Maps and Diagrams for "The Petersburg Regiment, 12th Virginia Infantry"

The maps and diagrams for The Petersburg Regiment, 12th Virginia Infantry are finished.  There are thirty-two maps and eight diagrams.  Hampton Newsome has done his usual great job on the maps and diagrams.

Here's an example of the maps:

 Here's an example of the diagrams.

My cousin George will start proof-reading the manuscript next week.

Corrections to "The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864"

My cousin George Zelenack went to the trouble of sniffing out typographical errors in The Siege of Petersburg:  The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864.  Thanks, George!  Here's what they are:

Page      Line                        Text                                                       Suggestion

Viii          6                              look at a history books                   look at history books

X             6                              missing ling                                         missing link

11           3                              a find dust                                           a fine dust

11           FN11, L9               much more quickly that                 much more quickly than

30           FN21, L4               “Road roather than”                       Road rather than

56           P2, L1                    “alignng on a lane”                          aligning on a lane

125         P1, L12                  in front of rest of                              in front of the rest of

345         L17                         Dakota.Letter                                    Dakota. Letter

345         L21                         Georgia.Nicholas                              Georgia. (New paragraph) Nicholas DeGraff….

346         L9                            D.C.William                                         D.C.  (new paragraph) William Henry Harder….

346         L10                         Virginia. Joseph                                Virginia.  (new paragraph) Joseph Hayes….

347         L1                            James June 21-August 21 1894    James, June 21-August 21, 1894

347         Sec2, L10              (1889).Day,                                         (1889).  Day, W.  A….

363         L2                            “misunderstatding”                        misunderstanding

365         Meade, L13                     “misunderstatding”                                misunderstanding

I have found more substantial errors:

1)  The Western Brigade of Terry's division on August 16, 1864, attacked not in column of divisions but in column of battalions, and thus with skirmishers not eleven deep but five deep.  OR 42, 1:689 ("doubled in column at half distance"), 699 ("doubled on the center...formed in double column").

2)  The Wilson-Kautz Raid did not leave the Richmond & Danville Railroad and the South Side Railroad inoperable until September but only until early July.  Greg Eanes, Destroy the Junction:  The Wilson-Kautz Raid & the Battle for the Staunton River Bridge, June 21, 1864 to July 1, 1864 (Lynchburg, Va.:  H. E. Howard, 1999), 166-168, 207-208.

Mea culpa!

March 23, 2017, Greater Orlando Civil War Round Table

On March 23, 2017, at 6 p.m., I'll be talking about a topic within the scope of The Siege of Petersburg:  The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864 at the Greater Orlando Civil War Round Table, Marks Street Senior Recreation Center, 99 E. Marks Street, Orlando, Florida 32803.  Books will be available at a discount.  I'll happily inscribe any book purchased.

November 8, 2017, Civil Warriors Roound Table, Los Angeles/West SF Valley

On November 8, 2017, I'll be talking to the Civil Warriors Round Table of Los Andgeles/West SF Valley about the struggle for the Weldon Railroad as depicted in The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864.  The program will start at 7 p.m. at Weiler's West Hills Deli, 22323 Sherman Way, West Hills, CA, 91303.  Copies of the book will be available at a discount.