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This Terrible Sound: THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA (Civil War Trilogy) by Peter Cozzens
With My Face to the Enemy by Various
Co. Aytch First Tennessee Regiment by Sam R. Watkins
Don Carlos Buell; most promising of all. by Stephen D. Engle
The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster by Jerry O. Potter
Campaigning with Uncle Billy: The Civil War Memoirs of Sgt. Lyman S. Widney, 34th Illinois Volunteer Infantry by Robert I. Girardi
The Siege of Atlanta, 1864 by Samuel III Carter
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About meI'm an Atlanta native and the author of Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the Medal of Honor and War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta. By day, I'm an in-house attorney for a Global Beverage Company Based in Atlanta.
About my libraryFor now, I'm starting to list some of my nonfiction titles, mostly Civil War and other military history. My taste in fiction runs toward Southern literature and mysteries.
Homepagehttp://www.warlikethethunderbolt.com, www.stealingthegeneral.com
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Go placidly amid the noise and haste
and remember what peace there may be in silence.>As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others, even the
dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter, for
always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession
in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of
trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is.
Many persons strive for high ideals
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disappointment it is as perennial as
the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars.
You have a right to be here.
And whether it is clear to you or not,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive him to be,
and whatever your labours and aspirations in the noisy confusion of
life, keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham and drudgery and broken dreams it is still a
beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
- by Max Ehrman
posted by theoldman at 8:43 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2009