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BJMarkland
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 Posted - September 22 2004 : 06:41:41 AM
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Finally saw Gods & Generals on HBO tonight. Not bad for a movie. Afterwards, I picked up Lee's Lieutenants to reread more about Chancellorsville. I was shocked to discover that the portion of the movie dealing with the young girl, Janie Corbin, who died of Scarlet Fever is covered in the book. Actually, the words used when Jackson hands the girl the hat band is taken word-for-word from the book.
I heartedly recommend the following two books about specific units at Gettysburg:
Covered With Glory-The 26th North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg by Rod Cragg
The Iron Brigade-A Military History by Alan T. Nolan
Best of wishes,
Billy
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BJMarkland
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Posted - May 01 2005 : 09:23:57 AM
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For those who wish to research the battle from the reports of the participants, here is the URL for the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
http://www.soldierquest.org/OR_army.htm
The above is simply a mirror site to Cornell's Making of America site. Here is the direct URL for that.
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html
The Gettysburg campaign is in Series 1, vol. XXVII (27), parts 1-3.
You can search the entire work at the top of the page right before it lists the various volumes. Or you can select a volume and search within the volume.
Hint: the search results come up in pages which the criteria entered is met. If a long page and you want to use ctrl-F to search, at the top left after opening the page, change the "View As" from "50%" to "Text" and then search.
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