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Table of Contents 1. ** 12Th Corps, 2Nd Division, 1St Brigade by Jenny at Draw the Sword (and Throw Away the Scabbard) 2. National Geographic’s New Atlas Of The Civil War by Rene Tyree at wig-wags 3. Sassoon Archive Saved For U.K. by George Simmers at Great War Fiction 4. Booknotes (November '09) by noreply@blogger.com (Drew@CWBA) at Civil War Books and Authors 5. The Pretty Lady by George Simmers at Great War Fiction 6. Serving Soldier by trenchfever at Trench Fever 7. Dave The Slave<Br>A Q&Amp;A With Author Leonard Todd <Br><Br>At Left. by noreply@blogger.com (dw) at of Battlefields and Bibliophiles 8. Virtual Trenches by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Kendall) at War Poetry 9. World War I: A War Of Attrition by n/a at About.com Military History 10. Struggle For The Middle Sea: The Great Navies At War In The Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945 Byvincent P. O’hara by Jim Dolbow at Other Military History Stuff 11. Volume 55, Number 3, September 2009 by n/a at Other Military History Stuff 12. From Our Archive: The Role Doctrine In Naval Warfare By Lcdr Dudley W Knox, Usn, Proceedings Prize Essay 1915 by admin at Other Military History Stuff Contents 1. ** 12Th Corps, 2Nd Division, 1St Brigade BY: Jenny AT: Draw the Sword (and Throw Away the Scabbard) URL: <http://www.drawthesword.goellnitz.org/2009/11/12th-corps-2nd-division-1st-brigade/ > Candy’s Brigade were members of the Twelfth Corps in Geary’s Division. Location: North Slocum Avenue, Culp’s Hill Monument Specifications: Bronze marker with a square stone base. Marks the position and action of the brigade. Erected Date: ca. 1912. Inscription: The tablet reads as follows, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC TWELFTH CORPS SECOND DIVISION FIRST BRIGADE Col. Charles Candy 5th 7th 66th Ohio 28th 147th Pennsylvania Infantry July 1. Arrived at 5 P. M. and took position on the left of Third Brigade between the First Corps and the Round Tops. The 5th Ohio and 147th Penna. occupied Little Round Top during... 2. National Geographic’s New Atlas Of The Civil War BY: Rene Tyree AT: wig-wags URL: <http://wigwags.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/national-geographics-new-atlas-of-the-civil-war/ > Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: National Geographic (October 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1426203470 ISBN-13: 978-1426203473 Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 10.7 x 1.1 inches The good folks at National Geographic sent me a review copy of their new Atlas of the Civil War: A Comprehensive Guide to the Tactics and the Terrain of Battle. I’m impressed. This is one of those books that as a kid I would spread out on the floor in front of the fire and lose myself in for hours. It’s FULL size means just that. Images that many of us have seen for... 3. Sassoon Archive Saved For U.K. BY: George Simmers AT: Great War Fiction URL: <http://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/sassoon-archive-saved-for-u-k/ > There’s an article in today’s Guardian about the excellent news that the National Heritage Memorial Fund has allocated £550,000 to ensure that Siegfried Sassoon’s archive stays in this country. The only downside to this is that the Guardian has appealed to the usual suspects for quotations, and some of these are a bit off-target. Andrew Motion, for example, says: ‘”It is not only good news as a symbolic statement, but a lot of the material in the archive forms the backbone of our understanding of what it was like on the frontline during world war one.” Really? But... 4. Booknotes (November '09) BY: noreply@blogger.com (Drew@CWBA) AT: Civil War Books and Authors URL: <http://cwba.blogspot.com/2009/11/booknotes-november-09.html> ... 5. The Pretty Lady BY: George Simmers AT: Great War Fiction URL: <http://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/the-pretty- lady/> The Pretty Lady (Churnet Valley Books, £14.95. ISBN 1904546689) John Shapcott’s excellent new edition of The Pretty Lady raises the question why this extraordinary book has not been generally recognised as one of the most original and penetrating twentieth-century novels. Even Bennett enthusiasts like John Carey and John Lucas have been a bit sniffy about it. Recently, though, Margaret Drabble has written in the TLS about the novel as ‘a “feverish” engagement with the violence and sexuality of modernity’, and Shapcott’s introduction to the new edition (whose text is a facsimile of Cassell’s nicely printed 1918 first edition... 6. Serving Soldier BY: trenchfever AT: Trench Fever URL: <http://trenchfever.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/serving-soldier/> Serving Soldier is a new online collection drawing on the holdings of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at Kings College London, and concentrating on the lives of British soldiers from the 1880s to the outbreak of the Second World War. New material is still being added to the site, but what’s there already looks useful and interesting, including letters home from a young Alan Brooke about his life as a junior officer in India, a good quality selection of British First World War posters, and much ephemera relating to life in and out of barracks at the start... 7. Dave The Slave<Br>A Q&Amp;A With Author Leonard Todd <Br><Br>At Left. BY: noreply@blogger.com (dw) AT: of Battlefields and Bibliophiles URL: <http://obab.blogspot.com/2009/11/dave-slave-q-with-author-leonard-todd.html > Dave the Slavea Q&A with author Leonard Todd At left. Leonard Todd with some of Dave’s pottery. Photo by Brook Facey. Faithful readers with better than average recall and few distractions in their lives will remember a blog entry from a month ago when I first became enthralled with Leonard Todd’s book, Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave. Since that time, I took time to read it cover-to-cover, and corresponded with the gracious Mr. Todd about his uniquely American story.I sent him six questions, and received six answers, presented here unedited. OBAB... 8. Virtual Trenches BY: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Kendall) AT: War Poetry URL: <http://war-poets.blogspot.com/2009/11/virtual-trenches.html> Those ingenious people at the First World War Poetry Digital Archive have created a virtual 'tour' of the First World War battlefields, which you can sample by clicking the video above. You can also experience the site by visiting Second Life here. This is their press release:With Armistice Day fast approaching a JISC project team has taken an unusual approach to ensuring that people continue to learn about the First World War.The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University have collaborated on an exciting new project in the 3D virtual world Second Life... 9. World War I: A War Of Attrition BY: n/a AT: About.com Military History URL: <http://militaryhistory.about.com/b/2009/11/03/world-war-i-a-war-of-attrition.htm > A big year on the Western Front, 1916 saw two of the bloodiest battles of the war as well as the Battle of Jutland, the only major clash between the British and German fleets. Not believing that a breakthrough was possible, Germany began a battle of attrition in February by assaulting the fortress city of Verdun. With the French under heavy pressure, the British launched a major offensive at the Somme in July. While the German attack at Verdun ultimately failed, the British suffered horrific casualties at the Somme for little ground gained. While both sides were bleeding in the... 10. Struggle For The Middle Sea: The Great Navies At War In The Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945 Byvincent P. O’hara BY: Jim Dolbow AT: Other Military History Stuff URL: <http://blog.usni.org/?p=4786> Making a return visit back to Meet the Author on USNI Blog is Vincent P. O’ Hara. He has authored another masterpiece in my opinion. You are in for another treat. Could you provide a short synopsis of Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945? Struggle for the Middle Sea describes the naval war fought in the Mediterranean and Red Sea from June 1940 to May 1945 in terms of the five great navies that participated: Great Britain’s Royal Navy, Italy’s Regia Marina, France’s Marine Nationale, The United States Navy and... 11. Volume 55, Number 3, September 2009 BY: n/a AT: Other Military History Stuff URL: <http://muse.jhu.edu/content/rss/journals/civil_war_history/toc/cwh.55.3.html > Civil War History: Volume 55, Number 3, September 2009... 12. From Our Archive: The Role Doctrine In Naval Warfare By Lcdr Dudley W Knox, Usn, Proceedings Prize Essay 1915 BY: admin AT: Other Military History Stuff URL: <http://blog.usni.org/?p=4799> In March of 1915 then LCDR Dudley W. Knox, USN, wrote a most challenging essay in PROCEEDINGS magazine about ”The Role of Doctrine in Naval Warfare.” His thesis was that “a fleet is something more than a mere collection of ships” and that “bare ship to ship superiority is not a guarantee of victory.” Then, in 31 pages he exhaustively examines the dual roles of command and doctrine in prosecuting successful combat operations. Ironically, almost 100 years ago, his essay becomes subject of comments from other naval officers in the next 10 pages – and we thought blogs were a modern... ----- For subscription help, go to: http://www.h-net.org/lists/help/ To change your subscription settings, go to http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=h-war -----
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