Tennessee Valor — The battle of Seven Pines Casualty Analysis
Posted on Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Battle of Seven Pines Casualty Analysis
The 7th Tennessee suffered 157 recorded casualties (wounded or killed) at the battle of Seven Pines (5/31/1862). A quick analysis of the body locations will reveal a hint at the [...]
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor (Chapter 3)
Posted on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
The Writing Process – Tennessee Valor (Chapter 3)
I have completed Chapter 3.
Length– 11,700 words
Time of writing – 27 hours
Chapter 3 covers the 7th Tennessee from the months of May 1862 to the first half of [...]
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor (Seven Pines Casualties)
Posted on Thursday, February 24th, 2011
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor (Seven Pines Casualties)
The 7th Tennessee fought its first major battle on May 31, 1862 at Seven Pines.
The 600 Tennesseans had not been in a real fight yet, so the [...]
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor (Deaths)
Posted on Monday, February 14th, 2011
The Writing Process – Tennessee Valor (Deaths)
The question was raised, how many men in the 7th Tennessee died by war’s end? A second question (actually a pair) coming from this inquiry was; When did the [...]
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor (2nd Lt. David Phillips)
Posted on Friday, January 21st, 2011
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
5 hours produced 1400 words in Chapter 2. These passages follow the boys of the 7th Tennessee as they are trained to be soldiers. I focused on what life was [...]
The Writing Proccess — Tennessee Valor (Robert Hatton)
Posted on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
The Writing Process–Tennessee Valor
11 hours over 3 days of writing enabled me to complete a workable draft of chapter 1 (around 5,000 words), and begin chapter 2 (around 2,400 words).
Chapter 1 opens with the 7th [...]
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 [...]
