Comments for Bold Soldier Boys http://musketoon.com Dragoons out west: 1833-1861 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on 1855 Pistol Carbine by John Geyer http://musketoon.com/2006/08/22/1855-pistol-carbine/comment-page-1/#comment-1631 John Geyer Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:48:31 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=41#comment-1631 I am making my way through this blog and enjoying it greatly. I don't know where I should stop and say "thank you" but this is as good a spot as any. Thank you. I am making my way through this blog and enjoying it greatly. I don’t know where I should stop and say “thank you” but this is as good a spot as any. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Rare Stevenson Journal Paints An Enchanting City of Saints by Bill MacKinnon http://musketoon.com/2010/07/19/stevenson-journal-salt-lake-city-1854/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Bill MacKinnon Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:49:21 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=468#comment-1606 Will, Sounds like a great find. I look forward to your publication. If you hit a snag on NM, you might want to speak with Bob Clark of The Arthur H. Clark Co. I suspect that one of your challenges might be sorting out the inaccuracies and hyperbole that crept into Stevenson's reminiscences 25 years after the events. (I've already spotted a few.) For the part of the manuscript dealing with the Salt Lake City wintering-over, I suggest that you take a look at my article, "Sex, Subalterns, and Steptoe: Army Behavior, Mormon Rage, and Utah War Anxieties," "Utah Historical Quarterly" 76 (Summer 2008): 227-46. Will,
Sounds like a great find. I look forward to your publication. If you hit a snag on NM, you might want to speak with Bob Clark of The Arthur H. Clark Co. I suspect that one of your challenges might be sorting out the inaccuracies and hyperbole that crept into Stevenson’s reminiscences 25 years after the events. (I’ve already spotted a few.) For the part of the manuscript dealing with the Salt Lake City wintering-over, I suggest that you take a look at my article, “Sex, Subalterns, and Steptoe: Army Behavior, Mormon Rage, and Utah War Anxieties,” “Utah Historical Quarterly” 76 (Summer 2008): 227-46.

]]> Comment on Rare Stevenson Journal Paints An Enchanting City of Saints by Will Gorenfeld http://musketoon.com/2010/07/19/stevenson-journal-salt-lake-city-1854/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 Will Gorenfeld Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:04:21 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=468#comment-1605 Bill It has never been published and I'm working with the University of New Mexico to annotate and publish it. Stevenson published a book of his Civil War experiences, Boots and Saddles, in 1878. Will Bill

It has never been published and I’m working with the University of New Mexico to annotate and publish it. Stevenson published a book of his Civil War experiences, Boots and Saddles, in 1878.

Will

]]> Comment on Rare Stevenson Journal Paints An Enchanting City of Saints by Bill MacKinnon http://musketoon.com/2010/07/19/stevenson-journal-salt-lake-city-1854/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Bill MacKinnon Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:31:58 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=468#comment-1604 I'd like to learn more about the Stevenson Journal. Was it ever published (1879?) or is this the first time it's appeared in print? I’d like to learn more about the Stevenson Journal. Was it ever published (1879?) or is this the first time it’s appeared in print?

]]> Comment on 1855 Pistol Carbine by R. Whitley http://musketoon.com/2006/08/22/1855-pistol-carbine/comment-page-1/#comment-1597 R. Whitley Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:11:01 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=41#comment-1597 Thank you Will for the reply. Thank you Will for the reply.

]]> Comment on Muster Rolls Battle of Cieneguilla 30 March 1854 by will http://musketoon.com/2005/01/17/muster-rolls-battle-of-cieneguilla-30-march-1854/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 will Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:15:05 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=12#comment-1595 Einar A couple of wounded died a few days after the battle. Did you ever receive my final draft of Cieneguilla? Will Einar
A couple of wounded died a few days after the battle. Did you ever receive my final draft of Cieneguilla?
Will

]]> Comment on Muster Rolls Battle of Cieneguilla 30 March 1854 by Billy http://musketoon.com/2005/01/17/muster-rolls-battle-of-cieneguilla-30-march-1854/comment-page-1/#comment-1594 Billy Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:31:50 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=12#comment-1594 Einar, the rolls match my count from the regimental returns & enlistment registers, 22 KIA or DOWR-In Action. Einar, the rolls match my count from the regimental returns & enlistment registers, 22 KIA or DOWR-In Action.

]]> Comment on 1855 Pistol Carbine by will http://musketoon.com/2006/08/22/1855-pistol-carbine/comment-page-1/#comment-1587 will Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:36:44 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=41#comment-1587 One very common mistake is to assume that a weapon approved by the army board during the antebellum era was released that same year (much less the next year). Thus, for example the M1855 rifle/muskets did not get into the hand of troops until 1857. When Inspector Joe Johnston refers to the "old model" sabre, he is referring to the M1833. Hard to believe, but many mounted companies rode off to war armed with the M1833s. One very common mistake is to assume that a weapon approved by the army board during the antebellum era was released that same year (much less the next year). Thus, for example the M1855 rifle/muskets did not get into the hand of troops until 1857. When Inspector Joe Johnston refers to the “old model” sabre, he is referring to the M1833. Hard to believe, but many mounted companies rode off to war armed with the M1833s.

]]> Comment on 1855 Pistol Carbine by will http://musketoon.com/2006/08/22/1855-pistol-carbine/comment-page-1/#comment-1586 will Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:32:26 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=41#comment-1586 Joe This image was sold on Ebay about three years ago. I do not have the address of the winning bidder. Can't say if the fellow is a Yank or Reb, but it is easily the best period image I've ever seen of the Pistol Carbine. Will Joe

This image was sold on Ebay about three years ago. I do not have the address of the winning bidder. Can’t say if the fellow is a Yank or Reb, but it is easily the best period image I’ve ever seen of the Pistol Carbine.

Will

]]> Comment on 1855 Pistol Carbine by Joe http://musketoon.com/2006/08/22/1855-pistol-carbine/comment-page-1/#comment-1585 Joe Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:12:32 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=41#comment-1585 Do you know what musem has the tintype of the probable Confederate with a 1855 Springfield pistol carbine ? Do you know what musem has the tintype of the probable Confederate with a 1855 Springfield pistol carbine ?

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