GDG- message #8

[Margaret D. Blough]

I suspected as much.  As Carol Reardon pointed out in her book, refusal to trash Longstreet meant not getting articles published in the SHSP, as First Corps veterans, especially those of Pickett's Division, found out.

Regards,

Margaret

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From: "Teej" <teej at nc.rr.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
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> > Esteemed GDG Member Margaret Blough Contributes: 
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> > For instance, I've seen a quote from Confederate General Richard Taylor 
> > used in many sources, especially Robert K. Krick, and often in 
> > relationship to the period from Second Manassas on and particularly about 
> > Gettysburg. The quote is, "That any subject involving the possession and 
> > exercise of intellect should be clear to Longstreet and concealed from 
> > Lee, is a startling proposition to those having knowledge of the two men." 
> > There is only one difficulty with this quote. It is highly questionable 
> > on what basis Richard Taylor would have any personal knowledge of either 
> > general, particularly Longstreet. Taylor missed First Manassas. He served 
> > well under Jackson in the Valley. He did not participate in the Seven Days 
> > because of illness. In August 1862, he was promoted to major general and 
> > placed in command of the Western District of Louisiana. He remained in the 
> > Trans-Mississippi and the Western Theater until he surrendered in May of 
> > 1865. 
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> Three words, Margaret, "Southern Historical Society." Richard Taylor was 
> one of the founding members. T. Michael Parrish, author of "Richard Taylor: 
> Soldier Prince of Dixie," wrote, "William G. Piston has correctly saddled 
> Taylor's book ("Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the 
> Late War") with much of the blame for James Longstreet's subsequent 
> defamation at the hands of Lost Cause apologists, especially regarding the 
> Lee-Longstreet controversy at Gettysburg. The fact that Taylor was not at 
> Gettysburg, Shiloh, and several other pivotal battles, however, did not 
> prevent him from commenting on them and passing judgment on their 
> participants." 
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> Regards, 
> Teej 
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