What they did is divide the Sunken Road into two segments.. Using the 31st Indiana Monument as the center point.. Everything from this point and to the Union...
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hank9174
Apr 14, 2007 4:09 pm
One wonders if 'reinterpretation' and 'correction' are synonyms? "Apollo 13, prepare for a mid-course re-interpretattion'... HankC ... There has been a...
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Dan G
dan6764
Apr 14, 2007 7:16 pm
I am not sure.. last year they sorta rattled around my understanding of the battle of shiloh. This year they turned the past history on its head.. They also...
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gnrljejohnston
Apr 15, 2007 12:58 am
... painted of his actions on that second day was of borderline incompetence.. Allegedly, he was on the flank of the Confederate Army at least twice and was...
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Carl Williams
carlw4514
Apr 15, 2007 1:55 pm
geez, how the heck did I do that? anyway, care to comment? My question was, what conceivable motive would there be to discredit McPherson? Is this a case of...
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Tony Gunter
tony_gunter
Apr 15, 2007 3:32 pm
... I think Bearss just shoots from the hip, and sometimes he hits his target and sometimes he misses wildly. McPherson's role in the Vicksburg Campaign is...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
Apr 15, 2007 4:40 pm
I really dont fully understand the motives of many writers. In this case there seems to me to be some scholarly laziness and also a habit of embracing a...
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Dan G
dan6764
Apr 15, 2007 8:33 pm
The hike was led by Ranger Tom Parson and Bjorn Skaptason.. they were not really complimentary.. I tape recorded that entire hike.. Over the next couple of...
43444
James W. Durney
james2044
Apr 15, 2007 9:26 pm
... I have found a time lag between a book being released and Amazon's "release". This seems very common with ACW books and I think it has to do with the...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Apr 15, 2007 9:28 pm
... The "conceivable motive" is very simple, you find something that you do not like in their work. What is is matters little, the important thing is you...
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Tony Gunter
tony_gunter
Apr 15, 2007 10:49 pm
... following in ... you do ... thing ... McPherson ... the ... need ... works ... stick. ... James has caught me. I actually have no interest in history in ...
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Tony Gunter
tony_gunter
Apr 15, 2007 11:08 pm
While I'm busy trying to take down beloved elderly historians, I may as well get my blows in on one who's disabled ... What do you think about the Ballard...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
Apr 16, 2007 12:36 am
So James, are these authors who you idolize infallible becuase of their alleged credentials? Frankly I think the impact of poorly written and researched books...
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Carl Williams
carlw4514
Apr 16, 2007 10:51 am
James, also, although you are correct that Bearss is getting some [rare?] criticism, I think you may not have realized that the McPherson being referred to is...
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Carl Williams
carlw4514
Apr 16, 2007 11:07 am
for those who follow by topic, started a new one. I found the old thread where Savas gets into it defending what I am calling an entrenched version of...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
Apr 16, 2007 12:56 pm
Regarding the battle of Port Gibson, my interpretation and analysis of the battle aside, it seems to me that it is a historic fact that McPherson was present...
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Tony Gunter
tony_gunter
Apr 16, 2007 1:44 pm
... of ... be ... In Savas' defense, I can be a persistant ass sometimes (I'm sure nobody here has ever noticed). ... I understand that it must be difficult...
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Steve Saultz
tristan4th
Apr 16, 2007 2:18 pm
Hi Mr. Keene I am in agreement with you here.... William H Keene wrote: Frankly I think the impact of poorly written and researched books on the study...
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bjer50010
Apr 16, 2007 3:04 pm
... understanding of the battle of shiloh. This year they turned the past history on its head.. ... day of the Battle.. Other than eating lunch and that...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Apr 16, 2007 6:17 pm
I'll try to stay out of discussions about attacks on various "venerable" historians, but would like to put my two cents worth in on the Vicksburg campaign in...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Apr 16, 2007 6:32 pm
Carl, You are correct; I confused the two in my post. The problem is these attacks are becoming so incessant that it is hard to tell who is being attacked and...
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Carl Williams
carlw4514
Apr 16, 2007 7:42 pm
Dave, you mention McClernand, who remains a bit of a cypher to me performance-wise.... do you have any thoughts on McPherson and whether he gets fair...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Apr 16, 2007 8:24 pm
This is going to sound very wishy-washy, and I realize it. But I think McClernand was treated, to a degree, unfairly by Grant and by the majority of Vicksburg...
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Tony Gunter
tony_gunter
Apr 16, 2007 8:31 pm
... I think there is a LOT of nuance to the Battle of Raymond that you're missing....
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Apr 16, 2007 8:58 pm
You missed my point then. It wasn't whether there was a little or a lot of nuance missed at the Battle of Raymond. The nuances weren't considered important in...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
Apr 17, 2007 12:07 am
... Recent "Vickburg historians", specifically Smith and Winschel, have been quite favorable to McClernand. Can you elaborate on what you see as unfair in...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Apr 17, 2007 12:34 am
Even if his performance is not as bad as they say, it is not great either. In addition, we have the major problem you point out in this post. Considering...
43464
Dan G
dan6764
Apr 17, 2007 3:26 am
I will try to address the question about the march to the battlefield.. A lot of this actually came from last years battlefield hikes where this subject was...
43465
Tom Mix
tmix@...
Apr 17, 2007 4:01 am
My last comment bounced back to me as "undeliverable" so, time to test the system again. Tom...
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basecat1@...
basecat1
Apr 17, 2007 4:04 am
In a message dated 4/17/2007 12:03:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tmix@... writes: My last comment bounced back to me as “undeliverable” so, time...
