Comments on: “Primary” Accounts, Chickens, and Eggs http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/primary-accounts-chickens-and-eggs/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Thu, 23 May 2013 14:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vince http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/primary-accounts-chickens-and-eggs/#comment-20960 Fri, 11 May 2012 03:54:28 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10273#comment-20960 I used it on my site asserting public domain status for the image, so feel free to reuse the image if you wish to do the same.

(Colgate does instruct the image not to be reused without its permission, but I believe public domain status to trump it.)

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/primary-accounts-chickens-and-eggs/#comment-20959 Fri, 11 May 2012 03:45:04 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10273#comment-20959 Seems to be working fine now. Let me know if it’s OK to copy that pic from you and post it here…I can’t get the whole picture from Colgate.

]]> By: Vince http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/primary-accounts-chickens-and-eggs/#comment-20954 Fri, 11 May 2012 03:18:11 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10273#comment-20954 Yeah, I guess it depends how you distinguish abuse and neglect.

I hope you enjoy the blog. Your ethos of a digital history site has definitely influenced what I’m trying to do with the accounts of Lancaster’s Civil War soldiers.

Also, thanks for mentioning that the in-page Google Docs frame didn’t work. It’s touchy, and the way it functions seems to be evolving (e.g., when Google was in the news for bypassing Safari cookies settings earlier this year). What browser were you using?

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/primary-accounts-chickens-and-eggs/#comment-20946 Thu, 10 May 2012 13:08:19 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10273#comment-20946 Vince,

Photographs? I’m unaware of any photographs of dead on the field of Bull Run.

Thanks for the link to the article/letter – I had to use the alternate link, by the way, and am including it here. From what I read, I see that the condition of the graves is described, pointing out that men were buried face down, but no reference to any other abuse of corpses. See today’s post for another account from around the same time.

I’m adding Lancaster at War to my feed reader and likely to the blog roll in the near future.

]]> By: Vince http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/primary-accounts-chickens-and-eggs/#comment-20940 Thu, 10 May 2012 06:30:08 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10273#comment-20940 A quick search makes it seem like there are numerous accounts of unburied dead (even photographs), but here’s one specific to the Pennsylvania Reserves:
http://www.lancasteratwar.com/2012/05/rebel-atrocities-at-bull-run-letter.html

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/primary-accounts-chickens-and-eggs/#comment-20939 Thu, 10 May 2012 03:15:52 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10273#comment-20939 Tune in tomorrow…

]]> By: Ron Baumgarten http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/primary-accounts-chickens-and-eggs/#comment-20938 Thu, 10 May 2012 01:51:12 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10273#comment-20938 Glad to bring this to your attention. I always wondered myself whether this story was a fabrication or exaggeration of some sort. But you have a point. It could have been taken from the congressional testimony and used to enhance the story. Like you, I really would like to find some letters to confirm that such objects were found at Manassas. I hope that someone out there may have something to shed some light.

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