GDG- 11th New Jersey

[Linda J Guy]

Jim,

I found the link. Longstreet House 
<http://www.longstreethouse.com/category.html>

Linda

Jim Lamason wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>
> Hi Linda, 
> Thank you for your kind words. My book which Joe Bilby is working with me on
> it, is going to be a while. 
> As noted below the Toombs book can be obtained at the Longstreet Publishing
> House. I don't have the website link at hand but I do know they have the
> book. 
> Regards, 
> JIM 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
> On Behalf Of Linda J Guy
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:57 PM
> To: GDG
> Subject: Re: GDG- 11th New Jersey
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> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> Hi Jim,
>
> Great! I look forward to anything new! What is the name of the book by 
> Toombs, and how can I get a copy? How long will it be before your book 
> comes out?
>
> Linda
>
> Jim Lamason wrote:
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>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>> Hi Linda, 
>>
>> There is a very rare book by Samuel Toombs who was IIRC a member of the
>>     
> 13th
>   
>> NJ at GB. The book is good, very good. The Longstreet Publishing house
>>     
> still
>   
>> has the book in stock. Dr David Martin (Yes that Dr Dave) owns the company
>> and has told me there are several copies left. 
>>
>> I am working on an updated book on NJ at Gettysburg. So far I have
>>     
> uncovered
>   
>> some diaries that where until the last 5 years unknown. 
>>
>> Regards, 
>>
>> Jim Lamason 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
>> On Behalf Of Smith, David
>> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:09 PM
>> To: gettysburg at arthes.com
>> Subject: GDG- 11th New Jersey
>>
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>> Linda--
>>
>> My great-grandfather's unit was the 7th New Jersey, which acted as
>> reserve in the area where the 11th fought.  Their colonel, Louis
>> Francine was killed at Gettysburg.  The 7th's cool minie ball marker
>> marks the spot ("Where Francine Fell").  My great-grandfather was not
>> with the unit then, having caught malaria near the Gaines' Mill
>> battlefield and served in the Veterans Reserve Corps for the rest of the
>> war.  Perhaps that is why he survived the war to have children
>> relatively late in life.
>>
>> I did some brief research on New Jersey at Gettysburg about 15 years
>> ago.  Toombs was pretty much all there was.  I am not sure if anything
>> else has been published; I know that Jim Lamason, I think, of this group
>> is working on a book.
>>
>> There was a brief book on the 7th New Jersey or Colonel Francine
>> published in the 1880s, but I don't think it would have material of
>> interest to you.
>>
>> Incidentally, regarding the controversy, you may find it interesting
>> that c. 1901, Confederate General James Longstreet wrote to Sickles
>> (actually, I think Sickles wrote to him first) and said that Sickles
>> move to the salient had saved the Union line and the Battle of
>> Gettysburg.  You might be able to find a copy of this letter on the
>> Internet.  Of course, Longstreet marched to the beat of a different
>> drummer - he became a Republican after the war, in part to gain
>> government appointments to feed his family, and was vilified by other
>> Confederate Generals of the Lost Cause School because of it.  So there
>> may have been some currying of favor in what Longstreet said, or some
>> desire to magnify his own role - or there may not have been.  He
>> certainly didn't believe in the July 3rd attack.
>>
>> David G. Smith
>>
>>  
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am a new member looking forward to good conversation. My interest in
>>
>> Gettysburg is from a family member who fought there with the 11th NJ
>>
>> Vol. Co I. (GGGrandfather). Yes, I know all about the controversy. In
>>
>> fact, at 57 yrs. I'm a junior at Juniata college doing a major in
>>
>> history. My research paper for my /Civil War and Reconstruction/ class
>>
>> is on that very controversy. This is the first class where the Professor
>>
>> doesn't make me feel stupid! We were in Gettysburg a few weeks ago for
>>
>> student presentations, but living in Bedford Co. I try to get there at
>>
>> least once a year.
>>
>> I just read something a couple of weeks ago that Little Round Top was
>>
>> abandoned for a short time during the battle except for a few flagmen.
>>
>> Warren was responsible for sending troops there to cover that part of
>>
>> the line.
>>
>> Linda
>>
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