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/
Keep History Alive
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/
Keep History Alive
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