tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post6338758674590668875..comments2023-05-16T07:15:08.080-06:00Comments on Battlefield Wanderings 2.0: 2010 SymposiumNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108569840442927455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post-16780930816662993192009-09-03T06:46:03.806-06:002009-09-03T06:46:03.806-06:00Hello NickBravo on the panel for 2009 and 2010. Y...Hello Nick<br><br>Bravo on the panel for 2009 and 2010. You and the rest of the members doing the organization should be very proud.<br><br>Looking forward to both symposiums. Like Chris, I'm curious if Mr. Simpson is working on the 2nd volume of the Grant biography?<br><br>By the time next year's symposium will be here Gordon Rhea's last book in his Overland Campaign Study will be finished. I fully agree with you comments on his books. I heard him do a presentation at the old Boulder Civil War Roundtable after Wilderness came out and couldn't wait to see what came next.<br><br>Not sure if Wiley Sword is working on anything right now, but do know Peter Cozzens is working on a Shiloh study. <br><br>See you in October.<br><br>Don HallstromAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post-79430360286082633112009-09-02T21:24:00.960-06:002009-09-02T21:24:00.960-06:00Wow! That sounds like a awesome event! Grant is my...Wow! That sounds like a awesome event! Grant is my favorite Union commander to study. I have all of the biographies of Grant I could get my hands on. Plus, the wonderful memoirs written by Grant and the other ones like Horace Porter. I enjoyed Brooks Simpson's 2000 biography. I wonder if he will ever do a volume 2 on Grant's postwar career? <br><br>I have always enjoyed the famous Bruce Catton books on Grant and loved Lloyd Lewis' first volume 'Captain Sam Grant'. That book is just great at setting the stage for Grant in the Civil War and has a excellent account of him in the Mexican War. Lewis is very good at showing the human side of Grant. It is sad that Lewis died before completing his trilogy. Catton did the Civil War years wonderfully but had Lewis lived he was going to do the Civil War years plus Grant's eventful post- Civil War career. 'Captain Sam Grant' is one of my favorite books ever on Grant.<br><br>One of the reasons I wanted to see the film 'Last Full Measure' made was to see the depiction of Grant. The battles between Lee vs Grant could be awesomely depicted. I would finally like to see a definitive Grant on the silver screen.<br><br>Thanks,<br>ChrisChris Evansnoreply@blogger.com