Bibliography,
Resources & Footnotes
Bibliography & Resources:
As mentioned, the main source for this piece was Frank
O’Reilly’s sweeping work . . . I have
also included the works of my Civil War history “mentors,”
Shelby Foote and Bruce Catton. Of the “old school,”
their narrative-driven styles are as much about documenting
the emotion and impact through accomplished literary
skill, as they are about accuracy in fact and interpretation.
Catton’s description of the “Mud March,”
remains one of the more vivid “tellings”
of Civil War history I’ve read . . . Along with
the sources listed below, I must “re-mention”
the brochures that helped guide us: The Battle
of Fredericksburg, A Self-Guided Driving Tour
– accompanied by a cd – and the standard
NMP literature available at the Visitor’s Center.
O’Reilly, Francis Augustín. The
Fredericksburg Campaign – Winter War on the
Rappahannock. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University
Press, 2003.
The Civil War – Rebels Resurgent; Fredericksburg
to Chancellorsville. Alexandria, Virginia: Time
Life Books, Inc., 1985.
Voices of the Civil War – Fredericksburg.
Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life Books, Inc., 1997.
Foote, Shelby. The Civil War – A Narrative;
Fredericksburg to Meridian. New York: Vintage
Books, 1986. (Originally published by Random House,
1963)
Catton, Bruce. The Army of the Potomac Trilogy.
New York: Anchor Books – Doubleday, 1953.
A bullethole in the restored Innis House |
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Looking up Kirkland, general route of many
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Footnotes:
As true of our “Almanack” articles,
this piece was intended less as a research tool
and more as general entertainment. Still, I have
listed footnotes on direct quotes – most taken
from soldiers’ letters, written recollections,
etc. – in providing a route to the respective
quote’s primary source. I attribute the actual
research of primary sources to the volumes listed
in the bibliography.
1. Samuel Zook: Voices, Fredericksburg –
Time-Life (Alexandria, 1997), p. 31.
2. Rush C. Hawkins: Rebels Resurgent –
Time-Life (Alexandria, 1985), p.41
3. Joseph H. Taylor: Ibid, p.41.
4. Wesley Brainerd: The Fredericksburg Campaign
(Baton Rouge, 2003), p. 58.
5. Soldier in Zook’s brigade: Ibid, p. 68.
6. William Davis: Ibid, p. 94.
7. George Macy: Ibid, p. 93.
8. Rebels Resurgent – Time-Life, p.
73.
9. Connecticut soldier: O’Reilly, p. 111.
10. O’Reilly, p. 121.
11. Ibid, p. 123.
12. Josiah Favill: Voices, Fredericksburg –
Time-Life, p. 50.
13. Maine soldier: O’Reilly, p. 164.
14. North Carolina Soldier: Voices, Fredericksburg
– Time-Life, p. 68.
15. O’Reilly, p. 220.
16. O’Reilly, p. 217.
17. Soldier in the Pennsylvania Reserves: Ibid,
p. 226.
18. Jacob Heffelfinger: Voices, Fredericksburg
– Time-Life, p. 77.
19. Rebels Resurgent – Time-Life, p. 73.
20. Soldier in 14th Indiana: O’Reilly, p.
255.
21. William Kepler: Voices, Fredericksburg –
Time-Life, p. 84.
22. Soldier in Andrew’s brigade: O’Reilly,
p. 266.
23. Frazier, (Cold Mountain), p. 7.
24. North Carolina soldier: O’Reilly, p. 304.
25. Ibid, p. 305.
26. Irish brigade officer: Ibid, p. 316.
27. Darius Couch: Ibid, p. 273.
28. Darius Couch: Ibid, p. 332.
29. Soldier in Ferraro’s brigade: Ibid, p.
340.
30. Pennsylvania soldier: Ibid, p. 375.
31. Rebels Resurgent – Time-Life, p.
87.
32. Ibid, p. 93.
33. Description in the Richmond Examiner: Ibid,
p. 92.
34. O’Reilly, p. 441.
