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 [...]
Writing update – TENNESSEE VALOR: The 7th Tennessee Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg: Part 2
Posted on Friday, August 19th, 2011
Writing update – TENNESSEE VALOR: The 7th Tennessee Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg: Part 2
This is the second and final segment describing the 7th Tennessee in Pickett’s Charge:
Colonel Fite wrote that only half of his [...]
Walking Pickett’s Charge — The Route of the 7th Tennessee
Posted on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Walking Pickett’s Charge
7th Tennessee’s route
I have taken this walk to experience that ground that the men of the 7th had to cover. The weather is cool and extremely overcast. It has been raining fairly [...]
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor (Chapter 1)
Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
The Writing Process – Tennessee Valor (Chapter 1)
I rewrote Chapter 1 during the past 12 hours. My goal was to create and strengthen the historical personalities with which I want to narrate the 7th Tennessee’s [...]
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 [...]
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
Posted on Monday, January 3rd, 2011
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
The first day of writing; the review and research phase of the project is complete.
The first paragraph, and the first sentence are always the most difficult to write. I don’t [...]
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor (Bullets & Beans)
Posted on Friday, December 24th, 2010
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor (Bullets & Beans)
I enjoyed 5 hours of research trying to determine the answer to two questions;
1) How many men supported the combat soldiers?
And 2) how many wagons did the [...]
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
Posted on Sunday, December 19th, 2010
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
15 hours finished the initial survey of the men in the 7th Tennessee. All ten companies have been studied and the veterans who composed the units at Gettysburg have been [...]
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
Posted on Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
Seven hours of research finished up Companies ‘F’ and ‘G’.
These two companies, though both from Wilson County, were as different as night and day. Company F, commanded by Captain Asoph [...]
Writing Process — Tennessee Valor
Posted on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
The Writing Process — Tennessee Valor: The 7th Tennessee Infantry at Gettysburg
Four hours finished the analysis of the men of Company E. Here is a brief summary:
Company E, of the organizations I have studied so [...]
