Yard sale find

[poorjack]

I'm currently rereading a yard sale find I made back in the 60's. It's Four Years Under Marse Robert by Maj. Robert Stiles second edition. Lots of very interesting content and a point of view that many don't see. This should rank right there with Co Ayatch. Stiles started the war as an enlisted soldier and was with the Richmond Howitzers for quite a while. He was later promoted to the officer ranks and his last engagement was as a major commanding an adhoc unit at Saylors Creek where his group was over run and captured.

 

[chellers]

Welcome to CivilWarTalk. Glad to read your comments about the book.

 

[Private Watkins]

Welcome from Oklahoma... and yes that's a great book! Referenced Stiles' description of Longstreet after being wounded in a recent thread... http://civilwartalk.com/threads/robert-lee-longstreet.110547/#post-1152983

 

[chellers]

Also available on Amazon kindle for $0.99 here http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XOFV8G/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

and free online here: https://archive.org/details/fouryearsunderma00sti and here: http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/stiles/stiles.html

 

[tdftdf]

Also available on Amazon kindle for $0.99 here http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XOFV8G/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

and free online here: https://archive.org/details/fouryearsunderma00sti and here: http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/stiles/stiles.html

I've got a few online books that you've posted, bookmarked for future reading. Kudos to you for posting!!

 

[chellers]

Thank you, tdftdf.

 

[bdtex]

Another one to add to a growing list. Got a friend that lives in Amelia Court House who is a yard sale enthusiast. Back in May he gave me some he picked up at yard sales. One is a book from 1956 called "They Met At Gettysburg". Think that's the one I'm reading next.

 

[James N.]

Another one to add to a growing list. Got a friend that lives in Amelia Court House who is a yard sale enthusiast. Back in May he gave me some he picked up at yard sales. One is a book from 1956 called "They Met At Gettysburg". Think that's the one I'm reading next.

The book by Gen. Edward Stackpole is pretty basic but well-organized and written. Possibly its best feature are the many easy-to-understand maps by Col. Wilbur Nye from which I learned a lot that I still remember. Certainly they're not as detailed as some but they give a good idea of what was going on and the topographic relation of locations on the battlefield. My only peeve was the annoying decision to have the names of all Confederate officers italicized, although it probably helps real Gettysburg novices keep the characters apart!

 

[bdtex]

The book by Gen. Edward Stackpole is pretty basic but well-organized and written. Possibly its best feature are the many easy-to-understand maps by Col. Wilbur Nye from which I learned a lot that I still remember. Certainly they're not as detailed as some but they give a good idea of what was going on and the topographic relation of locations on the battlefield. My only peeve was the annoying decision to have the names of all Confederate officers italicized, although it probably helps real Gettysburg novices keep the characters apart!

And I am pretty much a Gettysburg novice even though I already know much more than I knew a few months ago. Looks like a good starter book. My friend also gave a book about Antietam by John Cannan and a book about Second Manassas by John J. Hennessy that look good.

 

[James N.]

And I am pretty much a Gettysburg novice even though I already know much more than I knew a few months ago. Looks like a good starter book. My friend also gave a book about Antietam by John Cannan and a book about Second Manassas by John J. Hennessy that look good.

The Hennessey book is the most detailed one on Second Manassas - I read it several years ago and unfortunately don't remember anything specific from it, but if I was looking for particular information about that battle it's the one I'd go to first. Stackpole wrote an introductory-type book on it as well, Cedar Mountain to Antietam, that details Lee's entire 1862 invasion of the North.

 

[bdtex]

The book by Gen. Edward Stackpole is pretty basic but well-organized and written. Possibly its best feature are the many easy-to-understand maps by Col. Wilbur Nye from which I learned a lot that I still remember. Certainly they're not as detailed as some but they give a good idea of what was going on and the topographic relation of locations on the battlefield. My only peeve was the annoying decision to have the names of all Confederate officers italicized, although it probably helps real Gettysburg novices keep the characters apart!

You are so right about the maps in that book. There was a map in the the pages I read tonight that was/is so helpful. I'm done reading for the night but I can see that map in my head. Very helpful.

 

[MRB1863]

Yard sales are treasure troves! Just yesterday, acquired a "back up" copy of the movie Gettysburg for a quarter.

 

[Rebforever]

Come on in and have a L@@k!

 

[bdtex]

The book by Gen. Edward Stackpole is pretty basic but well-organized and written. Possibly its best feature are the many easy-to-understand maps by Col. Wilbur Nye from which I learned a lot that I still remember. Certainly they're not as detailed as some but they give a good idea of what was going on and the topographic relation of locations on the battlefield. My only peeve was the annoying decision to have the names of all Confederate officers italicized, although it probably helps real Gettysburg novices keep the characters apart!

Ordering and receiving one of these from Amazon has made it so much easier to read the maps. :

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[PeterT]

Yard Sales around these parts are called Garage Sales. Not much Civil War stuff to be found though

In the small town where my mother-in-law lives they have a shop called "The Already Read Bookstore". When I am up there I was always browse through for ACW books. Have only found books I already had though. They get new stuff all the time so always fun to go looking.

 

[kel1985]

Welcome from Pittsburgh, great find!

 

[Karen Lips]

Yard Sales around these parts are called Garage Sales. Not much Civil War stuff to be found though

In the small town where my mother-in-law lives they have a shop called "The Already Read Bookstore". When I am up there I was always browse through for ACW books. Have only found books I already had though. They get new stuff all the time so always fun to go looking.

Have you ever searched for books on ebay?

 

[PeterT]

Have you ever searched for books on ebay?

Yes Karen. And I have a long list of books to buy next. I guess I am talking about finding something different and unexpected as I wander through the store.

 

[ole]

Yes Karen. And I have a long list of books to buy next. I guess I am talking about finding something different and unexpected as I wander through the store.

That's what garage/yard sales are all about. Someimes you find something you want. Most of the time, you don't. But there is always a chance.

I love garage sales. Dear One, however, doesn't. So I'm a bit crippled there. I love other people's junk.