Comments on: Interview with Mac Wyckoff: Author of A History of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment: Lee’s Reliables http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/05/04/interview-with-mac-wyckoff-author-of-a-history-of-the-3rd-south-carolina-regiment-lee%e2%80%99s-reliables/ Informed Amateurs Blog the American Civil War Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: T.M. Altee http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/05/04/interview-with-mac-wyckoff-author-of-a-history-of-the-3rd-south-carolina-regiment-lee%e2%80%99s-reliables/comment-page-1/#comment-15393 T.M. Altee Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:49:08 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=5055#comment-15393 Mr. Wycoff read your article on Kershaw's brigade at eHistory archive online. My name sake T.M. Altee was in the 2nd Gov. Guards. He was wounded at Gettysburg. Not that it mattered as my great grandfather had already been born in 1860. Small world: My family Doctor is one Philip Gaillard. One day I was looking at the rolls of the 2nd and I noticed Franklin Gaillard listed as Lt. and eventually advancing to Major. At my next Doctor's appt. I casually asked if Phil had a relative in the Civil War. He said he did. I asked if he was in the 2nd. He was. And here, in Jacksonville, Florida the great great grandson of a private in the 2nd was being treated by the great great grandson of a Major in thevery same company. Now the world gets even more small - I teach in an inner city school here in Jacksonville. One day last year I received a new student into my class, one Latisha Gaillard, a very nice African-American young lady appx. 14 years old. I asked "Latisha, do you have any family in South Carolina? Her eyes went wide and and she said, "How you know that Mr. Altee?" I said "I was just guessing dear. Many families from South Carolina have French last names." It is indeed a very small world 150 years down the road. Tom Altee Jacksonville, Florida Mr. Wycoff

read your article on Kershaw’s brigade at eHistory archive online. My name sake T.M. Altee was in the 2nd Gov. Guards. He was wounded at Gettysburg. Not that it mattered as my great grandfather had already been born in 1860.

Small world: My family Doctor is one Philip Gaillard. One day I was looking at the rolls of the 2nd and I noticed Franklin Gaillard listed as Lt. and eventually advancing to Major. At my next Doctor’s appt. I casually asked if Phil had a relative in the Civil War. He said he did. I asked if he was in the 2nd. He was. And here, in Jacksonville, Florida the great great grandson of a private in the 2nd was being treated by the great great grandson of a Major in thevery same company. Now the world gets even more small – I teach in an inner city school here in Jacksonville. One day last year I received a new student into my class, one Latisha Gaillard, a very nice African-American young lady appx. 14 years old. I asked “Latisha, do you have any family in South Carolina? Her eyes went wide and and she said, “How you know that Mr. Altee?” I said “I was just guessing dear. Many families from South Carolina have French last names.” It is indeed a very small world 150 years down the road.

Tom Altee
Jacksonville, Florida

]]> By: Review: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment: 1861-1865 — The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/05/04/interview-with-mac-wyckoff-author-of-a-history-of-the-3rd-south-carolina-regiment-lee%e2%80%99s-reliables/comment-page-1/#comment-13388 Review: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment: 1861-1865 — The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:58:58 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=5055#comment-13388 [...] in my reviews of the first four volumes in this series as well as interviews with authors Mac Wyckoff and Lee Sturkey.  Check out the related posts links at the bottom of this title to see more on [...] [...] in my reviews of the first four volumes in this series as well as interviews with authors Mac Wyckoff and Lee Sturkey.  Check out the related posts links at the bottom of this title to see more on [...]

]]> By: Aliene Shields http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/05/04/interview-with-mac-wyckoff-author-of-a-history-of-the-3rd-south-carolina-regiment-lee%e2%80%99s-reliables/comment-page-1/#comment-10370 Aliene Shields Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:46:17 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=5055#comment-10370 I am the great-granddaughter of Thomas Shields and who Mac Wyckoff mentioned in working with me and my ancestor's letters. It is now a published book, "The Legacy of a Common Civil War Soldier." Mac and I wanted to show the human-side of the soldier. My great-grandfather was a Private in the 3rd SC, in Kershaw's Brigade. Private T.M.Shields wrote letters through out The War, Mac placed them into historical context, and I transcribed the letters and provided the Shields family history and photographs. It is truly a good read with Mac's expertise. I am so fortunate to have Mac's help to make this into a wonderful example of a "common Civil War soldier" and his human side. I am so proud of this book and proud to be a friend of Mac's. Hopefully, he knows how many lives he has provided such a positive and knowledgeable affect. Thank you, Mac from all of us who have ever walked a battlefield with you, read one of your books, or heard one of your lectors. We are truly fortunate to have been in your presence. I am the great-granddaughter of Thomas Shields and who Mac Wyckoff mentioned in working with me and my ancestor’s letters. It is now a published book, “The Legacy of a Common Civil War Soldier.” Mac and I wanted to show the human-side of the soldier. My great-grandfather was a Private in the 3rd SC, in Kershaw’s Brigade. Private T.M.Shields wrote letters through out The War, Mac placed them into historical context, and I transcribed the letters and provided the Shields family history and photographs. It is truly a good read with Mac’s expertise. I am so fortunate to have Mac’s help to make this into a wonderful example of a “common Civil War soldier” and his human side. I am so proud of this book and proud to be a friend of Mac’s. Hopefully, he knows how many lives he has provided such a positive and knowledgeable affect. Thank you, Mac from all of us who have ever walked a battlefield with you, read one of your books, or heard one of your lectors. We are truly fortunate to have been in your presence.

]]> By: Aliene Shields http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/05/04/interview-with-mac-wyckoff-author-of-a-history-of-the-3rd-south-carolina-regiment-lee%e2%80%99s-reliables/comment-page-1/#comment-10239 Aliene Shields Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:53:47 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=5055#comment-10239 Hey Mac, I have never found this interview before. I love reading it. I am so fortunate to know you and be "your shadow." Thank you for all that you have done for me, South Carolina, and the memory of all Civil War soldiers and history of this era. 1861-1865. Aliene Hey Mac,
I have never found this interview before. I love reading it. I am so fortunate to know you and be “your shadow.” Thank you for all that you have done for me, South Carolina, and the memory of all Civil War soldiers and history of this era. 1861-1865.
Aliene

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