www.CivilWarAlbum.com contains numerous modern photos of Civil War sites, as
well as many maps, official records and
reports. The majority of the
photos were taken by myself during spring break tours and summer family
vacations. Many of the photos are courtesy of
contributors and are displayed with credit given. A special Thank-you
to those that are willing to share their experiences.
Steve Robinson and I started these tours in March, 1991, and continued until March, 1996, when Steve's health began to decline. Steve retired in 1997 as chief dispatcher with the Durant, Oklahoma Police Department. Steve passed away in September, 2001, after a long struggle with problems related to diabetes. My son, Aaron traveled with us in 1992-93. He is a graduate of Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, OK.
I traveled alone in 1997, and a year
later my number two son, Micah made his first tour. He and I have been at
it ever since. This year my number three son,
Garrett will be joining us.
My wife, Rhonda travels with us during summer family vacations. She is a
3rd grade teacher.
Reading about the Civil War and visiting the sites has been a hobby for as long as I can remember. I hope to continue the trips for as long as possible.
Back
when the tours first started I had no knowledge of computers and never
realized that someday the photos would be
displayed
on the Web for all to see.
After a tour the photos were usually stuck in scrapbooks and stored for
occasional viewing by family members or friends.
Back in December of 1997, I
finally learned how to operate a computer, and later became interested in
Web page design. During the summer of 1999, after learning the basics of
Microsoft FrontPage, Vicksburg Campaign Photo
Album was first put on-line. USS Cairo, Forts Henry and Donelson, Fort
Washita, Shiloh, Port Hudson, Civil War Louisiana and
Misc. Sites followed
shortly after.
Antietam and Stone River are the most recent additions.
Civil War Album is updated quite often, usually with
photos from contributors. I really enjoy working on the
Photo Albums knowing that some may never have the chance to visit a Civil War
site or battlefield.
Our friend, Brian Risher of
Hernando, MS,
first traveled
along with us in March 2001.
Brian graduated from Ole Miss
in 2003 with a masters degree in history. Brian and I
recently
completed the Battle of Champion Hill virtual tour.
This new addition of www.civilwaralbum.com has many
photos and panoramas taken during our trips to the battlefield.
In recent years, Mr. Don Worth of UCLA and Mr.
Loren Drummond have
contributed their insights and valuable content in important additions to
the site for which we are very grateful. Many of Don's photographs are displayed in the Gettysburg and
Atlanta Campaign virtual tours. Don has also provided images for other
sections of www.civilwaralbum.com.
I am a retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper (ret. January 1, 2004) and a four year Navy vet (67-71). I served a year in Vietnam with the Mobile Riverine Force.
A special Thank-you to the staff of Blue and Gray Magazine. Your General's Tours have been used many times since 1991.
Bruce Schulze
KE5J (Amateur Extra Class)
Trooper 180 (Oklahoma Highway Patrol, ret.)
March 1, 2005
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