My
most recent update to Three Soldiers of Valor was made on September 5, 2005.
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• Added information about Samuel Kirkman's burial site to my
1865
chapter. (Sep. 5, 2005)
• Added
two new CDV photographs to 'CARTE DE VISITE' PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE 77TH
ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY and divided this CDV collection into two
pages. (Sep. 8, 2003)
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• Deleted
an incorrect genealogical reference in my 1864
(Part I) chapter. (Apr. 15, 2002)
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• Made
one addition to the SAMUEL KIRKMAN AND THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG section
of my
1863 (Part II) chapter, as well
as the Bibliography.
(Feb. 3, 2002)
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Work
is now complete on my first major revision to Three Soldiers of Valor
since it was written in 1992. (Feb.
1, 2002)
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• With
my initial revisions now complete, I changed all copyright dates throughout
my work to 2002. (Feb. 1, 2002)
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• Made
a few changes and additions to my
1865
chapter. (Feb. 1, 2002)
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• Made
extensive changes and additions to my
1864 (Part
II) chapter. (Jan. 27, 2002)
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• Made
a few additional changes and additions to my
1861
and 1864 (Part I) chapters, as well as
the Bibliography.
(Jan. 26, 2002)
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• Made
extensive changes and additions to my
1864 (Part
I) chapter, as well as the Bibliography.
(Jan. 20, 2002)
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• Made
a few additional changes to my 1862,
1863
(Part I), 1863 (Part II) and 1863
(Part III) chapters, as well as the Bibliography.
(Jan. 18, 2002)
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• Added
a Civil War era line drawing depicting the latter stages of the Railroad
Redoubt assault to 1863
(Part II). (Jan.
13, 2002)
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• Made
extensive changes and additions to my
1863 series of chapters.
To reduce download times of these significant additions, I re-divided the
1863 portion of my book into three chapters -- 1863
(Part I), 1863 (Part II) and 1863
(Part III) -- instead of the two chapters in the previous web version
and the orginal print version. Footnote numbers were changed accordingly.
(Jan. 13, 2002)
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• Made
a few additional changes to
1861and 1862
chapters. (Jan. 13, 2002)
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• Made
extensive changes and additions to
1862chapter.
(Dec. 29, 2001)
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• Made
a few changes to
1861chapter, specifically
the DAILY LIFE OF A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER section.
(Dec. 17, 2001)
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• Created
photograph webpage: APPENDIX F -- PHOTOGRAPHS:
THE UNION COMMANDERS.
(Dec. 9, 2001)
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• Created
map webpage: The Union Assault on the Railroad
Redoubt at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863. (Dec.
9, 2001)
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If
you have regimental histories, personal diaries, or letters from soldiers
of the 77th Illinois, 76th Ohio, or 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantries,
please e-mail me. If I use this information
in future revisions of my work, you will be given prominent credit for
your material in my Acknowledgements Page.
Thank you for your interest in Civil War history! .
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