You are going to add me, right? ;') This could work out pretty well. If you're looking for early topics, check out our digest topic, under the heading "Thoroughly Modern Miscellany". It's got lots of stuff from the Civil War, Napoleonic Wars, that kind of thing.
Here's the alpha list / digest topic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1173106/posts
p.s. I'll post something about your new list in those bump list topics.
"You are going to add me, right?"
Of course, this ping list will not be complete without the GGG pingmeister in it :)
Thanks also for offering to post about this new list in your bump topics list. Appreciate the assistance.