I have a backlog of titles that I need to talk about. I just want all the authors and publishers who have sent me stuff over the past one or two months to know that I will be getting to those in the coming weeks. In two cases (a book on Bull Run and another of letters from a member of the 8th PA Reserves), I want to go into more detail. The first I think will feature an author interview. The second will incorporate the results of a trip I made this week to Antietam National Battlefield, where historian Ted Alexander was nice enough to come in on his day off to give me access to the park’s file on the 8th PA Reserves. What I found in that file pertaining to my great-grandmother’s brother was startling. Fantastic, in fact.
But more on that, and on all the other books in the queue, later.
For now, here is the very best Confederate battle flag image to come down the pike in a long, long time.
My mom's maiden name was Powers but, sadly, I don't think I'm related to the Myrtle Beach Mermen closer.
Harry Smeltzer
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