Tennessee Valor — Update, September 18, 2011
Posted on Sunday, September 18th, 2011
TENNESSEE VALOR : The 7th Tennessee Infantry at Gettysburg
I have just begun the final chapter of Tennessee Valor. This chapter is a description of the last months’ of trench warfare outside of Petersburg, the 7th’s [...]
Tennessee Valor – Enlistments, 1864-1865 (Part 2)
Posted on Monday, September 5th, 2011
Tennessee Valor – Enlistments – Part 2: 1864-65
The recruiters must have learned something from their dismal 1863 recruitment practices because the replacements added to the 7th Tennessee from the 1864 conscriptions and volunteer enlistment proved [...]
Tennessee Valor — Writing Update, August 28, 2011 : Part 1
Posted on Sunday, August 28th, 2011
Tennessee Valor: Update, August 28, 2011
The website received its 2,000th visit yesterday. Hurray, and thanks so much for taking the time to support this endeavor!
My writing continues unabated, with hurricane Irene not able to do [...]
The Writing Process: Tennessee Valor (Lt. Col. Samuel George Shepard)
Posted on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
The Writing Process – Tennessee Valor (Samuel George Shepard)
4 more hours of working on the manuscript, resulting in 1,400 more words on paper. Tomorrow I’ll revise and then add more. I’ve just had the first [...]
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Posted on Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
I worked 4 1/2 hours today, beginning by drafting the 1st Chapter. I did not get far before I realized I needed to research members of Company H.
Company H’s commander [...]
“The 7th Tennessee reached the end of the line on the muddy banks of Hatcher’s Run” — America’s Civil War : 1999
Posted on Monday, October 4th, 2010
In the predawn hours of April 2, 1865, the veterans of the 7th Tennessee knew that the Federals were going to attack. Nearly everyone in the regiment had been awake all night. The homesick and [...]
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