New from Savas Beatie is a title and cover illustration combination that is sure to get knees jerking and teeth gnashing: Confederate Courage on Other Fields: Overlooked Episodes of Leadership, Cruelty, Character, and Kindness, by Mark J. Crawford. This one “offers four valuable but little-studied events of the Civil War.” Those four “events” are:
- Rev. M. M. Marshall and General Hospital Number One in Kittrell Spings, NC.
- The letters of plantation owner/Confederate officer Charles Blacknall.
- A personal quarrel between a Union major and Confederate colonel that escalates out of control.
- The late-war Confederate attack at Dinwiddie Courthouse.
Mark J. Crawford is the author of Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War.
I will be reviewing the book for the Emerging Civil War blog in a few weeks. Looking forward to reading this new SB offering.
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I look forward to it, Meg.
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Thanks for this Harry. My knees are knocking so hard I might hyphenate our name.
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I can feel the disturbance in the force…
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There is a deep disturbance that abounds these days. Onward.
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You two are scaring me to death!!!
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