Comments on: Family Ties – Kilpatrick Part I

By: Rantings of a Civil War Historian » Threads

Rantings of a Civil War Historian » Threads — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:38:27 +0000

[...] stuff No comments yet My fellow blogger Harry Smeltzer is fond of pulling threads and examining family ties. And no, I am not referring to the popular Michael J. Fox television show from the 1980′s. [...]

By: Investigations of a Dog » 14th Military History Carnival

Investigations of a Dog » 14th Military History Carnival — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:09:03 +0000

[...] home, where a white woman and a black woman worked together to overcome their disabilities. And at Bull Runnings Harry Smeltzer traces the famous descendants of Hugh Judson Kilpatrick who fought on the Union side [...]

By: 14th Military History Carnival Is Up

14th Military History Carnival Is Up — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:24:43 +0000

[...] Investigations of a Dog. There are quite a few Civil War entries this month, including Harry Smeltzer’s multi-part investigation of “Kill Cavalry’s” heirs. My own review of Christian Keller’s Chancellorsvile and the Germans is also listed as [...]

By: 14th Military History Carnival « Bull Runnings

14th Military History Carnival « Bull Runnings — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:33:17 +0000

[...] Military History Carnival Brett Schulte of TOCWOC nominated my recent series of posts (see here, here, and here) on the Family Ties of Hugh Judson Kilpatrick for inclusion in the 14th Military [...]

By: Family Ties - Kilpatrick Part III « Bull Runnings

Family Ties - Kilpatrick Part III « Bull Runnings — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:02:38 +0000

[...] Ties – Kilpatrick Part III This should be the last entry in the Kilpatrick thread (see Part I and Part [...]

By: “What Hath Kilpatrick Wrought” on Harry Smeltzer’s blog « Hoofbeats and Cold Steel

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:38:36 +0000

[...] of his descendants and some extremely interesting stories about them to boot. The first post is here, the second [...]

By: Family Ties - Kilpatrick Part II « Bull Runnings

Family Ties - Kilpatrick Part II « Bull Runnings — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:49:16 +0000

[...] Ties – Kilpatrick Part II In this post I told you about some of the noteworthy descendants of the Class of ‘61’s Hugh Judson [...]

By: Lee’s Real Plan Update « Bull Runnings

Lee’s Real Plan Update « Bull Runnings — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:29:46 +0000

[...] be posting a few ORs next. Then I’ll have more on the fascinating family ties of Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, some developments concerning the history of the 30 pounder Parrott rifle that opened the First [...]

By: Mike Peters

Mike Peters — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:25:55 +0000

Harry,

I had just purchased the book but had only perused it. I looked a little closer following Brian’s comments. The source cited for the wounding commentary was an official report which didn’t say any such thing.

I got rid of the book, as well as his Butler & Ewell bios.

Mike

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:07:20 +0000

Mike,

I remember Brian Pohanka’s comments on Martin’s Kilpatrick bio, particularly the bit about his wounding, and as a result have never purchased the book.