The Southern Historical Association faxed me two articles from about two decades ago. So, lost to read and notes to take. http://www.uga.edu/~sha/
More long distance progress. Word Pro has finished transcribing the HCR letters from the University of Pacific collection. I should receive them this week. I talked to Trish Richards one of the archival specialists at Pacific and she help me to understand the photos she sent me. I also talked to the folks down in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana where Fort Jackson is located (near Venice, LA). Ft. Jackson is where HCR was stationed after the war and is where he committed suicide. It came through Katrina relatively unscathed but is, at this point closed. You can walk around it but not get inside. I am trying to get permission to do just that when I am in NO next month. We will see; I am waiting for a call from one of the Parish councilmen so we can talk.
From Vonnie S. Zullo. She has found TWO court martials for HCR. It seems we was first on trial in December of ’65: found guilty, “conduct unbecoming” in a bar. The second was a year later, same charge, and this time in a Theater. She is copying the files (58 & 100 pages) and sending them to me. They should make for great reading.
More long distance progress. Word Pro has finished transcribing the HCR letters from the University of Pacific collection. I should receive them this week. I talked to Trish Richards one of the archival specialists at Pacific and she help me to understand the photos she sent me. I also talked to the folks down in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana where Fort Jackson is located (near Venice, LA). Ft. Jackson is where HCR was stationed after the war and is where he committed suicide. It came through Katrina relatively unscathed but is, at this point closed. You can walk around it but not get inside. I am trying to get permission to do just that when I am in NO next month. We will see; I am waiting for a call from one of the Parish councilmen so we can talk.
From Vonnie S. Zullo. She has found TWO court martials for HCR. It seems we was first on trial in December of ’65: found guilty, “conduct unbecoming” in a bar. The second was a year later, same charge, and this time in a Theater. She is copying the files (58 & 100 pages) and sending them to me. They should make for great reading.
NARA got back to me; they do not have any records for JRL. I asked Vonnie if she would research his service record for me.
Finally, I now have the history of the 1st U.S. Infantry during the war. I can now track HCR until he joins Grant’s staff after Vicksburg. Next week, I will finalize my plans for my trip to Corinth, Vicksburg, and New Orleans. I will be at the Society for Military History conference in Murfreesboro, TN from Thursday until late Sunday so I guess I will not get much research done. http://www.smh-hq.org/
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Finally, I now have the history of the 1st U.S. Infantry during the war. I can now track HCR until he joins Grant’s staff after Vicksburg. Next week, I will finalize my plans for my trip to Corinth, Vicksburg, and New Orleans. I will be at the Society for Military History conference in Murfreesboro, TN from Thursday until late Sunday so I guess I will not get much research done. http://www.smh-hq.org/
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When Katrina hit they did experience some significant damage to the park but it is now being repaired. I have added New Orleans to my April trip lists. It looks like I will be going to Corinth and Vicksburg, MS as well as New Orleans the weekend after Easter. That will also give me a chance to return to one of my favorite places in NO—The National WWII Museum (Formerly The National D-Day Museum). 
I am off to The Chickamauga Battlefield Thursday evening and will return on Sunday. No more work on the project until then.
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Henry’s brother Theodore who ended up in San Francisco as a ship captain after the war. The collection contains numerous photographs, letters, and other documents that pertain to Henry including a “Civil War Scrapbook” and some letters written by Henry during the war. She is going to copy them and send them to me. That will save me a trip to Cali which I can spend on other trips and resources. Students take note: research like this costs money. If I went there obviously hundreds of dollars. I will be sending them money for the duplicating costs and shipping when it is all said and done.
More good news. I also talked to Michele Christian at Iowa State University, Special Collection Department where they hold the papers of James R. Lincoln. We had another wonderful conversation. It is always nice to talk to people interested in your work. Lincoln ended up in Iowa a few years after the Civil War. They have SOME of his papers including his Civil War military service records. She too is making copies and sending me what they have.
I am old school and will stay with what I do because it is the method whit which I am most comfortable. I use note cards. In the “old days” I had two sets: notes and bibliography cards. This time as I actually use a source I will transfer it from my working to actual bibliography. I will include a code for the title so I can tell where the notes came from. The notes cards will have only ONE main idea. My goal is not to fill the card but rather take notes that can be arranged and rearranged as I actually prepare to write. Each card will include the code for the course and the page number. That way if I find the need I can footnote the sources. 
So, as my cards grow I will begin to divide them into categories for the writing process. The order does not matter, that will come later. Does that make sense? I hope so. If you have another method and would like to share feel free to comment. If you wish to suggest any sources also feel free.
