tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post726193616838129407..comments2024-03-15T15:35:07.470-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Russel Beatie's Army of the PotomacDW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-55592303290815983942013-07-14T07:36:01.403-07:002013-07-14T07:36:01.403-07:00Hopefully Volume Four can be published eventually....Hopefully Volume Four can be published eventually.<br /><br />ChrisChris Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-20708972205501891162013-07-12T20:25:19.627-07:002013-07-12T20:25:19.627-07:00Drew--You may have heard this by now, but Russel B...Drew--You may have heard this by now, but Russel Beatie has passed away. Glad you made me aware of these books for my own research purposes. Here is Harry Smeltzer's post on Beatie' passing, and his work:<br />http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/russel-beatie/Ron Baumgartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449787740945022061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-26667537416192109872012-11-07T08:46:58.814-08:002012-11-07T08:46:58.814-08:00Hi Drew, all.
Good to see this nice discussion an...Hi Drew, all.<br /><br />Good to see this nice discussion and read the kind words. Cap Beatie finished his complete draft (1,000 pages) of volume 4 a couple years ago (through Fair Oaks/Seven Pines--in the most amazing original presentation of the officers and fighting ever done, IMHO). Unfortunately, Cap suffered several severe health setbacks, and publication status is up in the air as I write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-29631861668815268342012-11-07T08:17:27.695-08:002012-11-07T08:17:27.695-08:00It is disappointing to see authors still freely ig...It is disappointing to see authors still freely ignore his trilogy. For instance, Chester Hearn's new book "Lincoln and McClellan at War" (not good, btw) doesn't include Beatie's work in its bibliography.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-62767432540247431882012-11-07T07:26:49.040-08:002012-11-07T07:26:49.040-08:00I remember thinking when this series started that ...I remember thinking when this series started that it was Mission Impossible given the author's age and the intended scope. All three volumes published so far are essential. Frankly, I'd be very satisfied if we can get past Fair Oaks to the Seven Days. Anything beyond seems a fantasy.John Foskettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-82357136951754181412012-11-06T12:26:02.363-08:002012-11-06T12:26:02.363-08:00I wondered what had happened to this series. I gue...I wondered what had happened to this series. I guess to have gotten to the end of the war would have taken over a dozen volumes. <br /><br />I wish that the whole story could have somehow been streamlined into 3 big volumes like its inspiration Freeman's 'Lee Lieutenants'.<br /><br />ChrisChris Evansnoreply@blogger.com