Comments on: So far I’ve managed to hold off… http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: William T. Sherman « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-14229 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:17:48 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-14229 [...] “Uncle Billy” held the highest military office in the land.  Tidball’s biography (discussed here) includes his sketch of his boss at that time which touches on Sherman’s affection for the [...]

]]> By: Why McDowell? « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-2590 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:38:28 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-2590 [...] that the single most important thing to regular officers was rank and seniority.  As I recounted here, John Tidball noted that [p]romotion is the lifeblood of the soldier and anyone who disregards it [...]

]]> By: William Tecumseh Sherman « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-893 Sun, 27 May 2007 04:50:59 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-893 [...] “Uncle Billy” held the highest military office in the land.  Tidball’s biography (discussed here) includes a sketch of his boss at that time which touches on Sherman’s affection for the ladies [...]

]]> By: William Tecumseh Sherman « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-894 Sun, 27 May 2007 04:50:58 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-894 [...] “Uncle Billy” held the highest military office in the land.  Tidball’s biography (discussed here) includes a sketch of his boss at that time which touches on Sherman’s affection for the ladies [...]

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-145 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:50:28 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-145 Mannie,

No, I have not read the Doctorow book, though long ago I did read Ragtime and IIRC, The Book of Daniel. About the only CW fiction I read is the occasional Owen Parry mystery. I was turned off to heavier fictional works dealing with the war by a steaming pile of dung titled Confederates by Thomas Keneally. If I get the chance, I’ll consider The March. On your recommendation. So you’ll be responsible for any flingging that may come of it ;-)

]]> By: Mannie Gentile http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-144 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:51:51 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-144 Harry,

Books are our friends, don’t throw them.

About a year and a Hho a friend loaned me E.L. Doctorow’s book “The March” (have you read it?).

Harry, I don’t usually spend much time with fictional accounts, but c’mon man, this is Doctorow!

I think it was page 53 that made me want to hurl the book across the room..It was a paragraph which propped up the old, and untrue, saw about Grant being an alcoholic.

But I paused in my disgust and didn’t hurl the book (this is Doctorow Man!).

Instead, I just tucked the book away for a few days, cut the author some slack (thankful for “Ragtime”) and resumed reading several days later. The book was, despite certain historical flaws, a wonderful piece of art.

I returned the novel to my friend with the book’s spine uninjured, and my drywall undented. Keep reading…without throwing.

Best wishes,

Mannie Gentile

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-143 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:30:01 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-143 Brian & Drew,

As a matter of fact, it is Voldemort.

]]> By: Drew W. http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-142 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:45:58 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-142 _____ & Roebuck.

]]> By: Brian http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-135 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:14:54 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/so-far-i%e2%80%99ve-managed-to-hold-off%e2%80%a6/#comment-135 C’mon Harry. We can say this “historian’s” name can’t we? I know it’s not Voldemort …

I have the same problem as you with authors who treat “Landscape” and the others as if they were primary sources. Lazy, at best.

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