tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post112708940126159434..comments2024-03-25T14:51:02.583-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Red River Roundup - Part 2DW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-1127319168569999002005-09-21T09:12:00.000-07:002005-09-21T09:12:00.000-07:00That is a good question you bring up. The conventi...That is a good question you bring up. The conventional wisdom is if Banks took the wonderful river road he would have naval support nearby and everything would be great. What we don't find is anyone examining it's real world usefulness in-depth as a "better" route than the inland paths. It is just assumed to be so. It's been a few years and I don't remember how much space Joiner devoted to the DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-1127240261658642062005-09-20T11:17:00.000-07:002005-09-20T11:17:00.000-07:00As you stated, Joiner's book has just enough new i...As you stated, Joiner's book has just enough new information to make it an important contribution to the literature on the campaign. I was frustrated by a few paths of inquiry Joiner opened without exploring them. <BR/><BR/>The first was an issue of unrecorded Confederate troops. He mentions the possibility that there were significant numbers of soldieres waiting to be paroled who, in an ad Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com