I came across an interesting article in the Quartermaster Professional publication by a Captain W. Welch. On 12 January, Halleck settled the issue when he...
A few ORs: "My army corps [the Thirteenth], in common with others, even before it commenced the march from Milliken's Bend, had been deplorably wasted and...
... I jusr finished "The Pride of the Confederate Artillery - The Washington Artillery in the Army of Tennessee" by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr and "Cannoneers...
In June and July, 1862, Farragut and his squadron came up the river and Davis and his came down the river and met at Vicksburg. Farragut had a weak brigade...
ISTM that there was a lot of disease and dysentary when Grant tried digging a new canal (which was a dismal failure) to bypass around Vicksburg's guns on the...
Finished "The Battle of Carthage" by Hinze and Farnham and presently reading "Wilson's Creek" by William Piston and Richard Hatcher III. Besides studing the...
... "The 24th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War," by William J.K. Beaudot. Enjoyable and informative biography of the regiment. Beaudot uses a lot of...
... That's what I thought but I figured there must be some dry areas? ;-) Guess not. ... Hence my point about the entire campaign being waged in that type of ...
... But you just described the entire state. If Grant is in Grenada, he is tromping through the Yazoo Delta swamps. If he's outside Vicksburg, he's tromping...
Jefferson Davis' first wife is ample evidance of this. Don Pontious ... _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with...
... Since they weren't in a bloody swamp I'm not surprised! ... Since THEY weren't in a bloody swamp I'm not surprised! ... Since they WERE in a bloody swamp...
Geez I been reading some Eastern Theater stuff lately. Time to get back to the library. I just finished The Civil War Notebook of Daniel Chisolm, 116th PA;...
... I doubt that proximity to the river had any effect on morbidity and mortality. The entire state of Mississippi was a malaria infested hellhole before the...
... I have about finished Brownlee's 'Gray Ghosts of the Confedracy: Guerrilla Warfare in the West 1861-1865' (LSU Press, Baton Rouge. LA. Cpyrgt 1986. ). The...
In a message dated 5/2/2003 7:06:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... A grain? A grain? I'd think you would need one mother of a bag of rock salt <g>...But I...
I've just finished both "Great Plains Command" (re Hazen) and the "Personal Memoirs of Major General David Stanley." Thought the book on Hazen was very good...
vis-a-vis the western theater, of course! For my part, I've just finished the first book of Ben Butler's memoirs. They are a great read and provide a...
Mr. Keene: I, unfortunately, don't remember the source which contained the table of deaths due to illness and disease for the first three months of 1863. What...
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jonathan abel
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May 1, 2003 8:57 pm
Please remove me from the list, it has been a pleasure to read, but I have to make time for other things just now hopefully will be able to return in time. /\ ...
... didn't ... the ... I'm not much on the 21st century phsycho-analysis of 19th century figures, but Grant's life experience told him that sitting around and ...
... Agreed. ... I wouldn't be quite so harsh ;-), but you have a point. Grant didn't seem to be a guy to sit around doing nothing. And given some of the ...
Here's a what-if: Consider that McClernard's *military* actions were geared to gaining the White House. Grant is the man who effectively thwarted him. The...
... I find it interesting that here we have poor Grant wallowing in mud, attempting at least four projects aimed at solving his problem - to get at Pemberton -...
... Post ... support ... It seems this would only fully apply if there were any indication that Rosecrans would have aggressively pursued Bragg in January. As...
... That wasn't my point. Mr. Rose seems to be obsessing on what Grant wrote 20 yrs. after the fact rather than, as Walter previously pointed out, what he...
... You are overlooking the fact that the behind the scenes maneuvering was mostly on McClernand's side. The very fact that he went around both Grant, his...
I think, too, trying to somehow compare the capture of Arkansas Post (a basically defenseless position with no means of receiving support once reached) with...
