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Civil War authority Shelby Foote dead
AP via CNN.com ^ | 28 June 2005 | Unattributed

Posted on 06/28/2005 10:45:07 AM PDT by Moose4

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) -- Novelist and Civil War historian Shelby Foote, whose appearances on a PBS-TV documentary series helped America better understand one of the most defining periods of its past, has died, his family said Tuesday.

Foote's widow, Gwen, said her husband, who was 88, died Monday night.

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KEYWORDS: civilwar; dixie; foote; godsgravesglyphs; obituary; shelbyfoote; wbts
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1 posted on 06/28/2005 10:45:08 AM PDT by Moose4
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To: stainlessbanner

Sad ping for your list, suh.

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2 posted on 06/28/2005 10:45:41 AM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia--commemorating 140 years of Yankee occupation.)
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To: Moose4

That's too bad. RIP.


3 posted on 06/28/2005 10:46:09 AM PDT by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: Moose4

How sad! That's two Civil War historians this month, isn't it?


4 posted on 06/28/2005 10:46:59 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Benedicere cor tuo! Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?)
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To: Moose4

Maybe the most knowledgeable person on that part of our history. I really enjoyed his commentary on PBS.


5 posted on 06/28/2005 10:47:06 AM PDT by devane617
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To: Moose4

:(

My brother loved his books and they have been on my "Gotta Read" list for some time.


6 posted on 06/28/2005 10:48:22 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Who Dey! Who Dey! Who Dey Think Gonna Beat Dem Bengals!)
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To: devane617

His 3-book history of the Civil War is a must-read for anybody serious about history.


7 posted on 06/28/2005 10:48:58 AM PDT by Publius
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To: Moose4
One of our greatest historians. He will be sorely missed. Go to your eternal rest with our fondest wishes, Shelby Foote. You've helped America understand such a tragic era in our history with insight, authority, and compassion.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
8 posted on 06/28/2005 10:49:02 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
Would you classify him as a "historian"? I don't know that I would. I think of him more as a novelist who happened to be very, very knowledgable on the period of the Civil War. His books read so much better than any other history books. I must have read the three-part series five or six times now. If was was a historian, he's the most talented writer of the bunch.
9 posted on 06/28/2005 10:56:51 AM PDT by Jokelahoma (Animal testing is a bad idea. They get all nervous and give wrong answers.)
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To: Jokelahoma
Read the trilogy by Bruce Catton. It will transfix you in the same was as Shelby. RIP.
10 posted on 06/28/2005 10:58:20 AM PDT by Thebaddog (Dawgs off the coffee table.)
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To: Moose4

Great, great book...all 3 volumes.
And Mr. Foote was SO important to keeping the superb Ken Burns documentary The Civl War on track as a memorium to those who fought.


11 posted on 06/28/2005 10:58:49 AM PDT by Charlesj (I'd gladly fire Drier.)
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To: Moose4

Dang. Sorry to hear that.


12 posted on 06/28/2005 10:58:52 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Moose4

July 14, 1861
Camp Clark, Washington

My very dear Sarah:
The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days—perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write again, I feel impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more . . .

I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know how strongly American Civilization now leans on the triumph of the Government and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and sufferings of the Revolution. And I am willing—perfectly willing—to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this Government, and to pay that debt . . .

Sarah my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break; and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me unresistibly on with all these chains to the battle field.

The memories of the blissful moments I have spent with you come creeping over me, and I feel most gratified to God and to you that I have enjoyed them for so long. And hard it is for me to give them up and burn to ashes the hopes of future years, when, God willing, we might still have lived and loved together, and seen our sons grown up to honorable manhood, around us. I have, I know, but few and small claims upon Divine Providence, but something whispers to me—perhaps it is the wafted prayer of my little Edgar, that I shall return to my loved ones unharmed. If I do not my dear Sarah, never forget how much I love you, and when my last breath escapes me on the battle field, it will whisper your name. Forgive my many faults and the many pains I have caused you. How thoughtless and foolish I have often times been! How gladly would I wash out with my tears every little spot upon your happiness . . .

But, O Sarah! If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the gladdest days and in the darkest nights . . . always, always, and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath, as the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by. Sarah do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait for thee, for we shall meet again . . .

Sullivan Ballou was killed a week later at the first Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.

Rest in peace Mr. Foote.


13 posted on 06/28/2005 10:59:00 AM PDT by BigCinBigD
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To: Tax-chick

Who was the other?


14 posted on 06/28/2005 10:59:28 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Tax-chick

Who is the other?


15 posted on 06/28/2005 11:01:22 AM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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To: Moose4

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His commentary in Ken Burns "The Civil War" was among the best I've ever seen.


16 posted on 06/28/2005 11:01:23 AM PDT by El Sordo
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To: Constitution Day

Brian Pohanka (sp.?). I want to say "Pawhuska," but that's a town in Oklahoma.


17 posted on 06/28/2005 11:01:25 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Benedicere cor tuo! Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?)
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To: Moose4

Great, great historian. Truly "old school" who did his research and let the facts speak for themselves.


18 posted on 06/28/2005 11:01:48 AM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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To: Moose4

I never would have guessed he was that old.


19 posted on 06/28/2005 11:02:27 AM PDT by wireman
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To: Tax-chick

You're right! Now I remember the thread on it.


20 posted on 06/28/2005 11:02:53 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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