Tennessee Valor – update; 12/21/2011

Posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Tennessee Valor update – 12/21/2011
I have just completed editing and rewriting Chapter 11, with only one chapter to go.
Chapter 11 covered the 7th Tennessee’s experiences in the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and ultimately [...]

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Tennessee Valor — Update

Posted on Monday, December 5th, 2011

Tennessee Valor — writing update
I have resumed the final editing and writing, now that the Thanksgiving holidays are over and my schedule has returned to normal.
I have completed Chapter 7, which follows the 7th Tennessee [...]

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Writing Process — Tennessee Valor

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 [...]

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Writing Process — Tennessee Valor

Posted on Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
It took 4 more hours of reading old notes and reviewing files, but now I have a feel for what data is present, what has been written, and where to [...]

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Writing Process — Tennessee Valor

Posted on Monday, November 29th, 2010

Tennessee Valor: The 7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg
The writing process has begun!
I worked for five hours today, sorting through my files, figuring out what journals, reports, letters, publications, and other writings were available to [...]

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“Destruction at the Angle: The 7th Tennessee’s Company ‘I’ at the Battle of Gettysburg” – 2004: Speech presented to the Sons of Confederate Veterans of Lebanon, Tennessee

Posted on Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

I will try to reconstruct what happened to the 7th Tennessee during Pickett’s Charge. I will focus on Company ‘I’. The company totaled just over thirty veterans on June 30, 1863, however by the end [...]

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