…. a book on a battle that didn't last very long or have many casualties?"
""Why would you spend the time and effort to write a book on a battle that only lasted a few minutes and which had minimal casualties?" I wish I had a dollar for every time that I've been asked that question—I could probably give up the practice of law.
Okay, so maybe that's an exaggeration. However, I do get asked that question constantly. A certain part of me always wants to answer that question like the old joke about why climb a mountain?—because it's there. Setting aside my inherent smart-aleck nature for a moment, it is a legitimate question. And I've been getting asked it pretty frequently since the publication of my most recent title, Five or Ten Minutes of Blind Confusion: The Battle of Aiken, South Carolina, February 11, 1865 last month. (Thanks to my friends at Fox Run Publishing for a fine job of it).
For those unfamiliar with the battle of Aiken, it was the only Confederate battlefield victory during the entirety of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's 1865 Carolinas Campaign. That, in and of itself, makes it interesting and worthy of study. But like peeling an onion, there are many more layers to this story that make it all the more tantalizing…."
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