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Book of the Week: Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War | |
2018-10-28 | |
By Peter G. Tsouras Casemate, 2018 Chapter 1, Page 12: Colonel George Henry Sharpe, commander of the 120th New York Volunteers was probably not a very happy man in early February 1863. His regiment had not seen much combat since it was formed the previous August when it marched off to war from Kingston, New York. Instead, it was wasting away from sickness in the despondent camp at Falmouth, Virginia, after the disastrous defeat of the Army of the Potomac in December at Fredericksburg and the demoralizing "Mud March" of mid-January. Sharpe was an talented man with an active intelligence, and in the cold and mud of the camp near Falmouth he was intensely frustrated. But he cared for his men as intensely as a mother hen, and they returned the affection, asking him sometimes to lead them, in his fine voice, in a variation on "Benny Heaven's Oh" whose last verse was touch with the sadness all now felt. Page 48: Sharp's service at Fredericksburg also brought him to the attention of his corps commander - Hooker. Sickles was a close friend of Hooker as well. Sickles had not stinted his praise of Sharpe. | |
Posted by:Doughnut Hole |
#2 Doughnut Hole, I suspect you thought we would publish this the night you submitted it, but I prefer to hold such things for Sundays, when our readers are more likely to have time to ponder at length. lotp started that tradition with the Sunday Coffepot essays she wrote for us, years ago. This being your first submission, and I believe the first time you have posted under this nym, I would love to know why you chose this book as your starting point. Many thanks in advance, yours fondly, — tw |
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-28 16:09 |
#1 I just placed my order. |
Posted by: Woodrow Squank3109 2018-10-28 09:42 |