I will echo Eric’s sentiments about our publisher, Ted Savas. We’ve been nearly constantly adding bits of new material right up to the page galleys, and now Eric will be adding a few more things. Thank goodness Ted has been very accomodating, because he realizes the value of what we’ve discovered literally in just the past few weeks. I honestly think that by this point, most other publishers would have cut us off once the mss was submitted, or told us to stick the whole thing in our ear after trying to add this late material :-0
We’re fortunate indeed, and once the thing is published Eric and I will certainly be able to tell tales about our sources…
J.D.
]]>I have read Scott’s book, and we discuss it in this work. I don’t agree with his analysis, as I think that he badly overstates his case. There is some legitimacy to the criticism, but it goes too far, which, in my opinion, means that it loses credibility.
If you read th orders, it’s quite clear that Lee specifically ordered it, and also specifically ordered Stuart to take a route that went to the east of South Mountain. Thus, there was no other option available.
Eric
]]>Believe me, I’m well aware of that one, and it’s a pet peeve of mine, but there doesn’t seem to be a whole heck of a lot that can be done about it.
Eric
]]>This post gives me a chance to ask a question I’ve had for awhile…Do you have any comments/opinions about the Stuart chapter from the book ‘Last Chance for Victory’ by Scott Bowden? I’m at work and I can’t refer to my copy ( no jokes about how ‘work’ is coming along, please 😀 ) but I thought it was well thought out. If I remember right the general arguement was that Stuart was wrong in his ride around the AOP…I think in general Bowden bashed Stuart pretty good. Just wondering if you have any pre-publication comments 🙂 Brian
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Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions
by D. Scott Hartwig (Foreword), et al
The “et al” is only the guy who actually wrote the damn book!!
]]>Your new project looks intresting. Good luck with it, and please let us know when it’s out.
Eric
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t know letting me know of an upcoming sale at an upstate NY auction house. Included in the sale is a lot of several dozen letters that he thinks were written by someone from the 26th. I immediately got on the horn to the auction house who confirmed my benefactorâ€s story - somewhat... Anyway, a few days later I found myself bidding on the collection by phone and winning the lot --and thinning out my wallet considerably in the process! :-) So at the 11th hour, I was able to weave some of that unpublished material into the manuscript.
This story and the “somewhat†mentioned above is the genesis of my next project, a slender one mentioned here: http://www.paulrtaylor.com/Product4.htm
Cheers,
Paul]]>Great story! That’s the kind of home run that makes this avocation so much fun — I refer to it as “literary archeology.†A similar story happened to me. A little over a year ago, I had the galley proofs for my then forthcoming history of the 26th NYSV sitting on my desk. Out of the blue, I get an email from a guy I didn’t know letting me know of an upcoming sale at an upstate NY auction house. Included in the sale is a lot of several dozen letters that he thinks were written by someone from the 26th. I immediately got on the horn to the auction house who confirmed my benefactor’s story – somewhat… Anyway, a few days later I found myself bidding on the collection by phone and winning the lot –and thinning out my wallet considerably in the process! 🙂 So at the 11th hour, I was able to weave some of that unpublished material into the manuscript.
This story and the “somewhat†mentioned above is the genesis of my next project, a slender one mentioned here: http://www.paulrtaylor.com/Product4.htm
Cheers,
Paul