tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post7294048077116747091..comments2024-03-15T15:35:07.470-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Moss: "Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina"DW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-44073989023825761332007-05-19T18:06:00.000-07:002007-05-19T18:06:00.000-07:00Drew,Sauers book is very good, no doubt. I heard ...Drew,<BR/>Sauers book is very good, no doubt. I heard him deliver an address as the keynote speaker at a symposium on the Civil War in northeastern NC earlier this spring in Elizabeth City. Unfortunately, I was not impressed with his speaking abilities. He's a nice guy and I enjoyed talking with him at the reception, but his formal presentation left much to be desired. Not sure that it was Andrew Duppstadthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886636068786745680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-14639420372750217252007-05-19T09:32:00.000-07:002007-05-19T09:32:00.000-07:00"I hope that this trend continues as there are man..."I hope that this trend continues as there are many more North Carolina battles, Plymouth included, that could use a closer look."<BR/><BR/>Andrew,<BR/>Me too. What really got me interested in the CW in NC (esp. the coast) was Sauers's "A Succession of Honorable Victories". IMO, an under the radar masterpiece.<BR/><BR/>[btw, for those readers not familiar with the two books Andrew mentioned, "NoDW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-36890671148952365902007-05-18T19:23:00.000-07:002007-05-18T19:23:00.000-07:00Drew,I really enjoyed your comments on this book a...Drew,<BR/>I really enjoyed your comments on this book and I agree with everything you said. Plymouth is one of those small, yet significant battles that took place in NC during the war that deserves more extensive study. Recent examples of historians making progress in this area are Mark Smith and Wade Sokolosky's "No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar" and Eric Wittenberg's "Battle of Andrew Duppstadthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886636068786745680noreply@blogger.com