Besides, Shelby Foote's works read like novels. I love the man! Mildred "Mickey" Fournier 1730 SE CR 252 Lake City, FL 32025 [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia > history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bruce Terrell > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:12 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Puzzling :// More Northern Bias? > > Regarding the Civil War, Northern bias may have been > prevalent in the 19th century histories as well as many 20th > century general histories. I would suggest that the writings > of the many excellent Southern historians such as Shelby > Foote, Emory Thomas (UGA), William C. Davis (VTech), James Robertson > (VTech) and the late Tom Connelly (USC) have striven to > present balanced views of many aspects of the war. The > Southern navy's ironclad history was also well chronicled by > William Still (ECU). > > Bruce G. Terrell > Maritime Historian > NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program > 1305 East West Highway > Silver Spring, MD 20910 > [log in to unmask] > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html