tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post2281953384266128535..comments2024-03-25T14:51:02.583-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Nelson: "RUIN NATION: Destruction and the American Civil War"DW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-33221703534472811432012-06-27T18:18:21.684-07:002012-06-27T18:18:21.684-07:00Thanks for the comment, Adam. A few exceptions we...Thanks for the comment, Adam. A few exceptions were duly mentioned by the author in the book. A couple of them, accompanied by nice photos, were the standing chimneys of the Taylor Farm at Petersburg NBP and Malvern Hill's Methodist parsonage, although both look way too pristine (i.e. their brickwork appears to have been entirely repointed) to be true ruins.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-23579282662812678702012-06-27T10:46:44.729-07:002012-06-27T10:46:44.729-07:00Nice review and an interesting book!
it is worth...Nice review and an interesting book! <br /><br />it is worth noting that, while the lone chimneys were not left, in 2009 in Cass County, Missouri, the local historical society built an ersatz lone chimney as a monument to the "Burnt District" of western Missouri where the Border War and the evacuations and concentrations of Order #11 occurred: http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=22089Adam Arensonhttp://adamarenson.comnoreply@blogger.com