Thanks Bryan, Kevin.....interesting perspectives, both of you. Anybody else have an opinion on this matter? Any examples of gratuitous "slant" in books...
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pattie@...
Sep 4, 1999 9:36 am
patti-@... wrote: I think a historian or author always leans to one side. Some can hide their preferences better than others. But should they hide them? In...
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pattie@...
Sep 5, 1999 7:08 pm
I'm not that long a member of this group. That's why I did some catch up reading this afternoon. I also read the postings about the battle of Franklin. We all...
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Stephen Basic
Basecat@...
Sep 6, 1999 5:48 am
Pattie....Hood actually thought he had "won" the Battle of Franklin.....because of the Union Army's retreat from the battlefield....In essence he thought he...
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Terry Arliskas
tarliskas@...
Sep 7, 1999 3:11 pm
Good morning - I'm very interested in hearing from those with information or an interest in the following: - 29th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers. Raised...
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allnoles@...
Sep 11, 1999 5:03 pm
Greetings. Jim Morgan here. Live in Virginia and most of what I know about the Late Unpleasantness is Eastern Theater. However, I have two g-g-grandfathers...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun@...
Sep 11, 1999 10:43 pm
... Hi Jim, Welcome aboard. Permit me to try to expand a little on your background. Just for those that might not know, Jim is a personal friend of mine and ...
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Allnoles@...
Sep 12, 1999 1:20 pm
In a message dated 9/11/99 6:48:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, shotgun@... writes: Hi Dick, Thanks very much for the kind words. << Now along the...
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Rms1864@...
Sep 13, 1999 1:15 am
according to Richard m.mcmurry,in his excellent work, john bell hood and the war for southern independence, on page 176-177. he says "hood had only about ...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun@...
Sep 13, 1999 2:46 am
... Good post Roger. I especially appreciate the reference. Since I made the post about the 5 Confederate Generals I thought I had better cite my reference....
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L.A. Chambliss
xanthipp@...
Sep 13, 1999 3:29 am
Hey Shotgun, no need to dig through the ORs. Gen. John C. Carter CSA was the "mortally wounded" one. Why anybody bothers to make this distinction I am not...
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The Coys
thecoys@...
Sep 13, 1999 2:05 pm
I really don't know that much about Franklin and Nashville after all, Ol' Rosy wasn't there. <vbg> I really need to learn more so I hope this thread grows....
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Mark Wiggin
mawig@...
Sep 13, 1999 4:45 pm
... You are correct about Hood's Advance & Retreat. Although it is a very good memoir, that is until The Atlanta to Nashville campaigns, when Hood gets into...
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Bryan D. McRaven
dameron@...
Sep 13, 1999 5:46 pm
In my reading and study of the Nashville Campaign, one theme has been recurrent in Hood's strategy. That was its incoherence. Davis wanted Hood to pursue...
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Allnoles@...
Sep 14, 1999 12:01 am
The thought that Hood was deranged, possibly from excessive use of laudanum, is an interesting one and it would explain some rather strange decisions. Why,...
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Bryan D. McRaven
dameron@...
Sep 14, 1999 12:54 am
I agree completely. Hood was "not right" in the the head. If you look at his performance as a brigade commander, and then as a division head, none of the...
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pattie@...
Sep 14, 1999 5:07 am
I have read in a couple of this postings that Hood was not right in the head due to the use of drugs to ease the pain of amputation. This combined with his...
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Stephen Basic
Basecat@...
Sep 14, 1999 5:15 am
Pattie....Main reason why Hood got the job....Hood campaigned for the job behind Johnston's back...telling Davis that he would attack until he could get...
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The Coys
thecoys@...
Sep 14, 1999 3:15 pm
Greetings all, I do not doubt that John B. Hood surely was effected by the loss of the use of his arm and the loss of his leg. In my way of thinking it had to...
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Mark Wiggin
mawig@...
Sep 14, 1999 4:53 pm
... Whoa out of breath thanks Mark...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun@...
Sep 14, 1999 5:29 pm
... I haven't looked for anything in the area of Hood and his drugs but I will. However, I did find a little write up in "The Southern Historical Society...
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pattie@...
Sep 14, 1999 6:32 pm
... Mark, I think it is not so sure that the outcome of the Atlanta campaign with Johnston in command would have been the same. 1864 was an election year in...
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dmercado@...
Sep 15, 1999 3:48 am
Hello to Shotgun and the group. I am glad to see there is a discussion group on the Western Theatre as it has been so overlooked. I am from Orange County,...
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Mark Wiggin
mawig@...
Sep 15, 1999 5:08 am
... You make many good points. However with Johnston in command I don't see it. He was great at retreating and delaying Sherman for awhile. There aren't...
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f0ght@...
Sep 15, 1999 2:30 pm
f0gh-@... wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/civilwarwest/?start=72 But what documentation is there that confirms our ... Wiley Sword in...
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Allnoles@...
Sep 15, 1999 7:34 pm
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Allnoles@...
Sep 15, 1999 7:35 pm
Dick, I need to unsub for a week or so and don't have your message on how to do it. Could you please unsub me? I'll re-sub as soon as I can. Thanks. Jim...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun@...
Sep 15, 1999 8:26 pm
... Not a problem Jim. I'll take care of it. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Dick (a.k.a. Shotgun) http://www.civilwarhome.com...
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Mark Wiggin
mawig@...
Sep 18, 1999 8:25 pm
... I believe in the pre war army he served in St. Louis as an engineer building and designing levies on the Mississippi. Check R.E. Lee Vol. 1 by D. S....
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Sandra Hess
hshideaway@...
Sep 18, 1999 8:55 pm
Thanks Mark I will check my library and see if they have the book. Thanks again, Sandy...
