America's Civil WarMORE WOMEN PLEASE
Why not do research for individual articles that point out howwomen played their part in the Civil War such as the making ofuniforms, etc. How and from where was material obtained? Whatwas the setup for clothing mills at that time: down South andup North. In what role did women play in the gathering of notonly medical war supplies but food for their families and soldiers?
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Your Civil War magazine basically covers "combat." Womenhad a role back then, you know.
Catherine Desmond
Springfield, OR
Dear Ms. Desmond:
You make a good point about the various contributions of women,Northern and Southern, during the Civil War. Please check ourpast issues, and you will see that we have tried to recognizethat important role by running articles on such topics as thewomen of the South and First Ladies at War, as well as articleson such noted individuals as "Crazy Bet" Van Lew, MotherBickerdyke, Elizabeth Keckley (Mary Lincoln’s dressmaker/confidante),Harriet Hawley, Anna Carroll, Julia Ward Howe, and the "PetticoatCavalry" of Tennessee. A new article on Captain Sally Tompkins(the only woman to hold a military commission in the ConfederateArmy), is slated to appear in the May 1997 issue. We don’t havea specific article planned on uniform-making–perhaps you’d liketo send us one.
GREAT PAINTING OF N.B. FORREST
This is to compliment you on your selection of Clyde Heron’s paintingsfor your cover and article on Bedford Forrest for your September1996 edition. In the past I have written to plead you run lesspaintings and more photos, since there is no question very oldphotos say assuredly, "This is the way it was," andare works of art if only for their age.
But Heron’s paintings have an understated clarity that looks likethey were "taken" by one of Forrest’s men who had aNikon camera with Ektachrome film loaded. Please use this man’swork as much as you can.
Ray Bishop
N. Hollywood, CA
Dear Mr. Bishop:
Many thanks for your kind words, and I’m sure Clyde Heron thanksyou as well. We at America’s Civil War work extremely hard toillustrate our articles with a mixture of paintings, photographs,maps and sketches, all designed to best complement the story athand. Clyde Heron and the other talented artists whose work wefeature add immensely to our efforts, by helping lend a humanizingvisual touch to our writers’ well-chosen words. If one pictureis not necessarily worth a thousand words, it is certainly equallyvaluable–as you so graciously point out.
WHO’S WHO AT APPOMATTOX
Is there any person on your staff who can identify the Civil Wargenerals shown in pictures in your magazine? In the September1996 issue, the Ely Parker article has a painting of the surrenderat Appomattox. Lee and his aide (presumably Walter Taylor) areon the left. To their left, a group of Union officers–Sheridan,Gibbon (is he the one in front, or the back?), and possibly Griffinwith blond hair. Wesley Merritt sits behind Grant, and Custerstands next to Parker. As a Civil War buff, I enjoy your magazineand try to pick out who is who. Any help you can give would bemuch appreciated.
Jean M. Morton
Washougal, WA
Dear Ms. Morton:
You are partially right. The identities of all those picturedin the Tom Lovell painting are, left to right: General RobertE. Lee, Lt. Col. Charles Marshall, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan, ColonelOrville E. Babcock, Lt. Col. Horace Porter, Maj. Gen. Edward O.C.Ord, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Maj. Gen. Seth Williams, ColonelTheodore S. Bowers, Colonel Ely S. Parker and Maj. Gen. GeorgeA. Custer.
A MAGAZINE FOR ‘THINKING PEOPLE’
Perhaps I am more interested in your questionnaire than many ofyour readers may be because I am an author, most recently ofHearts of Conflict: A One-Volume History of the Civil War,and I have done two stretches as a magazine editor–of ThePointer, West Point’s cadet magazine, and The InfantrySchool Quarterly. Put differently, I may have more to say,or I may be more inclined to comment on things not called forin your survey, than the format allows.
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