Dave

I have long wanted to thank you for your work. It’s not every day that something truly new about ACW tactics is unearthed. Before I got your book I was becoming aware of the use and deployment of some of these battalions, but there aren’t that many sources about them. I have been looking for western theater units, and note that the Army of Tennessee did have a similar battalion in each brigade in the core army (some of the troops that came in from the east or from Mississippi in 64 did not) but these troops did not always function in the same way.

Again, Thanks for a really original work.

Dave Powell

The truth is that I ran out of money (this is a self-published work) and could not afford to hire a “real” cartographer. However, it does show that I’m a fan of maps and think that most CW books don’t have nearly enough of them.

Finally, I remain mystified how the Confederate sharpshooters managed to drop so completely from the historical record.

More on the sharpshooters at my web site (www.cssharpshooters.com), and I’m doing a multi-part review of Roy Marcot’s recent book on Berdan’s Sharpshooters at the TOCWOC blog.

You’ll be pleased to know that Mr. Ray will be speaking to our Central Ohio Civil War Round Table in August.

It’s a great book!

Mike