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The Case of the Missing Telegram

December 21st, 2013 · 8 Comments

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 […]

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Frank Varney and the Mangling of History

December 6th, 2013 · 63 Comments

I have been working my way through General Grant and the Rewriting of History by Frank Varney, that was published by Savas Beatie this past July, and I have a problem: I am so annoyed by it I might not be able to finish. I wanted to like this book, but do not be surprised […]

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Categories: Campaigns & Battles · Civil War Books · Controversies of a Campaign · Miscellaneous · Western Theater

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