Broomsticks to the Printer!

Well, Broomsticks to Battlefields is to the printer.  I should see a proof by next week.  In the mean time I have been working on David Vickers as much as I can.  Vonnie has found some interesting information that needs closer examination.

It seems he tendered his resignation on 13 NOV 1862 for some reason,  It was disapproved by his commanding officer and he "strongly recommend that he be immediately dishonorably discharged." This did not happen so I will need to look into this further,

It appears that he took ill with typhoid fever in August of 1862.

It also appears he was a POW in three places now: Camp Oglethorpe (Macon, GA),. Charleston Jail, and then Camp Sorghum (Columbia, SC).  This makes sense as the officers were evacuated from Macon as Sherman began his march through Georgia.

He was brevetted to Brigadier General at the end of the war for "meritorious service."  Later he returned to service as Major and an Inspector General in Idaho during the Spanish American War.

Finally, I need to find out how he became so close to General Judson Kilpatrick.

That's it for now.

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A New Project Begins

Well here we go. My book about Robinett is almost complete; it is time to start focusing upon Vickers. Vonnie Zullos of Horse Soldiers Research is going to assist me once again by seining the Archives in WDC for his records. I am going to, once again, line up one of LTC Peterson’s cadets from the ROTC program at Widener to do some leg work in New Jersey and Delaware. In the mean time, I am developing a bibliography of sources I will need to put my hands on.
Let the fun begin!

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Vickers or Robinson?

Robinson's Military Service Record doesn't include anything about him being arrested before enlisting. The Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens and Business Firms have there was nothing on him.

Vickers didn't have a General's Papers File or and Appointment, Commission & Personal (ACP) File. He had a Letters to the Commission Branch (CB) File and that was it

Decisions, decisions.