General Lee's Army by Joseph T. Glatthaar

[samgrant]

Originally Posted by M E Wolf

Post Script -

I do hope to express, that I value everybody's opinions and comments on the Civil War. However, should it have been misunderstood--I apologize.

My desire is to get the 'actual' Official Records/Reports by those in the Civil War and making such reports. I find that things can be skewed over time when proffered in other works and references to 'official records and or documents.'

I do realize, that reports will be written in a favoring manner however, there are more 'gold nuggets' in official reports.

So, again -- the request is--if any had ordered the complete 'CD-ROM' set offered by Guildpress.com, which is nearly $170.00 --do you find it worth the cost?

Thanks!

M. E. Wolf

I may be mistaken on what you are refering to, but ...

If you are talking about buying a CD of the OR's, I think that is a big waste of money when one can access them at these web sites:

this one has a photocopied version:

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/b...aphs/ofre.html

or, the one I use (cause I can cut and paste stuff):

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/records/


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[M E Wolf]

Dear Sam Grant,

Thank you so much for the links!!!

Much appreciated as well as your observations and opinions.

Sincerely,
M. E. Wolf

[JohnW in E.TN]

Originally Posted by samgrant

Has anyone started or finished this book which was released approx. one month ago?

I'm gonna start on it tomorrow.

The subtitle is "From Victory to Collapse", and as Glatthaar has a good reputation, I expect it to be an interesting read.

But just by reading the front and back flaps, I sense it may be controversial - I quote from the back flap:

"Glatthaar's definitve account settles many historical arguements. The Rebels were fighting above all to defend slavery."

Here we go!


Well I've just started the first page of the prologue(xiii), and it has already got me hooked. Read some of it here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ejR...d8uKF2D47d3nP0


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I just received this one in the mail, and it looks good. I'm going to try and get it read over Summer break, along with about ten other titles!


John W.

[samgrant]

A short interview with the author:

http://www.cwbr.com/cgi-bin/dbman/cw...rds&nh=19&mh=1