Tag: Frank Varney
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Varney v. Burnside, a brief for the defense
As discussed earlier this month, I recently read General Grant and the Rewriting of History by Frank Varney. Though it is marketed as a book about the impact of Ulysses Grant’s memoirs on the writing of history, I found that it is mostly about reframing the Civil War career of General William Rosecrans. In doing […]
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The Case of the Missing Telegram
Last week, in expressing my initial thoughts about General Grant and the Rewriting of History by Frank Varney, I wrote “do not be surprised to find me writing multiple blog posts” about the book. And so here I am, at it again. In the comments section to the previous post there was some discussion of […]