Yes Simpson provides sources in his books.Thanks but does the author provide actual sources for either of them?
Yes Simpson provides sources in his books.Thanks but does the author provide actual sources for either of them?
@Quaama,
If I’m reading the reference properly, Kevin Levin was discussing a book about the crater written by Newt Gingrich and another author.
Knowing he was referencing a book co-authored by Newt might give me pause.
Here’s his online location. http://cwmemory.com/
I get the feeling he writes from a conjectured point of view.
Here’s a third person’s take on the backing of historical books-
What Counts as Historical Evidence? The Fracas over John Stauffer’s Black Confederates
Yesterday, John Stauffer — Professor of English and African-American Studies at Harvard — published a piece for The Root entitled, “Yes, There Were Black Confederates. Here’…www.megankatenelson.com
Yes Simpson provides sources in his books.
Scott gave you a link, with the books listed, and their page numbers. It should be fairly easy for you to track down.So what is the actual source?
So what is the actual source?
Well, if you don’t have the books in question- might not be so simple.Scott gave you a link, with the books listed, and their page numbers. It should be fairly easy for you to track down.
I don't have the books either, but sometimes Google Books preview can give info, or he may be able to check out the book on an online library like archive.org.Well, if you don’t have the books in question- might not be so simple.
Or Thrift Books etc I get many for 3-4$, and archive .org etc have many of these, these are not popular titles so can be found cheapI don't have the books either, but sometimes Google Books preview can give info, or he may be able to check out the book on an online library like archive.org.
Scott gave you a link, with the books listed, and their page numbers. It should be fairly easy for you to track down.
This is what I'm understanding that you're saying:They merely listed two books and the pages from which the extract emanates. There is nothing about the first quote to say where it comes from and then the author (I'm unsure which one) says:
"Fiction. Absolute fiction. We know exactly how Robert E. Lee felt about the status of black U.S. POWs. Why? Well, because several months later Lee and Ulysses S. Grant exchanged letters on the treatment of captured United States soldiers of African-American descent."
Well, we don't "know exactly how Robert E. Lee felt about the status of black U.S. POWs ... because several months later
Lee and Ulysses S. Grant exchanged letters ...". Firstly, who ever knows exactly how someone else feels about something - that's just nonsense. Secondly, where are the letters? I do recall reading those letters at some time in the past but I do not recall those letters saying anything about 'tGeneral Lee's feelings on the matter.
Then later there is this unsubstantiated claim:
"Meanwhile, he [Lee] planned to put more U.S. POWs in harm’s way by placing them in a pen at Dutch Gap, which was under Union artillery fire, should Grant not relent with his plans for retaliation."
Where's the evidence of that? There's certainly none in the extract.
GO #111: "That all n***o slaves captured in arms be at once delivered over to the executive authorities of the respective States to which they belong to be dealt with according to the laws of said States"
Jefferson Davis's Proclamation Regarding Captured Black Soldiers, December 23, 1862
Confederate President Jefferson Davis's Proclamation Regarding Captured Black Soldiers, December 23, 1862www.freedmen.umd.edu
This is what I'm understanding that you're saying:
"I have read the blog post. I disagree with it. I'd like to see sources. And although the blog post lists its sources (specific books, with bibliographies, and the page numbers) I still choose to consider the opinions "unsubstantiated."
Ok. That's your choice.
I didn't post on the thread to debate Lee, but to answer the question about Simpson providing sources. He provides sources, and he provided sources in this case to the applicable books which have bibliographies.No.
That post was in reply to your Post #44 where you said "Scott gave you the link ...". So I looked at Post #32 by @Scott1967 and was commenting on that post.
I said two things in particular.
1. The writer claimed to "exactly how Robert E. Lee felt about the status of black U.S. POWs" which I thought was rubbish and then there was a referral to letters but I didn't see any letters and nor do I remember (from when recall reading them) that they said anything about General Lee's feelings on the matter.
2. The writer said:
"Meanwhile, he [Lee] planned to put more U.S. POWs in harm’s way by placing them in a pen at Dutch Gap, which was under Union artillery fire, should Grant not relent with his plans for retaliation."
The writer (in the extract provided) gave no facts in support of that claim and therefore it is unsubstantiated.
I believe that sentiment would be more appropriate in Lee's ablest lieutenant, Stonewall Jackson, who was indeed a Calvinist Presbyterian; Lee himself, on the other hand, was a lifelong Episcopalian
I didn't post on the thread to debate Lee, but to answer the question about Simpson providing sources. He provides sources, and he provided sources in this case to the applicable books which have bibliographies.
So any claims about unsupported facts are themselves unsupported opinions.
I didn't post on the thread to debate Lee, but to answer the question about Simpson providing sources. He provides sources, and he provided sources in this case to the applicable books which have bibliographies.
So any claims about unsupported facts are themselves unsupported opinions.
Actually, yes, a bibliography is a list of sources. It can be books, articles, letters, whatever type of sources used.Ha, a bibliography is not a source nor is it a list containing a number of sources. A bibliography is, well, a bibliography - a list of books.
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Someone asked a question about the historian Simpson. So I answered the question.Well that's rather odd given that this thread is "About the morality of R.E.Lee".
Actually, yes, a bibliography is a list of sources. It can be books, articles, letters, whatever type of sources used.
So just a recap: Brooks Simpson lists his sources, in his bibliographies, or notes, or whatever you prefer to call them. They are listed at the end of his books.