Michael Diaz

Curator. Ex-ABD. Professional interests: American Revolution, military history, public history. Strong opinions, but they're my own.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@RebelHistorian Trying this whole "semi-respectable Twitter" thing.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

Contractually obligated "Go Army, Beat Navy!" post.

[Patrick Fox @RealCynicalFox]

I have some thoughts on this. They are all both highly descriptive and utterly profane. @TheEconomist

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@un_a_valeable @CFagan1987 Correction: moved after McDowell goofed Bull Run and Lincoln ignored his recommendation to appoint Halleck top general, giving the job to McClellan instead.

Has there ever been a military officer with a more spectacular list of "I told you sos"?

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@un_a_valeable @CFagan1987 No, he moved to West Point after Lincoln rejected the Anaconda Plan. Lincoln had to come up to visit hat in hand a year later and ask for advice on how to fix the war effort.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

Had no idea this existed. I don't get jealous of a lot of pieces, but man....

[Marcus Cribb @mcribbHistory]

Nelson's Trafalgar coat.

The coat he wore when he was shot.

A Vice-Admiral's undress coat.

There's a bullet hole on the left shoulder, blood stains on the tails, & a blood left sleeve, which is probably that of Nelson's secretary, John Scott, killed earlier in the action.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

Ulysses S. Grant was like a size 28 jacket by modern standards at the end of the Civil War.

[SLUG @generalslug]

all these people talking about the ensoyment of modern man but i’m a woman size S in most tops and 90% of the WWII navy dress wool jumpers i’ve tried on are uncomfortably tiny

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

Without any kind of evidence, I'm pretty sure the first domino to fall in adopting the AGSU was the middle reel of Captain America: The First Avenger.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

The ASU is more deeply connected to the long history of Army uniform traditions. The AGSU is an incredibly sharp update of a great-looking uniform that pretty much everyone (well, not the Axis) has good feelings about. AGSU is better to look at, but less interesting.

[Happy Captain @EODHappyCaptain]

Someone made a comment earlier about the new Army Uniform. I think the Army Green Service Uniform (Left) looks way better than the Army Service Uniform (Blue, right), but what do you think?

And before someone says, they are for different events and one looks more formal, remember that the regulation for when worn is identical. I am simply asking which do you prefer.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

That shoulder strap was on display at the USMA history department this week.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

They really are the best of us.

[Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard]

Today my thoughts are of Captain Alix Idrache, a US Army helicopter pilot, who graduated at the top of his West Point class with a degree in physics in 2016.

He's also a Haitian immigrant.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@guthrie_allan @Asst_to_the_RM In a service uniform? Top three, as per regulation.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@kmocon

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@StarfleetHist I'm actually going to credit the bulk of the legwork on this to the @USMALibrary. They were the ones that found the real smoking gun.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

An administrative goof-up led to a cuneiform tablet at my museum getting displayed with items from the Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph, spawning 40 years of conspiracy theories before we straightened it out. Turns out it's just a sales receipt for sheep.

[Devon Hardware’s Wife @thatfrood]

i love how we keep deciphering cuneiform and they keep being shopping receipts

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@SeanDermond 👀👀

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@Wolf359Project @StarfleetHist Happy birthday!

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

https://t.co/T94PqV3G77

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@StarfleetHist The fun thing about knowing nothing about Star Trek's deep lore is that I have no idea if L'Rell and Sturka are canon characters or if they were just invented for The Edge of Midnight. To me, they're all just as real as Kirk.

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

@cgberube A terrific review of a phenomenal career. If I get half of this done by the time I leave your opposite number to the north, I'll have exceeded every reasonable expectation for what a sane person would consider possible.

Enjoy your next chapter!

[Michael Diaz @MDHistory1]

That's a great shirt for a very specific audience.

[West Point Dean @DeanUsma]

The History Guy cheering on cadets during #TEETime!

Let’s go! 👏