tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post8666750828976303387..comments2024-03-25T14:51:02.583-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Booknotes: The CornfieldDW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-32279966822675884952020-04-10T10:14:04.662-07:002020-04-10T10:14:04.662-07:00I second Drew's and your "volunteering&qu...I second Drew's and your "volunteering" Craig for a project. Personally I think he'd do a great job of giving us something we've never had - a good study of field artillery tactics and their evolution during the War. Something similar to Hess's infantry tactics book. John Fosketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07936933540188671571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-37346419670252501232020-04-09T12:29:07.672-07:002020-04-09T12:29:07.672-07:00Curtis: Interestingly enough, Tim Smith has a book...Curtis: Interestingly enough, Tim Smith has a book on the siege in the pipeline at Kansas. I actually have no problem with an essay collection and a book-length treatment coming out at the same time - they're different animals. Two books on the same subject within 6 months is another situation. And I appreciate Drew's point about Hess but information about Tim's book was available John Fosketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07936933540188671571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-20797513065142328362020-04-08T17:16:06.224-07:002020-04-08T17:16:06.224-07:00Hi Curtis,
Brad Gottfried has finished The Spots...Hi Curtis, <br /><br />Brad Gottfried has finished The Spotsylvania campaign down to the river crossing, and is working on Petersburg. TPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613663983162109098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-13287086763270014612020-04-07T13:58:09.971-07:002020-04-07T13:58:09.971-07:00I also would like to see Craig repurpose all of hi...I also would like to see Craig repurpose all of his incredible artillery unit research into a reference book. It's always easy to impose big projects onto others!DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-79305298699494219202020-04-07T13:53:55.469-07:002020-04-07T13:53:55.469-07:00His writing partner (Steve Bounds) passed away a f...His writing partner (Steve Bounds) passed away a few years ago, but I always hoped that Curtis Milbourn would write some standalone studies of Red River Campaign battles. The articles the pair wrote were great. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of Mansfield-Pleasant Grove-Pleasant Hill coverage Frazier will be able to fit into his series.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-65338804002016234602020-04-07T10:49:43.832-07:002020-04-07T10:49:43.832-07:00Sorry for the incessant posts but 1 other wish lis...Sorry for the incessant posts but 1 other wish list is Craig Swain and his website "To the Sound of the Guns" He is such an expert on a number of combined arms operations - particularly the Siege of Charleston. If there was ever anyone to write a detailed day by day account of all the raids, skimishes, vessel sinkings, bombardment actions it would be him. He is fantastic at culling Curtis M. Thomascohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241396530809561754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-17781604089172692162020-04-07T10:14:48.604-07:002020-04-07T10:14:48.604-07:00Also I am really looking forward to SIU's stud...Also I am really looking forward to SIU's study on the SIEGE of Vicksburg. I really hope they go into detail about not just Coonskin Foster and the 3rd Redan Mine Explosion....but all the detail in the rear along the Big Black River and Mechanicsburg, MS where low level fighting was occuring to ensure Johnston did not pursue relieving the Siege. Terry Winschel last year echoed Ed Bearss thatCurtis M. Thomascohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241396530809561754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-89728731278212868122020-04-07T10:07:26.374-07:002020-04-07T10:07:26.374-07:00Well Put John. Besides the Penisula actions you me...Well Put John. Besides the Penisula actions you mention the other untrodden ground on my wish list is ANY Red River Campaign battle. Earthen Walls on Fort DeRussy is an excellent book but it is the only one I know that covers any battle in the campaign besides the multitued of overview studies. Interestingly I am organizing Chicago CWRT's trip for 2023 (Organizer gets to pick the trip) I am Curtis M. Thomascohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241396530809561754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-84540324369505356552020-04-06T10:10:35.631-07:002020-04-06T10:10:35.631-07:00To be fair, Hess has told me in the past that he w...To be fair, Hess has told me in the past that he works on many projects concurrently and its entirely possible he didn't know about Smith until his own version was far advanced.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-89171166843072169032020-04-06T07:43:10.371-07:002020-04-06T07:43:10.371-07:00This gets us back to the persistent rumor that O&#...This gets us back to the persistent rumor that O'Reilly is (forever) working on a Malvern Hill study and Krick the Junior is (forever) working on Gaines's Mill. I understand Drew's point in his discussion about Hess's Vicksburg assaults book coming out this Fall but for those of us who have to buy these volumes I for one wish these authors would cover material that hasn't beenJohn Fosketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07936933540188671571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-41485693831125675922020-04-03T15:59:12.258-07:002020-04-03T15:59:12.258-07:00We have the same hopes. With all the Petersburg at...We have the same hopes. With all the Petersburg attention in recent years the Peninsula is clearly becoming the most singularly neglected of the major eastern theater campaigns. It has to get its moment sometime, right?DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-37323767531640699282020-04-03T10:54:02.932-07:002020-04-03T10:54:02.932-07:00Welker's book on Chantilly was superb. I agree...Welker's book on Chantilly was superb. I agree would be nice if talented historians like this turned their attention to battles not covered instead of takes on well trod subjects. If Welker is an Eastern Theater guy...Mechanicsville anyone? Malvern Hill? Curt ThomascoCurtis M. Thomascohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241396530809561754noreply@blogger.com