GDG- a split vote and some deeply distrubing news

[Margaret D. Blough]

The self-defeating thing about the theft of Civil War documents is that, especially now in the EBay era, the market for Civil War documents is not the eccentric billionaire collector of movie lore who doesn't care if a painting or sculpture is stolen and can't be exhibit so long as he has the thrill of possession.  The people who are the most likely to be alert to documents and artifacts appearing on the market are passionate students of the subject who are likely to know or suspect if the item is stolen and who will alert authorities.

Regards,

Margaret

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: JoAnn Bartlett <joanncw76ny at yahoo.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> Hello All - The question regarding the author you would like to talk to, my 
> split vote is with Shelby Foote and Batchelder. 
> When I worked at the Gettysburg Times, I met Foote briefly and called him 
> later for a quote. Yes, he seemed like a curmudgeon, but as long as he talked 
> with that wonderful accent, he could tell me anything he wanted to say! He even 
> seemed a bit confused by my question. 
> I would like to talk to Batchelder for the little tidbits he might reveal from 
> his talks with generals, etc. 
> In other news, I have something too horrible to say, But, being the newshound 
> that I am, here goes. This involves a man I met and it's very sad. A group of us 
> met for breakfast at The Avenue one wonderful morning. This man was one of my 
> tablemates. He later wrote a book regarding Civil War collections and I was 
> honored with a request to review on small section on which I happen to know a 
> great deal about. I found an error, made a suggestion and that was the last I 
> heard until today. I enclose a link for you to follow. 
> 
> http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=659133&category=FRONTPG&BCCod 
> e=HOME&newsdate=1/29/2008 
> 
> JoAnn Bartlett 
> 
> 
> Forced to choose among the three you named, Foote would probably be my 
> last 
> choice because, notwitstanding his writing ability, he came across as a 
> sort 
> of a curmudgeon. Between the other two, I would have to go with 
> Bachelder 
> primarily because he lived during the time period, and knew just about 
> everyone of importance related to the battle or at least had contact by 
> mail 
> with many of them. 
> 
> Regards, Tom Ryan 
> 
> 
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