GDG- Book sales
Eric J. Wittenberg
eric at rushslancers.com
Thu May 1 16:30:36 CDT 2008
Rich,
If you have a look at my blog, www.civilwarcavalry.com, and
specifically, my post for Tuesday, I address your question. Be sure
to read the comments.
Eric
On May 1, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Rich Urban wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> I was recently told by a friend that they thought each of Gordon
> Rhea's books in the series on the Overland Campaign probably sold
> several hundred thousand copies. I have always thought that Civil
> War books sold in large numbers but I did not think that many. I
> always wondered what does the average Civil War book published by a
> University Press sell. I also think that the sudden interest in the
> Revolution and Founding, which I confess has caught me up somewhat,
> is taking some interest away from the Civil War. > From: gettysburg-request at arthes.com
> > Subject: Gettysburg Digest, Vol 47, Issue 62> To: gettysburg at arthes.com
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> > Message: 1> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:30:04 +0000> From: collins.d at comcast.net
> > Subject: Re: GDG- The new VC> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>>
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> >> > Content-Type: text/plain> > Some would say it still doesn't!> >
> -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Laurence
> Schiller <lds307 at northwestern.edu> > > > Esteemed GDG Member
> Contributes: > > > > > > Some would say Harrisburg still serves no
> useful purpose... > > > > Laurie > > > > On Apr 29, 2008, at 11:59
> AM, > > wrote: > > > > > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > > > >
> > > > > Andy, > > > > > > I believe that Sherman's campaign was
> simply part of a concerted > > > effort to end the war. Grant was
> the other half and they were both > > > carrying out Lincoln's
> national vision. > > > > > > Lee was involved in, despite the size
> of his force, more of a raid > > > than an invasion. It had no
> purpose other than to keep the war out > > > of Virginia. > > > > >
> > As to Harrisburg, Lincoln, Meade et al were willing to let it go.
> > > > It served no purpose. > > > Frankly, if lee had gotten part of
> his army up there, they may have > > > been trapped. > > > > > >
> Regards, > > > > > > Jack > > > ---- The Mills wrote: > > >>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > >> > > >> > > >> Margaret: > >
> >> > > >> The two types of campaigns are totally different. Sherman
> was > > >> trying to subdue a population, using a sort of "total
> war" > > >> mentality and whereas Lee was not. Lee is not able to
> march at > > >> will throughout the countryside with little or no
> opposition. > > >> > > >> Sherman was trying a long-term occupation
> of the territory he > > >> captured. He wasn't trying to "give it
> back" or let the > > >> Confederates re-occupy it. Lee never had any
> intention of staying > > >> north of Maryland past the summer. Had
> they captured Harrisburg > > >> and even defeated the AOP in battle,
> the Conderacy isn't going to > > >> try and hold any of that land
> north as they simply don't have the > > >> capabilities to build the
> supplies lines necessary to supply his > > >> army north of the
> Potomac. > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> Andy > > >> > > >> -----
> Original Message ----- > > >> From: Margaret D. Blough > > >> To:
> GDG > > >> Sent: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:03:29 -0400 (EDT) > > >>
> Subject: Re: GDG- The new VC > > >> > > >> Esteemed GDG Member
> Contributes: > > >> > > >> > > >> Actually, Ewell was within a few
> miles of Harrisburg and was about > > >> to make the final moves to
> take it when Lee called him back. > > >> Harrisburg had minimal
> defenses and, certainly, nothing on a par > > >> with veteran combat
> troops. > > >> > > >> I don't think the Confederates had any
> intention of holding > > >> Harrisburg or any other territory north
> of the Mason-Dixon Line > > >> for any length of time. As Sherman
> demonstrated the next year in > > >> Georgia, long-term occupation
> is not necessary to achieve the goal > > >> of demonstrating to
> citizens that their government is incapable of > > >> performing one
> of the most fundamental duties that a government > > >> has,
> defending its territory and its people against attack. In > > >>
> addition, this would have demonstrated to foreign governments that >
> > >> the Confederacy was a force to be reckoned with. Since it
> didn't > > >> happen, we'll never know what the foreign reaction
> would have been > > >> to the fall of Harrisburg, but it certainly
> couldn't have hurt the > > >> Confederacy's prospects for
> recognition. > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> Margaret > > >> >
> > >> -------------- Original message -------------- > > >> From: The
> Mills > > >> > > >>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > >>> > >
> >>> > > >>> All intentions and actually doing it are two different
> things. > > >>> Capturing > > >>> Harrisburg is a far cry from your
> stated intentions of capturing > > >>> Baltimore and > > >>>
> Philadelphia in your original post. > > >>> > > >>> McClellan had
> all intentions of capturing Richmond in 1862, > > >>> Burnside in
> late > > >>> 1862, but did they do it? Intentions are drastically
> different > > >>> from actually > > >>> being able to carry it out.
> > > >>> > > >>> Lee couldn't supply his army via the Cumberland
> Valley as he > > >>> couldn't keep his > > >>> lines secure. He cut
> his lines because of this very fact once he > > >>> crossed the > >
> >>> Potomac. He didn't have the means nor the infrastructure to > >
> >>> supply his army in > > >>> enemy territory especially the
> further and deeper he penetrated. > > >>> > > >>> People state
> different things for different reasons. One of the > > >>> main
> reasons > > >>> was to keep his ANV in-tact and together and for
> that, he needed > > >>> an offensive > > >>> campaign and he had to
> come up with the reasons for this campaign > > >>> and why it was >
> > >>> more important than to send a large detachment of his army to
> > > >>> relive Vicksburg. > > >>> Lee couldn't see the big picture
> outside of Virginia and why it > > >>> would have been > > >>>
> better for the Confederacy as a whole to save Vicksburg. He could >
> > >>> only see > > >>> Virginia and his precious ANV, so he had to
> come up with some > > >>> pretty good > > >>> reasons his campaign
> was more beneficial than saving Vicksburg. > > >>> > > >>> After
> 1862, there is no forgeign intervention from England and > > >>>
> France, the > > >>> Emancipation Proclamation sealed that. France
> wasn't going to act > > >>> without > > >>> England and England
> wasn't going to openly support a government > > >>> that supported >
> > >>> slavery. > > >>> > > >>> The ANV, as seen after Gettysburg,
> could not have done much with > > >>> a defeated AOP > > >>> until
> resupplied. Also: you seem to think a defeated AOP is going > > >>>
> to real back > > >>> to DC and leave the entire area open to the
> ravages of the ANV. > > >>> The AOP is not > > >>> the same in 1863
> as it had been previously. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks > > >>> Andy > >
> >>> > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>> From: collins d > >
> >>> To: GDG > > >>> Sent: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:35:21 -0400 (EDT) > >
> >>> Subject: Re: GDG- The new VC > > >>> > > >>> Esteemed GDG Member
> Contributes: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Please refer to the Official
> Records of the Civil War. Lee had > > >>> all the > > >>> intentions
> to capture Harrisburg. And if he had been able to > > >>> defeat the
> AoP, who > > >>> was going to stop him? The important word here
> "defeat". > > >>> > > >>> Your reason for Lee invading the North is
> a minor reason. His > > >>> reasons for > > >>> invading are
> mentioned in Sears and Coddington...to keep the > > >>> initiative
> so that > > >>> the AoP has to respond to the ANV marches and
> advances, to allow > > >>> the farmers of > > >>> the Shenendoah
> Valley time to harvest, to raid the North to live > > >>> of the
> land and > > >>> to gain supplies, to influence the elections of
> 1864, and to > > >>> influence England > > >>> and France to
> intervene. > > >>> > > >>> Lee could have been supplied via the
> Cumberland Valley. > > >>> > > >>> It is nothing but a pipe dream.to
> think the ANV would have > > >>> remained static if > > >>> they had
> defeated the AoP and sent them back reeeling to the > > >>> defenses
> of > > >>> Washington. > > >>> > > >>> -------------- Original
> message -------------- > > >>> From: The Mills > > >>> > > >>>>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Collins
> D: > > >>>> > > >>>> Lets not forget another reason Lee invades the
> North: to keep a > > >>>> major portion > > >>>> of his precious ANV
> from being sent West to relieve pressure on > > >>>> Vicksburg. If >
> > >>>> Lee remains on the defensive, his precious ANV is used as > >
> >>>> reinforcements to > > >>>> relieve Vicksburg. Only an offensive
> campaign keeps it intact. > > >>>> > > >>>> Lee is never able to
> penetrate as far as Philadelphia or > > >>>> Baltmore and after a >
> > >>>> battle with the AOP (in which case the AOP would be defeated
> to > > >>>> a point they > > >>>> would have to fall back to DC),
> would never be in a position to > > >>>> renew a > > >>> campaign >
> > >>>> and capture any city. Look what happened after Gettysburg,
> the > > >>>> ANV had no > > >>>> ammunition to renew the contest had
> they wanted to. Had > > >>>> Pickett's Charge > > >>>> succeeded,
> what would the ANV had done anyway? They had no > > >>>> ammunition
> to > > >>>> continue anyway and no supply line to get more. > > >>>>
> > > >>>> It is a pipe dream to think the ANV had the logistics to >
> > >>>> penetrate that deep > > >>> and > > >>>> to have a campaign
> that could be more than one battle. > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks > >
> >>>> Andy > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >
> > >>>> From: collins d > > >>>> To: GDG > > >>>> Sent: Tue, 29 Apr
> 2008 09:32:21 -0400 (EDT) > > >>>> Subject: Re: GDG- The new VC > >
> >>>> > > >>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > >>>> > > >>>> > >
> >>>> Let's try and remember the reasons that Lee invaded the North.
> > > >>>> One was to > > >>>> encourage the peace democrats and try
> to influence the elections > > >>>> in 1864. If > > >>>> the AoP is
> defeated, and falls back to DC, the Lee could have > > >>>>
> captured..Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Who knows what > >
> >>>> would have > > >>>> happened next? > > >>>> Yes ..history does
> move on...but events play a big part. If the > > >>>> Japanese > >
> >>> defeat > > >>>> and sink the US carriers at Midway...and then
> invade > > >>>> Hawaii...who knows how > > >>>> long WW2 would have
> lasted. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> -------------- Original
> message -------------- > > >>>> From: Laurence Schiller > > >>>> > >
> >>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>>
> Greetings all - I think it is a little simplistic to suggest > >
> >>>>> that if > > >>>>> Gettysburg is lost, then the war is lost,
> slavery goes on forever, > > >>>>> etc. etc. Aside from the
> questions of losing Gettysburg and yet > > >>>>> still > > >>>>>
> winning the war (and we had this discussion some time ago), the > >
> >>>>> assumption that history doesn't keep moving on is rather > >
> >>>>> flawed. It > > >>>>> is easy to compare a victorious south
> with South Africa and it's > > >>>>> move from slavery to Apartheid,
> but even in that radical case, > > >>>>> things > > >>>>> have
> changed radically in 150 years. If we change one variable, > > >>>>>
> Gettysburg, we have to allow the shifting of many and to say > >
> >>>>> that no > > >>>>> civil rights leader emerges, baseball
> doesn't get Latin > > >>>>> Players, even > > >>>>> that the N and S
> might not have formed some type of federation > > >>>>> in the > >
> >>>>> 20th century as protection against European (or Chinese)
> power, is > > >>>>> very simplistic. History is complicated, which
> is why, I guess, I > > >>>>> don't like alternative history a la
> what if Stonewall had been > > >>>>> there... So I have to agree
> that it is a bit of a stretch. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> best, > > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> Laurie Schiller > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Apr 28, 2008, at
> 12:25 PM, collins.d at comcast.net wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Esteemed
> GDG Member Contributes: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> No I don't
> think so. If there was no Civil War...no land grant > > >>>>>>
> colleges, no railroad to the weas coast. No freedom for Afro- > >
> >>>>>> Americans....there fore no Martin Luther King, no Lary Doby,
> no > > >>>>>> Jackie Robinson....and probably no Latin American
> players. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> -------------- Original message
> -------------- > > >>>>>> From: JIM COOKE > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>
> Little bit of a stretch there. > > >>>>>>> JC > > >>>>>>> -----
> Original Message ----- > > >>>>>>> From: collins d > > >>>>>>> To:
> GDG > > >>>>>>> Sent: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:48:49 -0400 (EDT) > >
> >>>>>>> Subject: RE: GDG- The new VC > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>
> If there hadn't been a Gettysburg, there would have never been a > >
> >>>>>>> Matin Luther > > >>>>>>> King, nor a Jackie Robinson, nor a
> Christa McAulliffe. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> -------------- Original
> message -------------- > > >>>>>>> From: Dennis Lawrence > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > >>>>>>>> > >
> >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> . > > >>>>>>>>> Some of it left
> me scratching my head. Especially why was > > >>>>>>>>> Martin > >
> >>>>>>>>> Luther King > > >>>>>>>>> included and what did he have to
> do with Gettysburg? I have > > >>>>>>>>> ideas on what > > >>>>>>>>>
> that was supposed to tell the visitor, but that confused me.. > >
> >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Hello, > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>
> My humble contribution to the link between Lincoln and King > >
> >>>>>>>> and the > > >>>>>>>> aftermath of the war. . > > >>>>>>>> >
> > >>>>>>>> http://www.arthes.com/composition/abemartin.htm > >
> >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> BTW, one question. Do you know
> where they get the 1/3 of the > > >>>>>>>>> families owned > >
> >>>>>>>>> slaves in the south? I have never seen that anywhere! > >
> >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Here is the most trusted source
> on the Internet - Esteemed > > >>>>>>>> Member > > >>>>>>>> Jim > >
> >>>>>>>> Epperson's site": > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/stat.html
> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> Take Care > > >>>>>>>> > >
> >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Dennis > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>
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> > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Wed, 30 Apr
> 2008 11:40:28 -0400> From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com>>
> Subject: RE: GDG- Trailhead Graphics new Gettysburg map> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com
> >> Message-ID: <FEEOKINCPINMNKHDCDCEKEJJDKAA.pennmardel at mchsi.com>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > <<Did you have the
> paper version or the waterproof version?>>> > This is the
> waterproof, tear-resistent version that is now in three parts> but
> fast moving toward six. It separated along the folds. This is the>
> Gettysburg monuments map that I probably have not used more than 20
> times> over several years.> > Tom> > > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008
> 15:42:41 +0000> From: manassas1 at comcast.net> Subject: RE: GDG- GDG
> Muster> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>> Message-ID:> <043020081542.12594.48189371000C8452000031322215593414CE9C0E9C9C0E020E03 at comcast.net
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > Sal....> > Can
> we register by mail in the meantime????? We're only five weeks away
> from muster.> > Eileen Murphy> > -------------- Original message
> -------------- > From: "Steve Goertzen" <sgoertzen at AAG.DESE.com> > >
> > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > > > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 4> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008
> 11:46:52 -0400> From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com>> Subject:
> RE: GDG- Teaching Gettysburg> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>>
> Message-ID: <FEEOKINCPINMNKHDCDCEEEJKDKAA.pennmardel at mchsi.com>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > <<Any advice would
> be appreciated, particularly in regards to how much I can> cover and
> what that age group would be most interested in.>>> > Bob,> > Your
> outline sounds good. You should be able to cover a lot in about
> 35-40> minutes, and suggest you leave at least 10 minutes for
> questions. Also,> props and slides would be good attention-getters
> for the younger crowd. A> PowerPoint presentation would be best, but
> use illustrations and not text.> Reading from slides is deadly,
> while showing maps and photos, etc. is what> groups seem to like
> best.> > If you have a few CW artifacts to bring to class, they
> would make good> props.> > Good luck,> > Tom Ryan> > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 5> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008
> 11:52:10 -0400> From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com>> Subject:
> RE: GDG- New Visitor Center - OR's> To: "GDG"
> <gettysburg at arthes.com>> Message-ID: <FEEOKINCPINMNKHDCDCEMEJKDKAA.pennmardel at mchsi.com
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"> > <<I agree with you
> about the usefulness of the ORs, I don't disagree with you there.
> The point I was trying to make in my discussions with collins d is
> that he seemed to say that I needed to read the ORs as my only
> source of information regarding the Gettysburg Campaign, and as to
> that, I disagreed due to the reasons I stated, not that the ORs
> themselves are not useful.>>> > Hi Andy,> > I was not following the
> discussion, primarily for lack of time. I just jumped in when Ed, I
> believe it was, mentioned the usefulness of the ORs. I was sharing
> one of my experiences with them.> > Sorry I missed out on the
> discussion, but have been involved elsewhere.> > Regards, Tom > > >
> > > ------------------------------> > Message: 6> Date: Wed, 30 Apr
> 2008 11:26:43 -0500> From: "Schmidt, James"
> <JSchmidt at lexpharma.com>> Subject: GDG- Shameless Self-Promotion/
> Lincoln's Labels> To: <gettysburg at arthes.com>> Message-ID:> <1EC36F3E1AAA664681D226582FF6F08102E8FEFE at wdexchmb01.lexicon.lexgen.com
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > Just wanted to
> send a quick note to let everyone know that the book I> have been
> "hinting" at in various posts on the GDG over the past 18> months is
> now off at the printers and will be available soon.> > "Lincoln's
> Labels: America's Best Known Brands and the Civil War" is> being
> published by Edinborough Press (Roseville, MN)...the book> discusses
> the important role that companies such as Procter & Gamble,> Brooks
> Brothers, Borden's, Tiffany's, Scientific American magazine, du>
> Pont, Squibb, American Express, Wells Fargo, and others played in
> the> war, and - in turn (and most important) - how the war affected
> the> companies. > > The Battle of Gettysburg is featured several
> times in the book...as> examples, in my du Pont chapter, I begin
> with a narrative of the> artillery bombardment on Day 3...in my
> chapter on the express companies> I begin with a narrative of the
> story of Lt. William Fisher - 10th US> Infantry - who was killed in
> action on Day 2...the colors of the Iron> Brigade - including at
> Gettysburg - form the foundation of my chapter on> Tiffany & Co. > >
> The book isn't "officially" released until August 1...I'll keep you>
> posted when I know it's available.> > Till then, you can:> > A) see
> me in Chicagoland (Arlington Heights, IL) on Friday, May 2, where> I
> will be talking about the book with the Northern IL CWRT (and
> selling> some advance double top secret special edition
> softcovers!)> > B) visit my blog at http://civilwarmed.blogspot.com
> where I have> periodically posted some capsule histories of a few of
> the subject> companies (and have recently posted the dust jacket!)>
> > C) visit the publisher and my author page at:> http://www.edinborough.com/Authors/Jim_Schmidt.html
> > > D) visit amazon and use the "let me know when it's ready" device
> at:> http://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-Labels-Americas-Known-Brands/dp/188902021
> > 4> > I've received some wonderful support and advice from many
> people on the> GDG and historians at GNMP, and for that I am most
> appreciative.> > Those of you who read my "Medical Department"
> column in *The Civil War> News* will be happy to hear (I hope!) that
> my next book - due to be> published in early 2009 - is an edited
> collection of invited essays on> Civil War medicine from some of my
> favorite "interviewees" of the past> few years...it will include
> expertly written chapters on urology,> neurology, mental health,
> medical education, pharmacy, amputation,> Confederate and Union
> invention, and other topics.> > All My Best,> > Jim Schmidt> > > >
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