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By: Some Stuff I’m Working On « Bull Runnings

Some Stuff I’m Working On « Bull Runnings — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:15:53 +0000

[...] in accounts of the First Battle of Bull Run; some annoying devices employed by the author of the Tidball biography; a hat tip to USAMHI; and a just purchased new book that covers the outbreak of the [...]

By: Shout Out « Bull Runnings

Shout Out « Bull Runnings — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:12:43 +0000

[...] already done it, I may as well say that I hope to make a post tomorrow about this infuriating Tidball biography I’m reading, and that right now I’m going to do a little more work on the Confederate OOB. [...]

By: So far I’ve managed to hold off… « Bull Runnings

So far I’ve managed to hold off… « Bull Runnings — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:00:38 +0000

[...] far I’ve managed to hold off… …chucking this Tidball book across the room. But first, some [...]

By: Dave Powell

Dave Powell — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:05:08 +0000

>On a similar note, if anyone has a clean copy of the August 1911 edition of Cosmopolitan Magazine

We should have talked sooner:) I just got back from UW Madison on a gathering trip. They have it.

Dave

By: Dave Powell

Dave Powell — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:59:23 +0000

The Journal was more of a scholarly work than the gazette. The journal eventually morphed into the service journals (Infantry, Armor, etc) that exist today. Throw in some PERAMETERS and you get the idea. A forum where modern military developments could be explored by the US army. Lots of stuff on the Franco-Prussian War, for example, and lessons-learned type stuff from our own ACW. Tidball surveyed arty practice in various battles.

Dave

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:46:53 +0000

Thanks, Dave.

Tidball was certainly a prolific writer. Much of the biography so far reads more like an annotated memoir.

I’m not familiar with the journal you mentioned. Is it similar to the Army and Navy Journal/Gazette? I think journals like these and newspapers like the National Tribune are a gold mine of information on the period that is not used nearly enough. It’s strange that The Confederate Veteran and The Southern Historical Society Papers have been available in reprints and digital format for years while these Union sources are very tough to find. Hopefully, as digitization technology continues to improve we’ll see these become more accessible.

On a similar note, if anyone has a clean copy of the August 1911 edition of Cosmopolitan Magazine, let me know. I’m looking for a copy of an article in there.

By: Dave Powell

Dave Powell — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:29:49 +0000

Tidball was long time commentator on military affairs, as well. In addition to his long military career, he wrote many articles that appear in the Journal Of The Military Service Institution, including histories of the various battles from an artillery POV.

Dave Powell