tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post492469438896698676..comments2024-02-08T23:48:48.397-05:00Comments on <p><big>JOHN BROWN TODAY</big></p><p><i><center>A Biographer's Blog</center></i></p>: Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/10895195726778019518noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-52330506796336023032010-06-22T21:37:58.076-04:002010-06-22T21:37:58.076-04:00Hi Jean,
Thanks for stopping by the blog and for ...Hi Jean,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by the blog and for your added insights. You were doing the field work on the raid when I was still doing my Communications 101 class-- the emphasis being on wisdom and experience, not age :)<br /><br />Speaking of Stavis, if I recall, he pretty much was on your page regarding the support that Brown actually received from the locally enslaved black community. Of course, you were the one who demonstrated how Villard was oh so wrong about Osborne Anderson, and how valuable Anderson really is to us all in understanding what happened at HF.<br /><br />Anytime you want to share anything, long or short, on this blog, you know I'd love it. Many thanks.--LDLouis A. DeCaro, Jr. . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/10895195726778019518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-34740173342974651212010-06-22T02:26:13.510-04:002010-06-22T02:26:13.510-04:00There is excellent analysis and historiography her...There is excellent analysis and historiography here. It has inspired me to buy a copy of Barrie Stavis, The Sword and the Word, which I had read in a library but somehow never obtained. <br /><br />Both Stephen Oates' biography and the play by Barrie Stavis are formative in my thinking.<br /><br />I agree completely that a group of naysayers (Hearn, McGlone) make a practice of trashing John Brown. <br /><br />Stiverson's motive is to made the Frederick militia, the closest large military group, look competent while they are stumbling about above Harpers Ferry on the Maryland side. Impossible task.<br /><br />Even Robert E. Lee gave up on them, offering them the "glory" of Brown's capture when he was completely surrounded by Virginia militia and U. S. Marines. Instead, they waited for a cannon to be delivered, and rail transport instead of walking down the Maryland Heights. <br /><br />No wonder this primary source was lost for so many years.<br /><br />Thank you so much for keeping everyone up on the literature.<br /><br />Jean LibbyJean Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959067860102297553noreply@blogger.com