OldReliable1862
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2017
- Location
- Georgia
Some of you might remember my previous novel planning thread, where I laid out an idea for a story focusing on Hood's Texas Brigade. On further reflection, I've decided that, while there certainly may be new ideas for stories focusing on the Texas Brigade, I'm probably not the one to write them.
One of my family members, and a fellow Civil War buff, is a very proud North Carolinian. Discussions with him about that state's role in the war got me thinking, and I wondered if I could incorporate North Carolinian settlement of Tennessee into a story.
I've wanted to tell some kind of story with separate points of view in both the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee, and this seems a good way to do it. It seemed to be a good idea to have the two POVs linked somehow, and a family with branches in both states.
I've been interested in the Southern Whig experience for a while now, and the states I chose once again allowed to include this. By 1860 of course, the Whig Party was gone, but the old Whigs were around in some form or another. I would probably have at least one branch of the family be involved in state politics as a "Whig Without a Cause."
Suggestions welcome, of course.
One of my family members, and a fellow Civil War buff, is a very proud North Carolinian. Discussions with him about that state's role in the war got me thinking, and I wondered if I could incorporate North Carolinian settlement of Tennessee into a story.
I've wanted to tell some kind of story with separate points of view in both the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee, and this seems a good way to do it. It seemed to be a good idea to have the two POVs linked somehow, and a family with branches in both states.
I've been interested in the Southern Whig experience for a while now, and the states I chose once again allowed to include this. By 1860 of course, the Whig Party was gone, but the old Whigs were around in some form or another. I would probably have at least one branch of the family be involved in state politics as a "Whig Without a Cause."
Suggestions welcome, of course.