Brett recently posted an excerpt from an upcoming book section on Ft. Stedman, written by Bill Wyrick. It appears to be drawn from Wyrick’s article in Blue & Gray, which I had some comments about at the time. I had some problems with it then and still do. Interpretations are one thing, but there are […]
Gordon’s Assault on Ft. Stedman
January 9th, 2014 · 3 Comments
Categories: Civil War Research · Controversies of a Campaign · Eastern Theater
Tags: · cook's brigade, fort stedman, Grimes Division, sharpshooters
Blue & Gray article on Fort Stedman
August 17th, 2008 · No Comments
In a previous post I looked at some order of battle problems with the recent Blue & Gray article on Fort Stedman. Today I’ll look more at the article itself, particularly the treatment of the sharpshooters. There are some issues, as I’ll try to point out, with which I disagree but are honest differences of […]
Categories: Best of TOCWOC - 2008 · Best of TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog · Civil War Magazines · Civil War Units · Eastern Theater · Military History · Strategy & Tactics
Tags: · blue & gray magazine, cook's brigade, fort stedman, sharpshooters, william wyrick
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