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| Author: | bschulte [ Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Tempest at Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly |
http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWBooks/2ndBullRun.htm Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly. David A. Welker. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press (2002). 279 pp. 11 maps. This is a review and summary of David A. Welker’s Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly. Mr. Welker’s book is one of three on the Battle of Chantilly that appeared from 2002-2003. The others include Paul Taylor’s He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill and Charles V. Mauro’s The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill: A Monumental Storm). After having read the books by Mr. Taylor and Mr. Welker (and after hearing that Mr. Mauro’s book is less than 100 pages long), I have come to the conclusion that Welker’s book comes the closest to being a definitive study of the battle. This is not to say that Paul Taylor’s book is “bad†|
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| Author: | bschulte [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:54 am ] |
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Pvt Phil Squair</i> <br />This is one of the great tragic examples of economic development in our nation. The site of this battle is about 5 miles from my house in Fairfax County, VA. There is a strip mall on the site now with one, maybe two, minor historical markers informing grocery shoppers and movie-goers that over 1,000 Americans died on the site. If the thunder don't get you, then the lightning will... <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Phil, It is definitely sad. I could smack myself for not mentioning the preservation debacle there in a more prominent way in the review. Places like Chantilly should be protected rather than built over with the latest Starbucks, McDonalds, and a movie theater. Developers who are after the last buck they can possibly make at the expense of historical places anger me greatly. -Brett Schulte HPS Playtester ACW Campaign Games Design Center: http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWCGDC/index.html My Civil War Book Collection: http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWBooks/ ACW Gaming & Reading Blog: http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWBlog/ |
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