner of Carpenter and Military roads."

Model and text by Jeffrey Hughey. See in Google Earth Here.

US Capitol Building

"The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. It has housed the meeting chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives for almost two centuries. Begun in 1793, the Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored; today, it stands as a monument not only to its builders but also to the American people and their government. Original model by Josh Wilson "

See it Google Earth here