From looking at recent posts, it seems like I just missed the March 25th MoH day! Just a coincidence.
Anyhow, while doing some research on the sadly neglected battle of Hatcher's Run (Feb 5-7 1865), on reading through my various resources, my curiosity was piqued by something that didn't seem to add up. This revolved around the well cited story of Daniel Caldwell, who won a MoH for capturing the colors of the 33rd NC infantry regiment in some style. My problem is that I dont think that this NC regiment was involved in the battle? This started to bug me and I have penned a draft letter (attached) outlining my case, that I thought could be of interest to some journal / magazine / website. I thought that here would be a good first base to acquire comments, suggestions and insights. Is this a worthy story at all, or do people take MoH stories with a large pinch of salt? Personally, I would have thought that such heroic deeds deserved to be correctly recorded and that the 33rd NC perhaps didn't loose their colors at Hatcher's Run after all. So I look forward to hearing your views.
Anyhow, while doing some research on the sadly neglected battle of Hatcher's Run (Feb 5-7 1865), on reading through my various resources, my curiosity was piqued by something that didn't seem to add up. This revolved around the well cited story of Daniel Caldwell, who won a MoH for capturing the colors of the 33rd NC infantry regiment in some style. My problem is that I dont think that this NC regiment was involved in the battle? This started to bug me and I have penned a draft letter (attached) outlining my case, that I thought could be of interest to some journal / magazine / website. I thought that here would be a good first base to acquire comments, suggestions and insights. Is this a worthy story at all, or do people take MoH stories with a large pinch of salt? Personally, I would have thought that such heroic deeds deserved to be correctly recorded and that the 33rd NC perhaps didn't loose their colors at Hatcher's Run after all. So I look forward to hearing your views.