< ROTFLMAO Bob. Sure sounds like Yankee history written by yankees to <me. < < Larry (KyReb) larry pleas do not sat that. are you saying yankees can't thionk...
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M. E. Heatherington
meheatherington@...
Dec 2, 2000 6:48 pm
Dear Group: I wish to draw once more upon your expertise, if you will let me. As some of you may recall, I have just finished a novel (call it Book I of a...
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carpmaster
carpmaster@...
Dec 2, 2000 7:44 pm
... Chuck in Illinois...
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jrayelliot@...
Dec 2, 2000 8:28 pm
How about having the enlistment for his unit expire, let him return home and enlist in a unit that serves in the desired area? Ray ... Book I ... made by ... ...
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jwolf
jwolf@...
Dec 2, 2000 9:17 pm
I think Ray's idea about unit enlistment expiring is the most plausible. It gets my vote, with no pesky chad hanging on for dear life. Joel...
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Ron Wright
rwright1@...
Dec 2, 2000 11:11 pm
My name is Ron Wright. I am the GGGrandson of Lt. John Edward Wright, Co B, Missouri Brigade, CSA. I maintain a modest website for the Missouri Brigade at ...
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L. A. Chambliss
xanthipp@...
Dec 3, 2000 1:00 am
Dear Madelon, I will concede that the idea proposed by several, that Bart's unit have its time run out and go home to reorganize, is imminently plausible. ...
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wolf17x7@...
Dec 3, 2000 3:25 am
would you one track minded knuckleheads listen to the moderators please and shut up about the flags and start talking about the western theat.again or start...
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thecoys@...
Dec 3, 2000 3:41 am
It was common for successful men from one(old) regiment to be offered a position in another (new) regiment, i.e. in the movie 'Glory' Shaw was a shavetail at...
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averygacav@...
Dec 3, 2000 2:08 pm
Two cents worth from a Georgia native. I would resist any effort to pretend that the Civil War never happened or to pretend that the brave men that fell in...
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Bagtown@...
Dec 3, 2000 2:23 pm
I hope I am not at of place here but I am going to assume its ok to put a post here inquiring about General Thomas (I am a relatively new student to the...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun@...
Dec 3, 2000 2:40 pm
I was out of the loop until yesterday because of some computer problems and have been just sorting through the mail this morning. It seems that Pat has asked...
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Don Plezia
oneplez@...
Dec 3, 2000 3:45 pm
Go to:- http://www.aotc.net/ and you'll find all you want to know. Your assumption that he was under-rated is correct. The man was without doubt the best...
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Stepehen D. Wakefield
sdwakefield@...
Dec 3, 2000 4:37 pm
You are definitely at the right place. Although we have had some "spats" here in the past as to exactly how great Thomas was as a general. I do think you will...
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Bagtown@...
Dec 3, 2000 4:37 pm
... in ... Thanks Much excellent website I truly was disturbed when I read of some of General Thomas' mistreatment at the hands of his superiors and peers. The...
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Geoff Blankenmeyer
glblank@...
Dec 3, 2000 6:24 pm
IMO, the best treatments of Thomas and the AoC are the original treatments. Keep in mind that modern historians have the luxury of hindsight to reconstruct...
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RednekRampag1@...
Dec 3, 2000 8:30 pm
I'm an amateur writer, and am attempting to start a novel on the battle of Shiloh that maybe someday I'll try to publish. I'm only fifteen years old, and...
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David Mercado
dmercado@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:10 pm
... like to find a good book on The Army of the Cumberland. Sincerely Richard J. Karns< A fairly comprehensive annotated bibliography on Thomas is available ...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:56 pm
Since you didn't chose to sign your mail I will just address this as "Hi" (Some of you that have visited my site know that I require some kind of name on the...
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David Woodbury
woodbury@...
Dec 3, 2000 10:20 pm
... As others have said, Thomas is almost universally regarded as one of the best general officers of the war. You'll be well served to do a lot of reading on...
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Bob Huddleston
adco@...
Dec 3, 2000 11:29 pm
H, At fifteen I did my first term paper ever in a high school history class on Shiloh. And my source was the Official Records' after action reports. A good ...
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ppcattyrph@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:03 am
Richard, I have read three bios of Geo Thomas. You bet this man was underrated. I suggest Frank Palumbo's GEORGE HENRY THOMAS, THE DEPENDABLE GENERAL and ...
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Fullmer James
drummajor04@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:14 am
Well, my reccomendation is that if you can, you should try to visit the battle field. It's a nice place. Of course, this could prove hard if you live somewhere...
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RednekRampag1@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:17 am
Thanks very much for the information. I'll try some of that....
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tnhistorybuff@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:25 am
I would like some of the experts,,or people that know more than I to answer a question. It seems to me that the western theater, seems to have gotten the ...
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Don Plezia
oneplez@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:47 am
Peter! Read Francis McKinney's "Education in Violence". It's the best. Then read Grant's and Sherman's "Memior"s, to see how they slandered him to build up...
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Ron Wright
rwright1@...
Dec 4, 2000 5:12 am
I will only say this, and have for some time. The best chance the South had to win the war militarily was regarding the Vicksburg campaign. If they had...
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jrayelliot@...
Dec 4, 2000 6:18 am
Ron, Please expand on your Vickburg Theory. Thanks Ray ... South had to win the war militarily was regarding the Vicksburg campaign. If they had recognized...
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ppcattyrph@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:29 pm
Don, Thanks for the recommendations. Let me also suggest a recent bio of Sherman, THE WHITE TECUMSEH by Hirshson. he plays up the friendship between Sherman...
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D. Andrew Burden, Ph.D.
daburden@...
Dec 4, 2000 3:31 pm
All: I argued against the siginficance of Vicksburg here before, so I won't get into that again other than to say I still feel its effect was mainly one of...
