tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post4777389457753355720..comments2024-03-25T14:51:02.583-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Charles F. Smith bioDW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-36448197724473452882015-04-10T08:47:49.370-07:002015-04-10T08:47:49.370-07:00Thanks for the interest in my biography on Major G...Thanks for the interest in my biography on Major General Charles F. Smith. The book is due to be published in Spring/Summer 2015. It covers his life from his time as a West Point plebe to his death in April 1862 in Savannah, TN. I became interested in Smith because of his influence on Grant and other generals. He was very well repected and my research failed to uncover any criticisms. The Allen Meschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13612985087168920652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-53582338936395307452014-12-28T12:52:59.959-08:002014-12-28T12:52:59.959-08:00I just wonder how much 'there' is 'the...I just wonder how much 'there' is 'there' for Charles Smith in the Civil War. If he can write wonderfully and detailed like Ecelbarger did on Frederick Lander (who also died early in the Civil War) it might be worthwhile.<br /><br />But McFarland and its absurd prices on Paperback keeps me away from them anyway.<br /><br />ChrisChris Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-56816853256832076172014-12-26T13:17:25.695-08:002014-12-26T13:17:25.695-08:00I am very interested in the Weitzel book, although...I am very interested in the Weitzel book, although for an unusual reason. My ancestor Isaac Foskett served with the Army of the Potomac in Co. C and then Co. D of the U.S. Engineer battalion from 1861-64. While he was in Co. C, his company commander for a time was Lieutenant Godrey Weitzel. John Foskettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-46846849637475905132014-12-24T15:06:30.031-08:002014-12-24T15:06:30.031-08:00Hope so too, Drew. Am much more interested in Weit...Hope so too, Drew. Am much more interested in Weitzel's service in the West under Butler and Banks. Wonder if Mr. Quatman (a distant relative of the general) made use of the recently auctioned Weitzel Papers... AFAIK, Art Bergeron had a Weitzel bio in the works when he became gravely ill... Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527103608240123665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-45698562520891712672014-12-24T08:45:32.595-08:002014-12-24T08:45:32.595-08:00Hi Stefan,
The Weitzel bio is definitely on my rad...Hi Stefan,<br />The Weitzel bio is definitely on my radar. I am hoping the focus isn't so overwhelmingly on the Richmond front as the title seems to indicate.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-7299095990717993312014-12-24T08:43:12.676-08:002014-12-24T08:43:12.676-08:00Thanks. I wasn't aware of that blog. Though p...Thanks. I wasn't aware of that blog. Though posts are few and far between, it's been going for quite a while.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-89926134412136991162014-12-24T00:01:12.025-08:002014-12-24T00:01:12.025-08:00Hi Drew: The second volume of a projected three vo...Hi Drew: The second volume of a projected three volume biography on George Crook by Paul Magid,The Gray Fox: George Crook and the Indian Wars (Univ. Oklah. Press), will be out in coming April. Also the first published life of German-born Major General Godfrey Weitzel by one G. William Quatman, The Young General and the Fall of Richmond: The Life and Career of Godfrey Weitzel (Ohio Univ. Press), Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527103608240123665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-80330274567093097262014-12-22T15:58:32.852-08:002014-12-22T15:58:32.852-08:00Drew: "Uneven" is a good (if diplomatic)...Drew: "Uneven" is a good (if diplomatic) way of describing McFarland biographies. Smith should be an interesting character, although I have no idea what, if any, primary source material he left and although he died early in the War. For what it's worth, the author has a blog site. In fact, here's an entry into which Smith's name crept regarding Gwynne's Rebel Yell bio ofJohn Foskettnoreply@blogger.com