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Comments on: An ugly stain on the historical community https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364 Bringing obscurity into focus Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: Howard Mann https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-71119 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:46:01 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-71119 I am so out of the loop. It is a shame that research into an excellent topic becomes suspect when the researcher places their own reputation above the need for clarity and accuracy in restoring history to those who want to make sure past isn’t prologue. The Civil War court-martial reveals both strengths and weakness across the panorama of the single event which transformed our country in so many ways. I have used Dr. Lowry’s services in the past and hoped to do so in the future. But the sufferer in this isn’t Lowry as much as the historians who relied on him, the American people who were interested in the topic, and history itself.

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By: Bill https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-52153 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:04:18 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-52153 So. Why was Pvt. Patrick Murphy in jail? What did he do that required a pardon?

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By: How (Not) To Research in Archives | History 304: Historiography and Methods https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-44023 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:42:00 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-44023 […] than a decade (See video, New York Times report, and some angry blog posts by Holzer, Simpson and Wittenberg).  I’ve met this man (Thomas Lowry) and know his work.  In fact, I have used his stuff in […]

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By: john graham https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-43960 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:33:58 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-43960 It’s a crime to rewrite history???

Watch out college & universities, school teachers, text book publishers, polititions, government officials, military commanders, the worldwide news media, and anyone on the Internet.

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By: Chuck Heisler https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-43885 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:00:05 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-43885 The question that I have on this whole matter is one of vetting the original claim made in 1998. I do not understand why someone did not check the military records for the trial and sentencing of Private Murphy–surely those documents would have shown that the Courts Martial for the soldier was held in 1864 and not 1865. It is hard for me to believe that historians would believe that Lincoln was still writing pardons for soldiers after most of the hostilities were terminated which they were on the alleged date of April 14th 1865.
Something simply doesn’t make sense here given the attention this forged document received when “discovered” by Lowry, surely some researcher must have investigated the actual dates that this soldier was charged and adjudicated.
Something is still murky with this whole incident.

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By: Tim Ferry https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-43843 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:11:44 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-43843 I look at this as an incredibly good job done on the part of Trevor Plante and the Inspector General’s office! Items such as this to come to light, which were changed to fit some twisted redirection of published history are rare; for this to be uncovered and brought to the surface is fantastic. Yes, the act is horrible, but the research and discover are outstanding!

Lowry, the “historian” has committed moral turpitude and needs justice.

Now, in breaking news I’m announcing my upcoming new book on “venereal disease, body lice, and pornography” will be out in the early summer for your reading pleasure. Dedicated to Craig. ;P

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By: Chris Evans https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-43841 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:43:00 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-43841 How terrible and absurd. Now he lies about changing the date. What a coward! He needs to own up to what he did and apologize.
Chris

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By: Dave Navarre https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-43836 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:37:15 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-43836 Craig, it was good to see some humor… and a career recommendation… in this.

Perhaps Lowry missed Eric’s post: A historian’s code

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By: Craig https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-43830 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:50:59 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-43830 But look on the bright side of this. Now that what was considered the most authoritative Civil War-focused study of venereal disease, body lice, and pornography is out of the way, this re-opens a the field for another historian!

I’m kidding of course.

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By: Dave Powell https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364&cpage=1#comment-43828 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:23:13 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2364#comment-43828 Heh.

Here in Chicago, we have a former Police watch commander being sentenced this month. His crime? Torturing false confessions out of people. We had to clear out death row a while back because of him…:)

But I had no idea that he had taken employment at NARA!

Seriously, the whole “fake confession” thing sounds really strange. What an odd case.

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